5 Paragraph Essay
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Look at the Assignment Sheet
Look at the Rubric
◦ It’s an IB rubric
◦ You’ll be seeing more of these
◦ Any questions?
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Was the Russian Revolution a success?
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What makes a Revolution a success?
◦ 3 minutes writing on that question
◦ Do not pick your pen/pencil up – write the entire
time.
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Look over your writing: anything interesting?
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Was the Russian Revolution a success?
◦ Your choice: YES or NO (or I Don’t Know)
◦ Think of three reasons WHY you believe it was/was
not successful
 Write those reasons in your notebook
 You will explain them in your paper
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Your thesis statement is at the end of your
introduction.
It gives an outline of your paper.
The Russian Revolution was successful because
of [Reason A], [Reason B], and [Reason C].
The Russian Revolution was not successful
because of [Reason A], [Reason B], and
[Reason C].
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Look at the reasons you wrote in your Thesis
Statement.
Which sources will help you support those
reasons?
You can choose 3 of the following:
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The Communist Manifesto
The Execution of the Czar narrative
Soviet Propaganda Posters
Lenin, “The Dual Power”
Goldman, “There Is No Communism In Russia”
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Please explain WHY you chose the sources
you did.
Example: “I chose Emma Goldman because
she goes into details about the failings of the
Soviet Union.”
Exit ticket = Re-write your thesis statement
on the paper slip. Give it to me.
Homework = WHY did you choose your
sources?
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The Russian Revolution was successful
because the workers improved their lives,
Russia got a new government, and Marx’s
predictions were correct.
◦ Sources:
 Lenin, “The Dual Power”
 “Execution of Czar” narrative
 Marx, “Communist Manifesto”
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The Russian Revolution was not successful
because of the violence against innocent
people, the nationalization of industry, and it
went against Karl Marx’s predictions.
◦ Sources:
 “Execution of the Czar” narrative
 Emma Goldman, “No Communism…”
 Karl Marx, “Communist Manifesto
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The Russian Revolution was not successful
because the Czar’s family was killed, the
workers’ conditions did not improve, and the
state power took over.
◦ Sources:
 “Execution of the Czar” narrative
 Emma Goldman, “There Is No Communism…”
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If you do not have a thesis statement, you
might want to borrow/modify one of these.
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Thesis: The Russian Revolution was
successful because the workers improved
their lives…
◦ Topic Sentence: First, the Russian Revolution was
successful because the workers improved their
lives.
 In the body paragraph, all of your examples should be
from Lenin, “The Dual Power.”
 All links will connect the quotes to the topic sentence.
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Thesis: The Russian Revolution was not
successful because of the violence against
innocent people…
◦ Topic Sentence: First, the Russian Revolution failed
because there was violence against innocent
people.
 All of the examples in this paragraph will be from “The
Execution of the Czar”
 All links are going to connect the quotes to the topic
sentence.
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Thesis: The Russian Revolution was not
successful because the Czar’s family was
killed…
◦ Topic Sentence: First, the Russian Revolution was
not successful because the Czar’s family was killed.
 All examples in this paragraph should be from “The
Execution of the Czar”
 All links are going to connect the quotes to the topic
sentence.
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Look at your thesis statement. You should
have listed three reasons why the Russian
Revolution was/was not a success.
What is your first reason?
◦ It will be the topic sentence for your first body
paragraph.
◦ Please write that sentence now.
 Example: “The Russian Revolution was a success
because it followed Karl Marx’s predictions in the
Communist Manifesto.”
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Get out the document you’ll be using to
support your Topic Sentence.
Re-read it for the quotes you’re going to use.
Put those three quotes in as examples.
Write your links, connecting your examples to
your topic sentence.
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Look at your thesis
◦ What is your second reason?
◦ It should be the topic sentence for your second
body paragraph.
◦ Get out the document you’ll be using and find three
quotes.
 Those are your Examples.
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Please do the same thing for your third body
paragraph.
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Thesis: …Russia got a new government…
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution was successful
because Russia got a new government.
 Source: “Execution of the Czar”
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Thesis: …the nationalization of industry…
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution failed because
industry was nationalized.
 Source: Goldman, “There Is No Communism in Russia”
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Thesis: …the workers’ conditions did not improve…
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution did not succeed
because the workers’ conditions did not improve.
 Source: Goldman, “There Is No Communism in Russia”
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Thesis: …Marx’s predictions were correct.
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution was
successful because Marx’s predictions were correct.
 Source: “Communist Manifesto”
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Thesis: … it went against Karl Marx’s predictions
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution failed
because it went against Karl Marx’s predictions
 Source: Goldman, “Communist Manifesto”
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Thesis: … the state power took over.
◦ Topic Sentence #2: The Russian Revolution did not
succeed because the the state power took over.
 Source: Goldman, “There Is No Communism in Russia”
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These students can
help you out while my
voice is gone or when
there’s a sub.
Please ask one of
them first before
talking to me.
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Your conclusion needs to describe a cause of
the Russian Revolution. You could…
◦ Describe the living conditions of the peasants.
◦ Describe the workers’ lives.
◦ Describe the incompetence of the Czar
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Connect this cause to the Russian Revolution
You must end your introduction with your
thesis statement.
Address an Opposing
Argument (more difficult)
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Why would someone
take the opposite
position than you?
What evidence would
they use?
◦ You should quote it!
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Why are they wrong?
◦ You could quote more
evidence here!
Explain why it matters
today (easier)
 Why should anyone
care about this?
 You might want to
think about:
◦ Class struggle
◦ Revolutionary movements
today
◦ People who want change