9-15 Senior Lesson Plan
Objectivities:
We are taking a look at the second essay today, looking at the format of the story and the
techniques employed. Afterward we’ll get started talking about the rationale, a pre-write for the paper
itself, by looking at an example.
Materials:
Rationale
Rationale Instruction Sheet
Extra Essay
Activities:
Talk Process a Bit
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What are we looking for from these essays
o Story ideas
o Structure ideas
o Writing tricks
o What works and what doesn’t
How should we go about achieving these goals?
Essay Number 2
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Read through this essay as a whole class
o Get a general impression
o C/C with the last essay, what’s better and what’s not
Move paragraph by paragraph and hunt for techniques
o How can you use each of the techniques?
HW: Grade this essay. Have at least two decent things to say about each category.
Starting the Rationale
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Starting our own writing process
Information I need to know
o The story
o What the story says about you
o What the story says about the world/humanity/an issue (secondary)
Read the example rationale
o Answer the three questions using the rational
o Hand out Rationale instructions
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Reiterate the Turnitin.com instructions
HW: Rationale due on Friday so I can read them this weekend, tell us about your story verbally by
Thursday.