5 Sept 2014
BELL ACTIVITY: READ SILENTLY FROM YOUR
INDEPENDENT READING BOOK (IRB)
TODAY’S AGENDA:
IRB BOOKMARKS - KEEPING TRACK
INTRODUCTION TO THE INFORMATIVE
ESSAY STYLE
“Organization is what you
do before you do
something,
so when you do it,
it’s not all mixed up.”
-A.A. Milne
Aka Winnie the Pooh
Please fill in the following
information on your
Independent Reading Bookmark.
1. MLA heading
2. Due Date: 12 Sept
3. Title of your book
4. Name of the Author
5. The page you started reading from today.
6. 20 minutes for today’s time if you were
reading from your Independent Reading Book
(IRB).
INDEPENDENT READING
RECORD KEEPING
• Please fill in the Independent Reading bookmark
each day that you read.
• Bookmarks are weekly and will be collected each
Friday at the same time as a new bookmark is
passed out.
• The “Reading Week” starts on a Friday and ends
on the following Thursday. Therefore, reading
done on Friday is recorded on the new bookmark.
• If you loose your bookmark, you may print a new
one off of my website or create your own on a
blank sheet of paper.
• I cannot accept a bookmark that does not include
the title, author, pages read (or percentage read if it
is an e-book) and time spent reading.
• This is an assignment that may be done in pencil.
INTRODUCTION TO THE
ACADEMIC,
INFORMATIVE
ESSAY
SUBCATAGORIES OF THE
INFORMATIVE ESSAY INCLUDE:
PERSONAL EXPOSITORY
ARGUMENT
PERSUASIVE
RESEARCH
COMPARE & CONTRAST
Narrative:
Tells a story.
Eva looked out over the field, towards the distant
white line of the dirt road. The horses, Lady and
Rosa, were huddled together against the September
wind in their corral, just east of the house. Eva zipped
her hoody up to her chin and fingered the toggle
anxiously. She looked again, but still there was no
cloud of dust on the horizon. Her dad should have
been home hours ago. He had taken the truck into
Almo to pick up barbed wire for a downed fence
section. The lights on the old pickup had gone out last
week and there had been no time to fix them. If he
didn’t hurry home soon, her dad would be driving
with nothing but the moon and the stars for light. The
star filled pattern of the high desert sky was beautiful,
but driving blind on a country back-road used mostly
by stray cattle, deers and jack rabbits was not wise.
Finally Eva spotted a dust cloud billowing south of the
City of Rocks turn off. It had to be her dad, no one
else lived up on this end of the park reserve. Eva let
out the breath she had been holding and relaxed as she
hurried back into the kitchen to warm up the tomato
soup and start the grilled cheese sandwiches.
INFORMATIVE:
Provides information
Almo, Idaho is a beautiful and interesting place
to visit. The first thing many visitors notice is
the old west feel of the town. Many of the homes
were built by the great grandparents of the
ranchers who live there now. Also, there are cows
and horses in almost every field, with barbwire
and rough cedar post fences graphing the high
desert landscape. Another charming aspect of
Almo is Tracy’s General Store which has been in
business since it opened in 1894. It is still in the
same brick building, providing residents with
groceries, tools and barbed wire. Finally, Almo is
famous for the City of Rocks Park Reserve. The
City of Rocks provides a surreal arena for rock
climbers and historians. The California pioneer
trail cut through the valley long ago leaving
evidence of wagon wheel ruts cut into the granite
and names painted in axel grease. Now, instead
of thousands of pioneers passing through on their
way to a new life, the area hosts thousands of
rock climbers from around the world wanting to
scale its granite edifices.
NARRATIVE INFORMATIVE
(telling a story)
(Providing a reader with
information)
Beginning
Introduction
Middle
Body
End
Follows a time
Line.
Conclusion
Does not follow
a time line.
INFORMATIVE
A proficient
IN
essay
must….
INclude evidence
INclude explanations
INclude specific details
Great Informative Essays
Organization
is the
key.
“Organization is what you
do before you do something,
so when you do it,
it’s not all mixed up.”
-A.A. Milne
Aka Winnie the Pooh
T-charts are a form of
“PRE-WRITING ORGANIZATION”
Step #1 – write your claim across the top.
I. Claim:
Step #2: fill in 2-3 Warrants (reasons) that prove
or support your claim.
I. Claim
II. Warrants
Step #3 – 2 -3 pieces of evidence proving
each Warrant (reasons)
I. Claim:
Warrants
A.
B.
Evidence
Information to PROVE
your warrants and claim
Step #3 – 2-3 pieces of evidence which prove
each Warrant
I. Claim:
Warrant
A.
B.
Evidence
Organizing a paragraph with a T-Chart
I. Claim:
Warrant
A.
Evidence
1.
2.
B.
1.
2.
INFORMATIVE WRITING IS ALL
ABOUT PROVING
WHICH MAKES
YOUR
WRITING
BELIEVABLE
UNIQUE
AND
INTERESTING.
Drafting
is putting ideas
developed during the
planning organization
together like puzzle.
A puzzle with all its
pieces fitted tightly
together make a much
clearer picture.
Writing is the same
way; the better the
pieces fit, the
clearer the
writing.
In the blank T-chart provided, copy down the
following pre – write.
I. Claim:
Warrant
A.
Evidence
1.
2.
B.
1.
2.
Organizing a paragraph with a T-Chart
On the back of your notes page draw 2
T – Charts (one on the top half of the page and the
other on the bottom half.)
#1.
In the first T-Chart fill in the answer that we come to
as a class which answers, “Other than Tacos, what is
an excellent food to bring for a lunch?”
#2
Working together in your groups, compose a T – chart
which answers the prompt…
What is an excellent choice for an evening dessert?
INTRO TO THE INFORMATIVE STYLE
1. What are the three parts of an informative essay?
1.
2.
3.
2. What are the three parts of a narrative essay?
1.
2.
3.
3. What are 2 basic differences between a narrative essay and an informative essay.
1.
2.
4. According to today’s daily notes, what is “the key” to a great informative essay?
5. What are the 2 types of organization in the writing process?
6. List at least 4 examples of different types of evidence.
Fill in the T-CHART below with the correct labels and highlight each area the correct color
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