Response to Literature
(Argumentative Writing)
Response to Literature
Response to Literature
We start with the Essay Boot Camp followed by many engaging lessons converted to Google Slide lessons during Distance Learning in 2020-2021.
Students will write their first essay on a character from one of the short stories we read in class. Then students will write a second essay on theme (for the same story they used for the character essay), but this time they will work more independently. The theme-based literary essay lessons are in one google slide below:
The Literary Essay on Character google slide decks:
The Literary Essay on Character google slide decks:
The next two slides cover finding evidence to support the claim and how to incorporate it into an essay, creating an outline, and studying a mentor essay to see how an essay fits together. Now it is time for students to draft an outline and first draft of their essay.
Boxes and Bullets structure.pdfCharacter trait thesis frames.pdfChecklists: Sixth Grade Argument Writing and a documented progression of skills shown through checklists from third through eighth grade.
Checklists: Sixth Grade Argument Writing and a documented progression of skills shown through checklists from third through eighth grade.
CL_ARG_G6.pdfCheck lists Arg-Opinion (3-8).pdf