Course Updates (10 min)
Check your game score
How are you being a creator in relation to this class?
How are you being a victim? (Could this be an example in your draft?)
Essay 1 wiki page
Use time to draft and move information into the wiki (approx 30 min)
As you think about your body paragraphs make sure you are answering the primary question:
What is the root cause of this problem? (Be honest with yourself and others.)
Paragraphing Puzzle
Review body paragraphing (20 min)
What is a topic sentence?
What is a closing sentence?
Paragraph unity
Paragraph coherence
Discuss conclusions (20 min)
Discuss the difference between a conclusion paragraph and a closing sentence.
Read the page at the link below and write down two things from it that you find the most helpful. This web page is also available in a Word document as an attachment at the bottom of this page:
Strategies for Writing a Conclusion
use a quotation
evoke a vivid image.
call for some sort of action
end with a warning or suggest results or consequences
universalize (compare to other situations)
synthesize (talk about how the things in the different body paragraphs work together)
What are the conclusion paragraphs doing in these examples?
Raises another question
What should we do with Downing? He started this whole discussion. We need to work him into our essays somewhere. Where could we do this?
Where did you feel most connected to Downing?
Are there any quotes from Downing that refer specifically to some of the problems you've mentioned in your writing?
Cool down and next steps (5 min)
Complete your draft of your essay by next class. Make sure it is on your Essay1 wiki page.