April 19, 2011 3rd Tues. Slice - Persuasive Research Paper

I’m continuing the persuasive research paper in class.  The students have their notes written.  We marked them with the arguments/counterarguments.  Then they cut them out and pasted them on paper in the order in which they wanted to write them in paragraphs.

They wrote their introduction.  Today we worked on beginning to type the rough draft.  I am conferencing with the students while they work on their papers.

Tomorrow they will be back in the computer lab to type the whole paper.  They have to add the conclusion.  My goal is to have the paper at least typed by Thurs.  We’ll type the bibliography in the classroom because next week we begin to take our state proficiency test and we won’t have the time nor the computer lab. 

I’m excited because most of the students appear to understand what I have asked them to do.  There are a few who do not have all their notes and don’t have the rough draft. These had the notes but have lost them or just didn’t have the rough draft written today but I have high hopes they will be written for tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a blessed Easter!  Happy Slicing! J
I added a picture from my smart board this time!  I figured it out!

The outline shows one way they can set up their paper.  The bun is just another idea to help they see how the introduction and conclusion can be similar but yet different. 
The body is the meat of the paper and the condiments are the support details which are what make the paper interesting and easier to understand.

Comments

  1. Linda BApril 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Nice to show it all on the white board. Your drawing looks especially 'tasty'. Hope it all goes well!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Elizabeth G.April 19, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    I love the outline and hamburger visual. You have given your students a great start. I hope the products are as creative as your outlines. Good luck with the deadline.

    ReplyDelete
  3. TamApril 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Wow! Using a smart board, a hamburger, and cutting for the persuasive essay! You got farther than I did! You go, girl!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for leaving a comment! :)

Popular posts from this blog

SOLC 2012: 6 of 31 March 6, 2012 Sink or Swim?

Image
Sink or swim could mean the same to many people and to others different meanings. How profound! I think in writing, to sink or swim would be to just get started and not stop.  What have you got to lose?    I went back to college when I was 39 years old to get my English degree.  I had a B.S. from college in Home Economics at that time, but was unable to find a teaching job so thought I'd add to my license so I could teach. Try going back to school with students who are approximately twenty years younger than you.  Talk about a challenge. Now there's one!   Boy, was I enthused!  They breathed life right back into me.  Most of them were very insightful and I learned to get right in with them. To cut a long story short, they would call me and I called them, and we made it through. The toughest part was creative writing.   I hadn't written in years.  No one had actually taught me to write.  The professor then wasn't teaching me either.  It was "sink or swim"
Read more

March 1, 2012 Was I blown in?

Image
As I lay in my bed yesterday,  I could hear the wind. It made me think about what I know about the wind. I can see it, I can hear it, it can touch me, but I can't touch it! There's, the cold blustery wind in Winter, The warm Summer breeze that goes by The casual breeze that carries the smoke from the fires of leaves burning in the Fall. Those are the “fun” winds. The damaging winds of tornadoes, tsunamis, and hurricanes can hurt property and people. Hopefully we won't have that this year. A little abrupt but I need to stop.  Happy Slicing! :o)
Read more