Standard 10-07-2013

I'm speaking from my perspective, but I believe the time we spent on the paper today was, indeed, time well spent.  The fact that no one turned in the paper at the end of class seems to support my sentiments. That's great because if it means stronger, better written papers, then we all win in the end.  Can't wait to start reading them tomorrow night.  Just in case, here are the main questions from today again:

Do you have a hook?

Do you transition to the claim?

Is the claim clear?

Do you mention the titles and authors in the introduction?

Are the titles all in quotation marks?

Do you start your second paragraph with a topic sentence?

Do you give enough story background so that your ideas are clear?

Do you present the information in logical order?

Is what you are discussing directly related to your claim?

Do you use quotes?  Are they cited?  Are they cited correctly?

Do you explain the quotes?

Do you close the paragraph?

Do you use a transitional topic sentence to start paragraph three?

Do you connect the ideas of paragraph two and three to the claim and to each other?

Do you repeat most of the ideas listed above for paragraph three?  paragraph four?

Do you have a closing paragraph?

Do you restate the claim and connect all three stories to the claim through a brief summary of the paper?

Do you close with a bang?

Do you have the right heading?

For tomorrow in class you need to have actively read--highlighting and text coding--the first 11 chapters of The Giver.  We have some questions to discuss and some ideas to start exploring.  We found out a lot in chapter 11.  What do you think about what was uncovered?  Don't worry, there's even more coming in chapter 12.  We might even start reading 12 in class tomorrow.

See you soon.