February 25

HW: 4th hour: All papers must be on the Wiki by Sunday night at 10 pm.
5th hour: All paragraphs must be completed by the START of class on Monday.

All final papers are due Tuesday, typed, titled, and with a work cited. 5th hour:
1. establish a Wiki or a group Blog that everyone could access and type on or
2. pick one person to type or
3. save it on a jump drive

Today:
1. Write out your thesis as a group. Show it to me for approval. IF group members are missing, go forth without them.

2. Outline your paper using a traditional outline or a tree map.

3. Write your paragraphs.
Intros:
Attention Grabber
Link with title and author
Thesis

Body Paragraphs:
Topic sentence related to thesis
Point- your first point related to the topic sentence
Illustration- a quote that supports and illustrates your first point
Explanation of illustration: How does it relate to the point?
Point- your first point related to the topic sentence
Illustration- a quote that supports and illustrates your first point
Explanation of illustration: How does it relate to the point?
Concluding sentence that transitions into next paragraph

Conclusions:
Restatement of thesis
Review one point from each of the three-four body paragraphs (you will need to work with the individual writers)
Final thought. this should connect back to the attention grabber