English & Language Arts with Mr. West
Exploring Language, Literature, and Living
Agenda for Thursday 9/9/2010
Posted by on September 9, 2010
1. Warm-up: In the white workbooks labeled Writing Test, complete exercise 1 on pp.16-17
2. Review “Understanding the Writing Prompt”
3. Planning/Pre-writing/Brainstorming in order to develop a controlling idea or formulate an arguable thesis that makes a clear and knowledgeable judgment.
Activity/Practice: pp. 147 , 163 , 171 , 183 , 195
A.) Identify the TOPIC, AUDIENCE, and PURPOSE for all five of the writing prompts listed above.
B.) Then, pick any two of the five and generate a sufficient amount of relevant ideas by brainstorming/planning appropriately (SEE ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR BRAINSTORMING ON pp. 42-52)
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