Animal Farm Paper Assignment
Wednesday 3/20
Thursday 3/21
Friday 3/22
Monday 3/25
Tuesday & Wednesday 3/26- 3/27
Wednesday 3/20
- Go over Thesis Statement PowerPoint
- Write "I Statements" ("I am writing about _______ in order to prove/show_______)
- Mrs. Hirzel will check "I Statements" before the end of class
- HW: Turn "I Statements" into a formal thesis, do research
Thursday 3/21
- Discuss Outlining and Receive Outline Handout
- Teacher will help students with questions on thesis and outlining
- HW: Create sentence outline of main points (include thesis at the top)
Friday 3/22
- Discussion Section 2 of The University of Chicago Writing Guide
- Do Animal Farm Thesis Activity
- HW: Expand your outline to include your textual evidence & analysis (with MLA in-text citations) EXAMPLE
Monday 3/25
- Teacher will check Expanded Outlines
- Teachers and students will work together to make expanded outline into paragraph
- HW: Introductory Paragraph and first point expanded into paragraph form (draft), Come in with 1-3 questions about your paper for private conference
Tuesday & Wednesday 3/26- 3/27
- In-Library
- Teacher will hand back last two papers and students will analyze what they need to improve on for this paper
- Peer Review
- Students will continue drafting process
- Teacher will have conferences with students individually
- HW: Animal Farm Draft due Tuesday we return
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