Students will have an opportunity to learn about the writing process in terms of writing a five-paragraph essay using the standard format of an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
The teacher will guide the students as to how to proceed with an introduction using a “hook” to grab the readers’ attention, and then transition into the thesis statement (the topic) to be discussed and developed in the body of the paper. The instructor will demonstrate how to develop a paragraph through the breakdown of the thesis statement and support it through details and examples. Finally, a short paragraph will serve to sum up the thesis statement based on its discussion and its development throughout the paper.
Students will eventually be required to follow a similar format based on our topic of Weather and Climate as this assignment will gradually draw to a close toward the end of the current marking period. Note that we will work on this paper in class (classwork) paragraph by paragraph through incremental time. When the work is completed, students will have an opportunity to type the final piece of work to be handed in at a scheduled period of time.