Objective: I can write at least one body paragraph of my rhetorical analysis of the Flint water crisis article.
BW: Identify the authors’ claim of the Flint water crisis article. Write a statement that answers the question posed by the article’s title? i.e. How did tap water become toxic in Flint?
Activities:
- Share Out: Discuss answers.
- Think Pair/Share: Complete your writing preparations. Determine three technique/goal/example matches.
- Share Out: Discuss several.
- Begin writing the essay. On a separate paper, write the author’s claim at the top. Begin your first body paragraph with a topic sentence that suggests the first technique. i.e. The authors “ask questions” to develop their claim about the irreversible damage caused by the switch in Flint’s water source.
- Continue writing the paragraph by explaining or “reasoning” how an example helps the writer achieve the goal to illustrate the technique being used.
- Share Out: Read one or two aloud.
- Reminder: Make-up work on last Friday’s reflection paragraphs are today after school.