Objective: I can write a rough draft of my second supporting paragraph by applying the turn-and-talk technique for one of my quotes to write “adequate” reasoning for each quote used.
BW: Students will read the student sample to focus on the reasoning part of the paragraph and score it with a “1,” “2,” or “3” rating. Then students will justify the score using key words from the rubric while writing a short paragraph of 3 or 4 sentences in their notebooks.
Activities:
- Share Out: Two or three students will be asked to share their journal entries. What was your score? Why? Which word in the reasoning gave a clue that the writer provided a conclusion about how the GoKnow software can improve learning now? In other words, does his reasoning go beyond a related experience to how it can improve learning now?
- Turn-and-Talk: Each student will use a quote from their bucket organizers to discuss how they can use a quote to explain his/her topic. What is the “therefore” or conclusion drawn from the evidence to explain the topic as it relates to improving the learning now?
- Independent Study: Each student will write his/her second supporting paragraph by applying internally the “turn-and-talk” method from the previous step. Do not write about “distractions,” “learning apps or aids,” or the paragraph topic selected yesterday.
- SSR: After completing the second supporting paragraph, students will add inferences to the 4-Column journal.
- Reminder: The revised bucket organizers are due on Monday(11/3).