Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Thursday, October 4, Compare / Contrast Essay

Objective: By the end of class, students will complete a draft of an essay comparing greek and norse mythhology (Theseus vs. Sigurd).

Direct Instruction

Review the guidelines and rubric for the essay.

Using the neos, type a four paragraph essay following the directions on the handout.  REMEMBER:

- Spellcheck
- Use higher level vocabulary
 - Provide examples from text to support your claims
- Use transitional words to connect paragraphs and sentences 
- Leave an extra space between paragraphs

When complete, you may come up to my printer and print.  Then:
- UNDERLINE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:
Topic sentence
TWO examples of similarities
TWO examples of differences
Transitional words

When done, you may take a crossword or word search for extra credit.





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