4 Square Essay
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4 Square Essay
An Expository Adventure
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We started this project by setting up a paper with two main ideas for the prompt:
Choose an animal that would make the best class pet. Now explain why that animal would make a great class pet.
As you can see beneath each main idea are
two WSADK’s for each of our two
anecdotes – which are stories
that prove the main idea.
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Here’s an example of what those WSADK plans should look like, when you’re done you should have four of these just like the following slide:
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Next, we take each WSADK plan and, on the back of that same paper, write it out as a paragraph starting with the main idea. When you’re done you should have two main ideas each supported by two anecdotes like the following slide:
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Finally, students will use a lined piece of paper to write out a focus statement, copy down their two main ideas with anecdotes, and write a conclusion to finish out their essay.
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