+Do NOW

JOURNAL

Label the top of the paper in front of you

WHAT I WANT TO BE

Write down what career or life path you hope to take, beginning in the next five years. This is the lens through which

society will view you and your actions.

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Your career choices– what you are-- will determine how society views you.

Your decisions about your moral code will determine who you are and how you view society.

Label the middle of the paper in front of you

WHO I WANT TO BE

Write down the values or characteristics you want to build or improve in yourself.

Then answer the question: how will OWNING these values/traits/characteristics allow you to OWN your life?

+TODAY WE WILL

IDENTIFY the basic elements of a paragraph

EVALUATE the use of RENNS in a paragraph

UNDERSTAND the importance of coherence and transitions in writing

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Round-Robin: You will have 30 seconds- 1 minute to write a sentence. Write your name next to it legibly (this is how you will get credit). After time is up, pass it as instructed to the next person, and write a new sentence on the sheet handed to you.

Demonstration

Topic: Should the death penalty exist in the USA? Why or why not.

+Your Opinion:

What did you notice about the paragraphs you created as a group? Are they easy to read? Can you tell where the argument is going, if there is an argument?

+GUIDED NOTES: WRITING A PROPER PARAGRAPH

Paragraphs need to be ORGANIZED and should have clear TRANSITIONS. Do not try and surprise your reader!!!!!

+Paragraphs are like HAMBURGERS.

+Paragraphs are like HAMBURGERS.

Your TOPIC SENTENCE is a one to two sentence statement of what you are arguing in the paragraph.

+Paragraphs are like HAMBURGERS.

The meat of your paragraph, at least three sentences, is the actual details of your central argument.

+Paragraphs are like HAMBURGERS.

Your CONCLUDING SENTENCE is your conclusion. This should be a summary in different words of what you have just argued in the paragraph. NO NEW INFORMATION!!!!!!!

+RENNS: THE KEY TO WRITING EXCITING, EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPHS R: reasons

E: examples

N: numbers

N: names

S: specific, sensory details

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Option 1:

West Jefferson High School should start at 9:20 and end at 5:20. Research conducted by Professor Roland G. Fryer of Harvard University found that the brains of high school students perform at higher levels after 9am. This is because the natural sleep cycle of a high school student is from around 11pm or 12am to 7:30am or 8am. Forcing students to start class before their bodies should be waking up is ineffective for learning, and thus a waste of time. Students would be happier and more open to increasing knowledge if school started two hours later, allowing the school day to match the sleep cycles of students

RENNS?

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Option 2:

West Jefferson High School should start later. I read somewhere that students like going to sleep late, so they would probably learn more if they could just sleep in later, too. This is because their brains would be more awake and able to process information better. West Jefferson High School should start later.

RENNS?

+Which paragraph is more convincing? Why?

+“THE EXAM ROOM” BY NABAKOV

READ WHOLE CLASS

IN PARTNERS:

1. WHAT IS THIS PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING?

2. RENNS ANALYSIS

3. DOES THIS PARAGRAPH SERVE ITS PURPOSE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

+POPP QUIZ

+Homework

Write one paragraph on the topic

Musical lyrics advocating violence should not be allowedYou must use four of the five RENNS in your paragraph to receive credit!!!!!!!