Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Paragraph format

1.  Peer Mentor, Victoria, presentation.

2.  Journals-, essay checks-  :  Besides the positive traits you've mentioned in your peer affirmation, name 2 more and summarize why they are good traits about you.

3.  HW check

4.  Groups and reading.

5.  HW-  Completing the next BP in the self-affirmation/descriptive essay.

NOTES:



Paragraph Format-

TS: opinion.
F:   For Example
O:  This shows that
O:   This also shows that
F:  In addition
O:  This shows that
O:  This also shows that.
F:  What’s more
O:  This shows that
O:  This shows that
CS:  Restatement of TS










TS:  Soccer is the greatest sport in the world.
F:  For example, soccer is the most popular sport in the world;  more people watch the world cup final than any other sporting event every year.
O:  This shows that most people enjoy watching soccer, and that must mean it is the best sport around.
O: Soccer, then, is the most popular sport in the world so that makes it the most awesome sport.
F: In addition, soccer players are more fit than any other team sport athletes on the planet.
O:  This shows that it is very difficult to play soccer.
O:  This also shows that only a select few athletes can play it because of how hard it is;  this adds to its greatness.
F:  What’s more, they have no set plays like in other sports.
O:  This shows they have to be very intelligent.
O:  This also shows that they have to make decisions very fast and be accurate or it hurts the team so soccer is a hard sport to play and takes a ton of intelligence.
CS: Since soccer is the most popular and the most difficult physically and mentally, it is the greatest sport in the world.











 

Monday, February 22, 2016

We planned out the next essay about self-affirmations.




I.  Intro + Thesis:

2.  Body

3. Body

4.  Body

5.  Conclusion.

6.  HW-  reading and affirmations and first body paragraph.