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Read this article (do not watch the video) then find two pieces of evidence to back up these statements:

Most panhandlers are scam artists.
     1.
     2.

Most panhandling is based on need.
     1.
     2.

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Sentence review

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Read this article. Answer the question below with at least TWO complete sentences.

Find two pieces of evidence from the article to back up this statement:
It was important for the dead President's guard to look their best.

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Take a second look at your essay. Look for sentence variety. Look for academic voice.

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Read this article. Answer the question below with at least TWO complete sentences.

Find two pieces of evidence from the article to back up this statement:
It was important for the dead President's guard to look their best.

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Take a second look at your essay. Look for sentence variety. Look for academic voice.

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Read this article then post a comment answering this question.

Who is to blame for the high rate of stolen vehicles in Utah? Back up your opinion with evidence from the article.Write a paragraph with a topic sentence, opinion statement, evidence, evidence, and conclusion.


**STORY**

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Read this article then post a comment answering this question.

Who is to blame for the high rate of stolen vehicles in Utah? Back up your opinion with evidence from the article.Write a paragraph with a topic sentence, opinion statement, evidence, evidence, and conclusion.


**STORY**

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Here's what you need to do today:

1. Get your folder and notebook.
2. Review your notes about the five paragraph essay.
3. Today you will write a rough draft of an essay in Google Drive. You have already done some pre-writing on the essay question (last time).You may use the paragraph you wrote last time to help get you started. It probably is a good base for your intro paragraph.
4. You may also use the paragraphs you wrote after each article we read. You should have these printed out an in your folder. Do not simply paste some paragraphs together. Make sure they follow the five paragraph essay format, and that everything flows together well.
5. I will be grading this essay. Even though it is a "rough draft" that doesn't mean that it can be crappy. Please do your best. Use all the things you have learned about writing: sentence variety, academic voice, proofreading, etc. Keep in mind the rubric we use to grade your writing. Do your best to meet those expectations.
6. Here is the essay question again:

There is a lot of news about bullying recently. Is is merely hype or is should it be a serious concern? Write a five paragraph essay in response to the question in which a side is taken and evidence is offered from the articles as evidence for the side chosen.


Here are links to the articles we read about bullying. You will use these to provide evidence for your stated opinion. You may quote the articles if you want. Please provide correct citation (ask if you don't know how to do this).

Nov     7     article
            5     article
            1     article 
Oct      30    article
            28    article
            24    article
            22    article

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Here's what you need to do today:

1. Get your folder and notebook.
2. Review your notes about the five paragraph essay.
3. Today you will write a rough draft of an essay. You have already done some pre-writing on the essay question (last time).You may use the paragraph you wrote last time to help get you started. It probably is a good base for your intro paragraph.
4. You may also use the paragraphs you wrote after each article we read. You should have these printed out an in your folder. Do not simply paste some paragraphs together. Make sure they follow the five paragraph essay format, and that everything flows together well.
5. I will be grading this essay. Even though it is a "rough draft" that doesn't mean that it can be crappy. Please do your best. Use all the things you have learned about writing: sentence variety, academic voice, proofreading, etc. Keep in mind the rubric we use to grade your writing. Do your best to meet those expectations.
6. Here is the essay question again:

There is a lot of news about bullying recently. Is is merely hype or is should it be a serious concern? Write a five paragraph essay in response to the question in which a side is taken and evidence is offered from the articles as evidence for the side chosen.

Here are links to the articles we read about bullying. You will use these to provide evidence for your stated opinion. You may quote the articles if you want. Please provide correct citation (ask if you don't know how to do this).

 article Nov. 6
 article Nov. 4
 article Oct 31
 article Oct 29
 article Oct 25
 article Oct 23
 article Oct 21

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Browse back through the articles posted on these days:

Nov     7
            5
            1
Oct      30
            28
            24
            22

Answer this question in your blog post for today:

There is a lot of news about bullying recently. Is is merely hype or is should it be a serious concern? Write an excellent paragraph in response to the question in which a side is taken and evidence is offered from the articles as evidence for the side chosen.

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Review of sentence types (S, C, CX), and learn compound-complex sentences!

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Browse back through the articles posted on these days:

Nov      6
             4
Oct       31
             29
             25
             23
             21

Answer this question in your blog post for today:

There is a lot of news about bullying recently. Is is merely hype or is should it be a serious concern? Write an excellent paragraph in response to the question in which a side is taken and evidence is offered from the articles as evidence for the side chosen.

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Review of sentence types (S, C, CX), and learn compound-complex sentences!

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Read these instructions carefully today! We have read several articles about bullying. I would like you to look back through what you wrote about each these articles. Please locate the posts you wrote on the following dates then copy and paste them into a document (Drive, Open Office, Notepad, etc.) and PRINT them out. Here are the dates:

Nov     7
            5
            1
Oct      30
            28
            24
            22

Your paragraphs are looking good, so it's time to perfect the essay!

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• What is theme?
• Essay organization

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Read these instructions carefully today! We have read several articles about bullying. I would like you to look back through what you wrote about each these articles. Please locate the posts you wrote on the following dates then copy and paste them into a document (Drive, Open Office, Notepad, etc.) and PRINT them out. Here are the dates:

Nov      6
             4
Oct       31
             29
             25
             23
             21
We are going to review these articles and what you wrote about them in order to write an essay. I think your paragraphs are looking good and it's time to perfect your essays!

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• Use the rubric to grade your writing
• Become experts at essay organization

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Read this article then answer the question below. Be sure to organize your writing (topic, opinion, support, support, conclusion), proofread, use sentence variety, and get rid of 1st and 2nd person.

This article states that most Americans feel that marijuana should be legalized for adults. Can this be true? Back up your statement of opinion with evidence from the article.

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Defining theme

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Read this article then answer the question below. Be sure to organize your writing (topic, opinion, support, support, conclusion), proofread, use sentence variety, and get rid of 1st and 2nd person.

This article states that most Americans feel that marijuana should be legalized for adults. Can this be true? Back up your statement of opinion with evidence from the article.

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• Using the rubric to analyze your writing

• Figuring out what theme is

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Read this article then answer the following question in at least five sentences (topic, opinion/thesis, support from the article, support from the article, conclusion).

Is hazing bullying? Back up your opinion with evidence from the article.

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Analyze your writing using the rubric.

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Read this article then answer the following question in at least five sentences (topic, opinion/thesis, support from the article, support from the article, conclusion).

Is hazing bullying? Back up your opinion with evidence from the article.

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What do you know about complex sentences?

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Please read this article (to the end of Hannah's story) then answer the question below. Write at least FIVE sentences (topic, thesis/opinion, evidence from article, evidence from article, conclusion).

This team of girls loses every game, usually by about 50 points! No body seems to think there is anything wrong with that. Why? Use evidence from the article to back up your opinion.

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Review of complex sentences! Can you use them?

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Please read this article (to the end of Hannah's story) then answer the question below. Write at least FIVE sentences (topic, thesis/opinion, evidence from article, evidence from article, conclusion).

This team of girls loses every game, usually by about 50 points! No body seems to think there is anything wrong with that. Why? Use evidence from the article to back up your opinion.

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Proofreading!

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Read this article (this works best in Chrome). You may watch the video only if you have your own headphones. Headphones will no longer be available in our classroom.

Write at least five sentences in response to the question below (topic sentence, thesis/opinion, support/evidence from article, support/evidence from article, conclusion).

Is it a good thing that this woman has decided to help fight childhood obesity with a letter for trick or treaters? State your opinion in 3rd person and back up your opinion with evidence from the article.

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