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Essential Questions:
~How can you persuade ______ to ________?
~What would be different in an essay if there was no
thesis statement?
~Why do people disagree about things?
~Why do we choose three body paragraphs as the
standard?
~How should a conclusion further thinking about a
topic?
Performance Tasks:
Other Evidence:
18. Quiz on conclusion paragraphs, students have to identify the so what and the restated thesis. (R)
19. Jigsaw activity for homework where students are in groups of five and each read one paragraph of an
essay, then come to class and talk about how their sections fit together. (E, R, T)
20. Students put together their final essays based on pieces they have been compiling the whole unit. Given
time in class to work on them so teacher can be there to help out as needed. (E, R, E-2, T)
21. Students self-evaluate their essays: would they be convinced? (E-2, T)