In this essay, you show have to take a side and provide evidence to help prove your point.
What is an argumentative essay
Go to the board and write a simple sentence?
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Do we need background information for inferencing?
Yes
Define Central Idea
The main point or message of a story or article
What are the type of sentences?
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
In this essay, things are presented according to how they happen . (Hint.. Beginning, middle, end)
What is a narrative
On the board write a compound sentence?
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Define: Theme
The lesson that the author wants the reader to learn;moral
What is the purpose of narrative writing?
To tell a story.
On the board write a complex sentence
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Inferences allow readers to understand deeper meaning. What is an example of deeper meaning?
What is the Main Idea, Author's Voice, etc.
What are the story elements that we have discussed this year that should be included in a story?
What is characters, setting, conflict, and resolution.
Which is spelled incorrectly?
skyscraper
souvenir
pospone
circumstances
pospone (postpone)
Make an Inference about Merab: Merab is smiling as she looks at her cake glowing with candles and all of her wrapped presents.
What is Merab is happy, because it is her birthday?
What is the strategy that is used to breakdown the writing task/writing prompt?
What is text structure? Name any two
How the text is organized? (chronological order, cause and effect, problem/solution, sequence, compare and contrast)