Attack the prompt
Annotate the text
Planning
Focus and Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
100
Why do we attack the prompt?
What is to determine what we will write about
100
How do I know what to annotate?
What is the information that answers the topic of the prompt.
100
Why is it important to plan?
What is to ensure we talk about the important points, stay focused, and include evidence.
100
How should your paper be formatted?
What is a multi-paragraph essay.
100
What is evidence?
What is information quoted from the text to support your thesis.
200
How do we attack the prompt?
What is Underline or Circle the type of essay and underline what I need to write about. Determine the topic, audience, and the purpose.
200
How do I annotate the text?
What is read the information and mark the text with symbols and notes that point out the relevant details.
200
Give an example of a graphic organizer you can use to plan.
What is web, four square, sreec, and any other planning design.
200
What helps to move your thoughts and ideas from one paragraph to another?
What are transition words and phrases.
200
What is elaboration?
What is your reason or connection to the evidence and the topic.
300
Attack the Prompt Directions: The passages are about the use of bottled water. Write an essay in which you state and support your opinion about whether or not you agree with the choice of using bottled water. Support your opinion with evidence from the text.
What is writing an opinion essay about using bottled water.
300
Annotate the following information from the text set "Endangered Animals" Prompt: Write an informative essay about endangered animals. Use information from the passages in your essay. Source 1: Saving Animals on the Edge The Zoological Society of London started a program to save unusual animals. It is called EDGE…The group wants to save 100 species of endangered mammals.
What is EDGE is a program that tries to save unusal animals.
300
Plan the introduction for the following prompt: Prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay.
What is an opinion response that includes a hook and thesis statement.
300
Why is the hook important? Write a hook for the following topic: Prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay.
What is it grabs the readers attention and (any reasonable attention grabber about helping or hurting animals)
300
Give an example of elaboration for the following: Prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you explain the impact humans have on animals. Use information from the passages in your essay. Evidence:At only three months old, Winter was found stranded in Mosquito Lagoon, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, having become entangled in a crab trap line which cut off circulation to her tail flukes. After disentanglement, she was transported to CMA for treatment of her extensive injuries.
What is any acceptable response
400
Attack the Prompt The text sources you have read talk about the use of robots. Write an essay in which you give information that explains the role of robots and how robots can make life easier for people. Use information from the readings to support your ideas.
What is write an informative essay about the role robots play in peoples life.
400
Annotate the information: Prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay. Some animals are so unhappy that they place themselves in danger with desperate attempts to free themselves. At the Dallas Zoo, a gorilla named Jabari tried to escape by jumping over the walls and moats of his enclosure… after teenagers were taunting him by throwing rocks.
What is Humans hurt Jabari by taunting him.
400
Plan the conclusion for the following prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay.
What is any reasonable response that includes restating the thesis and a wrap up sentence.
400
How can you ensure that your essay is focused and organized?
What is edit and revise after writing the essay.
400
Elaborate on the following: Prompt:At only three months old, Winter was found stranded in Mosquito Lagoon, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, having become entangled in a crab trap line which cut off circulation to her tail flukes. After disentanglement, she was transported to CMA for treatment of her extensive injuries. Evidence: In reality, most people only spend a few seconds at each display, waiting for the animals to do something “exciting,” but they gain little, if any, true understanding of the animals…
What is any acceptable respoonse
500
How can Attacking the Prompt and reading with a purpose improve my essay writing?
What is by attacking the prompt I can keep a focus throughout my reading, annotation, and writing. I will have a purpose for reading and be able to gather evidence that will support my writing.
500
Annotate the text Prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay. Winter’s was one of the most difficult cases for CMA. Her story is a bittersweet realization of the dangers faced by animals as a result of human activities in the wild, such as fishery interactions. Through these types of interactions, dolphins and other marine life often become susceptible to entanglement and digestion of fishing line or other gear that can cause them to become injured, ill, or potentially lead to their death. In order to mitigate these impacts and conserve these species, it is critical for us to do our part and keep our oceans clean, recycle, and promote laws and regulations that improve upon fishing practices. Together, we can make a difference!
What is Humans cause animals like winter to get hurt, but also work on efforts to rescue the animals.
500
Plan the 2 body paragraphs for the following prompt: The articles discuss human and animal interactions. Write an essay to your class in which you give your opinion about whether humans hurt or help animals. Use information from the passages in your essay.
What is a plan that includes the transition words, topic sentence, evidence and elaboration.
500
give 5 transition words and explain how you would use them. Ex. First, would be used to introduce my first topic.
What is 5 acceptable transitions with explanations.
500
Explain the impact that evidence and elaboration has on your writing. How can you ensure that your evidence and elaboration make a good essay?
What is evidence and elaboration helps support the thesis statement and ensure that the essay is focused. You can ensure that your evidence and elaboration makes a good essay by attacking the prompt, annotating the text, planning, and revising.
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