Writing
Strategies
Revising and Editing
Types of Writing
Potpourri
(AKA: Misc.)
100
This is what our first paragraph is called in our writing.
What is introduction.
100
This is what we should do before reading the sources
What is read and dissect the prompt
100
Correct the sentence: Me and my friends went to the mall.
What is My friends and I went to the mall.
100
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to do something.
What is persuade.
100
Name two strategies you can use to write an interesting introduction

Question
Startling Fact
Statistic
Scenario

200
This is what the middle paragraphs in an essay are called.
What are body paragraphs
200
This is what we should do while reading the sources 
What is underline evidence and code the text
200
the horse is yong.
What is The horse is young.
200
This type of writing is trying to teach the reader something.
What is informative
200
These are the three domains (categories) that the scorers from the state use to score your essay

PFO - Purpose, Focus, Organization
EE - Evidence and Elaboration
C- Conventions

300
This is what our last paragraph is called.
What is conclusion.
300
This is the kind of graphic organizer we can use to gather evidence for an opinion essay.
What is a t-chart
300
Get over here! yelled his sister.
What is "Get over here!" yelled his sister.
300
This type of writing is meant to show the writer's beliefs about a topic
What is opinion.
300

Which sentence does not belong.

Light pollution is a problem for wildlife.  According to the text "Light Pollution", "birds are blinded by the bright lights become confused and bump in to office buildings". There used to be 2,500 stars in the sky but now we can only see 300.  Also, sea turtles are being affected by the bright lights.  This is why light pollution is a problem.

There used to be 2,500 stars in the sky but now we can only see 300.
400

This is what must be stated clearly stated in the introduction paragraph.

Opinion Essay 
Informative Essay



What is your opinion for the opinion essay

What is the main idea for informative essay


(take words from the prompt and the main details from the body paragraphs).

400
This is the acronym we can use to help us remember what to information to include in the body paragraphs

What is T-R-E-E

Transition
Reason (Fact)
Evidence
Elaboration

400
You must always your use punctuation when citing the title of the sources.
What are quotation marks
400
True or False: An essay should always have 2 body paragraphs. 
False: The number of body paragraphs depends on what the prompt is asking you to write about
400
This is the part of the body paragraph in which you give you connection to the evidence from the text.
What is elaboration
500
These are the words that are used to make your essay flow from one paragraph to the next.
What are transition words and phrases
500
This is what you should do after you have finished the passage and questions.
What is go back and double check your work to make revisions
500
I have a red blue green white bag
What is I have a red, blue, green and white bag.
500
When you write an opinion essay or an informative essay you must always include _____________ from the text.
What is evidence.
500
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