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Purpose, Focus, and Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
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ALL essays have this in common.
What is an introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph?
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Evidence is different from elaboration because...
What is evidence is pulled from the text. Elaboration is when you take the evidence and explain how it supports your claim.
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Fix the errors in this sentence: Wearing a uniform dosent stop a students creativity it encourages.
Wearing a uniform doesn't stop a student's creativity, it encourages.
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What should be included in your introduction paragraph?

What is your hook and your CI(Main Idea)

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What should you do the night before a big test?
What is try to go to bed on time and get good rest.
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Read the following prompt: Write an essay in which you give your opinion. Should students be required to wear uniforms to school? Use evidence from each text to support your response.  

What is the topic?

What is students?

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Write an example of a correct citation.

According to Source 1, "The zombie bugs were taking over." (paragraph 7).

Source 1 states

Text 1/2 states

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Fix the errors in this sentence: Principal's belive that uniforms prevent student's from being distracted
Principals believe that uniforms prevent students from being distracted.
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How should you start each of your body paragraphs?

What is with a transition word and a topic sentence to introduce the reason you will focus on in that paragraph.

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What are all of the things that you need to do before you can make a plan?

What is read the ENTIRE prompt and pick out topic and point. Then you need to actually read the text sets and gather evidence and ideas. Then use the strongest evidence in your essay.

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How should you start the CI for an opinion essay?

What is tIn my opinion...

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What do you need to do with your text evidence to show the reader that you understood it?
What is explain and elaborate on it.
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What is wrong with this sentence? Children often report after exercising that their feeling better.
Children often report, after exercising, that they're feeling better.
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What all should be included in each body paragraph?

What is a transition word, an introduction to the main idea of that body graph, text evidence supporting that idea, and elaboration.

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How long should you spend PLANNING your essay? What should you include in your plan?

What is at least 15-20  minutes. 

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You must have this to clue the reader in on what your essay will be about.

What is a CI, controlling idea, or main idea.

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Where does your evidence come from and how do you find it?
What is from ALL the texts provided with the prompt.
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Fix the errors in this sentence: Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that to much t.v. is bad for you. The florida department of health says being a couch potato leds to obesity.
Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that too much T.V. is bad for you? The Florida Department of Health says, being a couch potato leads to obesity.
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What should be included in your conclusion paragraph?

What is a restating the CI (Main ide), summarizing the point of the paragraphs, and leaving the reader with something to think about or a call to action.

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How much time should you spend typing the essay? Why should you give yourself this much time?

What is 30-45 minutes To make sure you carefully explain all of your reasons and elaborate on all the text evidence used.

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What should you do when you hear 10 minute warning.?

Write the conclusion and read over your essay.