Lead
Thesis/Claim
What's Missing?
25

Identify the lead in Introduction #2.

What kind of lead is it?  - 10 extra points

"Where do the fruits and vegetables we love come from?"

A question.

25

What is the writer going to explain in PROMPT #1?

A negative impact that people have on the Earth.

25

What's missing in Introduction #2?

How do you know?  - 10 extra points

Thesis/ Claim

There is no sentence that tells you how pollinators help plants grow.  / The last sentence does not answer the prompt.

25

Identify the lead in the Introduction #3.

What type of lead is it?  - 10 extra points

"What whizzed by?"

Question.

50

Write a lead for Introduction #1.

Yes, you can use your chromebooks.

A relevant quote, question, definition, fact.

50

What is the claim in Introduction #1?

How do you know? - Extra 20 points

"Wasting water has a negative impact on the environment and needs to be stopped."

It answers the question from the prompt.

50

What's missing in Introduction #3?

How do you know? - 10 extra points

Connection

It doesn't tell you what "whizzed by."  / There is no clear connection between the thing that "whizzed" and making paper airplanes. 

75

What is going to be explained in PROMPT #2?


How pollinators help plants grow.


75

What's missing in Introduction #1?

How do you know? - 10 extra points

The lead

The first sentence is not an attention getter. / "We only have one Earth and need to protect it" is technically an opinion.  Could be a fact, but it's not an interesting one.