Expository Essay (BIOGRAPHY)
You need a web & a rough draft that should be at
least 3-5 paragraphs hand written.
§ You may choose to interview an adult of your choice
(a list of choices will be given to help you choose)
§ You may do a face to face interview or a phone interview
§ Use the questions given to you & you may add your own
1st use the information from your interview questions to create a web.
2nd use your web to write your rough draft.
§ You also have the opportunity to choose a celebrity, author, inventor, etc to research instead of an adult interview. You are to research information to create a web & rough draft about the person you choose.
Rough draft of an Adventure Story
An adventure story is one in which the main character(s) face a challenge situations in order to reach a goal. Choose from one of the topics given & your story should be at least 3-5 paragraphs. Remember to have the following in your story:
· Main character(s) (detailed description)
· Setting(this is where most of the action takes place)
· Time (when the story takes place; past, present, future?)
· Plot (the challenge your main character must confront or overcome)
· Theme (what your character should grow & learn from his/her experience)
· Climax (your story should get more exciting as the story builds up and unfolds.
· Conclusion (tying up all the loose pieces and winding your story down)
Your child is to write or type their FINAL DRAFT of the story they wrote last weekend. The topic was to write a kid friendly spooky story. Stories need to have a strong beginning, middle, & end. I am expecting final drafts to be well constructed with good use of details, voice, and word choice.
Focus trait for the week is VOICE:
·Commitment to the topic
·Writing to read
·Appropriate for the audience
·Expressing appropriate tone & mood to fit the
Story-line
Your child is to write a kid friendly spooky story. His/Her story can be any length as long as it has a title & a strong beginning, middle, & end.
The trait in which your child should focus on is
VOICE:
· Commitment to the topic
· Writing to read
· Appropriate for the audience
· Expressing appropriate tone & mood to fit the
Story-line
1. Students are to take their intro & body paragraphs from last week’s weekend writing and now begin writing their conclusion paragraph on the following topic: Why should we recycle aluminum cans and glass bottles?.
2. Your conclusion paragraph should contain the following:
· Restating your thesis-don’t repeat it word for word
· Briefly summarize the main points of your essay
· Adding a surprising fact of a great quotation can add zing to the conclusion
· Leave an impression on the reader
This is due Mon.
1. Students are to take their Thesis from last week’s weekend writing and begin writing their introduction and body paragraphs on the following topic: Why should we recycle aluminum cans and glass bottles?. Remember the thesis is part of the introduction paragraph.
2. Your introduction and body paragraphs should contain the following:
· Your introduction should grab/hook your reader.
· You should attempt to start your essay with a quote, a question, or a piece of startling information.
· In the introduction, include the points for discussion in the same order that you will discuss them in the body.
· Your body paragraph(s) should include details that support the main points that were listed in your introduction.
§ 1 worksheet “What Am I” explaining different types of paragraphs. Your child is to read the 4 paragraphs on the worksheet and determine what type of paragraph it is by looking at the resource web on the back of the worksheet.
§ Brainstorming chart of a specific topic your child has chosen, needs to be completed in your child’s writing notebook.
A sample chart has been handed out and should be in your child’s communication folder showing what a brainstorming chart should or could look like.