Warm Up:
-Students will be taking the comprehensive final assessment on To Kill a Mockingbird
-To prepare students for the daily schedule during the PBL unit the instructor will present a short presentation on the elements of the persuasive essay
-Students will take notes on this presentation in their interactive notebooks
Work Session:
-Students will be presented with examples of good and bad "hooks" or introductory sentences
-As a class we will discuss what makes a good introductory statement
-Students will practice writing at least three hooks
-Students will Think-Pair-Share these hooks before deciding on one for their own introduction
-Students will take notes on what makes a good thesis statement
-As a class we will unpack the persuasive prompt from the required objective response detailed on the cultural heritage project directions (this is the primary document from the end of year PBL unit)
-Students will prepare their own thesis statements
-As a class we will review the organization of body paragraphs and the importance of transitional words
-The instructor will list the transitional words on the smartboard while students construct the three main body paragraphs of the persuasive essay
Summarizer:
-Students will Think-Pair-Share to edit and advise their cooperative learning partner of the validity and organization of the first four paragraphs of the persuasive essay
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