- Attendance Check and Warm-up
- Video Clip and Orienting Discussion
- Exploring the Complications--Contributing Conditions
- Improving our Writing--Vocabulary
- Putting It All Together
Homework:
Actively read this article taking notes and annotations.
There are also two exercises on the homepage of Writer's Help that I suggest doing.
Actively read this article taking notes and annotations.
There are also two exercises on the homepage of Writer's Help that I suggest doing.
The Details
Schedule of events:
You'll be getting detailed feedback from me on your paragraph on Wednesday that you will be able to use for your final draft in a few weeks. Now, however, we are going to move on to the next paragraph pattern in our list.
1. [5 minutes] Attendance Check and Warm-Up
2. [15 minutes] Video Clip and Orienting Discussion
Before we dive into the deep content of writing these kinds of paragraphs and essays, we are going to start on the lighter side. Take a look at this video.
Discussion Questions:
3. [15 minutes] Exploring the Complications--Contributing Conditions
These are pretty simple examples of a cause and effect relationship, but sometimes the conditions of the event play a part too. Let's look at this video for an example.
In pairs, fill out this worksheet (also physically handed out in class) before we discuss our various opinions and possibly have some friendly debate.
4. Improving our Writing--Vocabulary
I know that you have been wanting to focus a little more specifically on your writing at the word and phrase level. We are going to do two activities in class and apply them to our a paragraph level on Wednesday.
In the first activity, we are going to try and create sentences using these words and phrases, describing the Wile E. Coyote video.
In the second activity, we are going analyze some verbs that we know, categorizing them into "Cause" or "Effect" categories.
5. Putting it all together
Finally, to show what you learned, go ahead and write a short (4 sentence) paragraph about one of Wile E. Coyote's plans using structure words, cause and effect verbs, and considering other conditions. This is not formal or for a grade or pressure, so don't be nervous. You can write it here.
Homework:
Actively read this article taking notes and annotations.
There are also two exercises on the homepage of Writer's Help that I suggest doing.
Attribution: This lesson was originally created by Ryan Salvador and has been updated and modified to work within my teaching style and class structure.
Schedule of events:
You'll be getting detailed feedback from me on your paragraph on Wednesday that you will be able to use for your final draft in a few weeks. Now, however, we are going to move on to the next paragraph pattern in our list.
1. [5 minutes] Attendance Check and Warm-Up
2. [15 minutes] Video Clip and Orienting Discussion
Before we dive into the deep content of writing these kinds of paragraphs and essays, we are going to start on the lighter side. Take a look at this video.
Discussion Questions:
- What were some of Wile E. Coyote's plans?
- Focus on one plan in your group; why did the plan fail?
- What was the cause of the failure?
3. [15 minutes] Exploring the Complications--Contributing Conditions
These are pretty simple examples of a cause and effect relationship, but sometimes the conditions of the event play a part too. Let's look at this video for an example.
In pairs, fill out this worksheet (also physically handed out in class) before we discuss our various opinions and possibly have some friendly debate.
4. Improving our Writing--Vocabulary
I know that you have been wanting to focus a little more specifically on your writing at the word and phrase level. We are going to do two activities in class and apply them to our a paragraph level on Wednesday.
In the first activity, we are going to try and create sentences using these words and phrases, describing the Wile E. Coyote video.
In the second activity, we are going analyze some verbs that we know, categorizing them into "Cause" or "Effect" categories.
5. Putting it all together
Finally, to show what you learned, go ahead and write a short (4 sentence) paragraph about one of Wile E. Coyote's plans using structure words, cause and effect verbs, and considering other conditions. This is not formal or for a grade or pressure, so don't be nervous. You can write it here.
Homework:
Actively read this article taking notes and annotations.
There are also two exercises on the homepage of Writer's Help that I suggest doing.
Attribution: This lesson was originally created by Ryan Salvador and has been updated and modified to work within my teaching style and class structure.
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