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Warm-Up: What is a thesis statement?

Activity 1: Students were to get their packet out that included: Note cards, power outlines, anticipation guides, framework (working outline), and your resource page. Students then shared their introductory paragraph and middle paragraphs with Mrs. Abrams.

Activity 2: Students read their introductory paragraph to the class, and Mrs. Abrams helped the students to use their main idea sentences and their clincher sentence.

Activity 3: For the rest of the class students were to work on their final paragraph.

Materials:
A. Write Source book page 402 (for concluding paragraph)
B. Research packet

Homework:
A. Finish your first rough draft
B. As always, read for 30 minutes, and fill an entry in your reading log.

Graded Papers: Mrs. Abrams went around the class today, during writing time, and checked our packets to make sure that we had finished what we were supposed to.

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