09 IEW Researched Paragraphs 2 // Due the week of Nov. 4, 2014

Hi Everyone!

This week, you are getting a chance to further establish what we learned over the last couple of weeks—pulling information from several sources to create one paragraph of your own!

You were given new mini books in class, but if you were absent, you can print them off at:

Elephant Mini Books

Remember that the process is:

1. Underline 2-4 repeating/reflecting words from each paragraph's topic and clincher sentences.
2. From those words, decide on a topic for each paragraph, and label it right above it.
3. Make a column for each article and list each of the article's topics.
4. Choose a topic that repeats itself in at least three different sources.
5. Write a paragraph using information from those paragraphs, using the following outline:
1. Topic Sentence
1. Fact 1
2. Fact 2
3. Fact 3
4. Fact 4
5. Fact 5
2. Clincher (concluding) sentence

You should complete EVERY step of the list, but you will only be turning in ONE typed paragraph next week.

Your paragraph should still have all 6 dress-ups we've gone over:

1. Because Clause
2. Who/Which Clause
3. Adverbial Clause WWWASIA
4. Adverb
5. Strong Verb
6. Imagery

08 IEW Homework: Researched Paragraphs // Due the week of Oct. 28, 2014

Hi Everyone!

This week in class, we went over how to write a paragraph that combines information from three different sources!

You all have your three Humpback Whale mini-books with each of the paragraphs labeled. From these, (in class) we picked the topic of "Migration" and looked at—only—the paragraphs from each of the mini-books that talk about migration of whales. We made an outline that included the topic sentence, the concluding sentence (clincher), and then 5 pieces of information in the middle:

1. Topic Sentence: Migration of Humpback Whales
1. Whales feed in cold water; birth in warm water (I'm using more words for my explanation; try to use as few as possible)
2. Whales spend 2 mo traveling to each place
3. etc
4. etc
5. etc
2. Clincher Sentence: Travel of Humpback Whales

Then, we talked about taking that outline and putting it into our own words into a paragraph, like:

              Did you know that humpback whales migrate around the world every year? They must do so because they catch and eat food in cold water, but they need waters to give birth and raise their babies. It takes around two months for whales to swim from their warm-water birthing grounds to their cold-water hunting grounds, and vice versa. etc, etc, etc…

Then, in class with a partner, you all created a paragraph outline using another whale topic (like "Family" or "Body Structure").

THURSDAY/FRIDAY HOMEWORK: Your homework is to bring in 2 finished paragraphs, written in your own words, based on the outline you did in class with a partner, and one extra you'll do at home by yourself. (DO NOT do one on "Migration" as we already did this in class)

• Criteria—Your paragraph must:
• Have facts/information from at least 2 different source paragraphs
• Be double spaced
• Have a header in the top right corner:
• Your name
• My name
• Class name
• Date
• Have all six dress-ups

WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK: Your homework is to bring in 1 finished paragraph, written in your own words, based on an outline you'll do at home by yourself. (DO NOT do one on "Migration" as we already did this in class)

• Criteria—Your paragraph must:
• Have facts/information from at least 2 different source paragraphs
• Be double spaced
• Have a header in the top right corner:
• Your name
• My name
• Class name
• Date
• Have all six dress-ups

07 IEW Homework: Paragraph Topics // Due the week of Oct. 22, 2014

Hi everyone!

This week, we went through the three mini books in lesson 11 in your notebooks.

We underlined about 2-4 repeating/reflecting keywords in the topic and clincher (concluding) sentences, and then used just those two sentences to determine the main topic of each paragraph.

For homework:

• Finish going through all three mini books and underlining and determining the topic for each paragraph, if you were unable to finish them in class with your partner.
• On a piece of paper (notebook paper and handwriting is ok here), make three columns, one for each of the mini books. Then, list the paragraphs topics under each column.

**I know this is not much homework (depending on how far you got in class). I like to give more, but the next thing we do with your lists is very complex and I want you to do it under my supervision. If you'd like more homework, I encourage you to spend time journaling or creative writing every day!

Email me if you have questions!

06 IEW Homework 4 // Due the week of Oct. 14, 2014

Hi Everyone!

This week, we learned about summarizing a story effectively in 1-3 sentences!

To do so, we need to mention 3 parts of a story:

1. Exposition: Setting and main characters
2. Inciting Event: Event that gets the story going and changes everything
3. Climax/Resolution: The biggest, most exciting, or most important part of the book, usually the most important

Then, you can turn those into 1-3 sentences. For example:

1. Finding Nemo
1. 3 things:
1. Exposition: Ocean; two clownfish fish—Marlin and his son Nemo
2. Inciting Event: Nemo gets captured and Marlin must go on a journey to find him
3. Climax/Resolution: Marlin saves Nemo and goes back home
2. Sentences: "Finding Nemo is the epic story of a clownfish named Marlin and his son Nemo who live in the ocean. When Nemo is captured by fishermen and taken away, Marlin must journey the world to find him. After a long journey Marlin finally finds and rescues his son, and together they return home." That's all you need!
2. Hunger Games
1. 3 things:
1. Exposition: Dystopian (bad) futuristic world; a young girl named Katniss
2. Inciting Event: Katniss must go to the hunger games, a competition where children are forced by the government to fight each other by the bad government
3. Climax/Resolution: Katniss wins the Hunger Games and becomes a symbol for the people of how someone can overcome terrible things
2. Sentences: "The Hunger Games is a book about a young girl named Katniss living in a terribly dystopian futuristic world where the government forces children to compete and fight in a competition called the Hunger Games. When Katniss is forced to go into this competition, she experiences many troubles, but finally wins in the end. In winning, Katniss becomes a symbol for the people of how someone can overcome terrible things.

Homework:

• So, your homework is to read the two stories from the next two lessons—
• The Salt Merchant
• The Serpent and the Eagle
• Summarize each story in 1-3 sentences (the summary will go at the top of your page)
• Expand each story into 7+ sentences that really tell the story of the story, but including each of your many dress-ups that we have discussed in previous weeks.
• Feel free to change things up a bit—as long as you use that exposition, inciting event, and climax/resolution.
• Paper must be/have:
• Double-spaced
• 12 pt., Times New Roman Font
• Header at top right:
• Your name
• Teacher name
• Class name
• Date
• Dress-ups underlined:
• Adverb
• Adverbial clause (WWWASIA)
• Because clause
• Strong verb
• Who/Which Clause
• 1 piece of good imagery (description using one of the five senses as a reference)