Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Social Studies

Today we worked on our rainforest research and presentation.

See below for the directions for the essay assessment on MONDAY:
The following is the format you will use for writing a persuasive writing PARAGRAPH essay.
Format
Sentence 1 - Clearly state the problem or issue you researched into a clear introduction sentence.
Sentence 2 - First reason/piece of evidence that supports your position
Sentence 3 - Second reason/piece of evidence that supports your position
Sentence 4 - A reason/piece of evidence that favors the opposing point of view.  “Some people think…”
Sentence 5 - Conclusion - make a final statement in support of your position.

This will be graded on a 4 point rubric scale.  Spelling needs to be close, please write quality complete sentences, don’t forget to indent.