AGENDA

SSR Finish Hercules 8 Sentence Paragraph Introduction 8 Sentence Paragraph Practice

SSRYou now have 15 minutes to silent read.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

You must turn in your compare and contrast handout from Friday today.

Your 8 sentence paragraph is due tomorrow if you do not finish it today in class.

Your battles with Grendel’s mom need to be turned into the completed work basket by the end of the day today.

The end of the unit is coming up. Grades will be updated this week (today or tomorrow). If you have any missing assignments, they must be turned in by next Friday or they will remain a zero.

FINISH HERCULES

FRIDAY AND TODAY YOU COMPARED AND CONTRASTED BEOWULF TO HERCULES

Now today you are going to write a paragraph about the biggest similarity and difference between the two characters.

The paragraph you are going to write is going to be an 8 sentence paragraph that includes specific examples to support your claims.

THE SETUP

Sentence 1 - Introduction Sentence 2 – Claim 1 Sentence 3 – Example 1 Sentence 4 – Explanation 1 Sentence 5 – Claim 2 Sentence 6 – Example 2 Sentence 7 – Explanation 2 Sentence 8 - Closing

SENTENCE 1

The Introduction This sentence should introduce your reader to

the overall idea of the paragraph. You could also look at it as a place to put a thesis statement. Example: Throughout the novel The Book Thief, Max

uses reading and writing as two different ways to build a relationship with Liesel.

TIPS NEVER SAY “In this paragraph I’m going to…” You should never use I statements in argument writing

SENTENCE 2

Claim 1 In this sentence you are going to state the first

claim you are making in your paragraph. Example: Reading is how Max’s relationship with

Liesel begins.

TIPS Your claim needs to be an idea you can support with

specific examples from the text.

SENTENCE 3

Example 1 This is a sentence where you should use specific

support from the text to support your claim. This can be through you describing something from the text, or to make your argument even stronger, a quote.

Example: After realizing that the basement was too cold to practice reading in, and more importantly too cold to sleep in, Max, Liesel, and Papa fell into a routine of reading together in the living room.

SENTENCE 4

Support 1 This sentence should be used for you to explain

your specific example and how it relates to your claim.

Example: The two are moved to becoming closer than being two people who share a room to read in when Papa points out that they have many things in common, including their shared love for reading.

Tips This is a place for you to explain quotes because

quotes can never stand on their own. They must be explained.

SENTENCE 5-7 Repeat the process

SENTENCE 8

Closing This is the sentence you should use to wrap up

your paragraph. Example: Without their shared love for reading,

and the way that Max used writing, the relationship between these two characters could have been completely different.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN

You are going to use the rest of the time in class today to write a compare and contrast paragraph comparing Beowulf to Hercules. You must follow the 8 sentence paragraph format

when writing this.