Morning Mission

Continue this pattern

as high as you can:

5, 9, 17, 33, ___, ___,

Ms. Catherine’s

ClassWednesday,

November 5, 2014

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Open Letters

Please take out all of your drafts…

Original Thesis Statement from Last Week

Planning Open Letter Chart

Revision from Monday Night’s Homework

Edits from Tuesday Night’s (last night)

Homework

When writing your Open Letter on your

cartulina…please remember…

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Open Letters

Writers of persuasive texts (such as the

contents of the Open Letter), pay attention

to the transitions between opinions and

supporting details.

Today, you are going to pay attention to the

transitions in your drafts.

Transition words and phrases are words

that link ideas and show the relationship

between ideas

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Open LettersThere are different types of

transition words that we use for

different purposes.

Let’s take a look at Lupita’s letter

to see what transition words she

used.

Ex. Therefore is a transition word

that shows the consequence or

affect of doing something.

Currently is another transition word

that is used to order an idea

according to time.

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Open LettersFinish rereading

Lupita’s Letter and

highlight the Transition

Words and Phrases

she used in her

published letter.

Then, I would like you

guys to use some of

these transition words

or phrases and

highlight them in your

published letter.

5 Minute Yoga Break

Everyone stand at their

desks…put your hands in the

air…and make believe you are

climbing a ladder!

Debate Team Prep Time

Remembering your issue from the groups

that were assigned on Monday, please

meet with your half of your group

(ex. all pros to an issue meet separately

from the cons of the same issue.)

Begin to prepare your strategy, what main

points do you think your opponents will

bring up and are you prepared for their

possible rebuttals?