February 4th, 2013 Scribe

February 4th, 2013

Hancock

3rd Period

By: Sarah Perez

1. Hello! So first in class, we listened to announcements, said the pledge, the normal stuff.

2.  Then we got out our typed intro paragraphs and turned them in. Then Ms. Hancock redistributed them for peer editing. We separated the H. I. V. E. S. in the persons paragraph. Then we boxed in the three best words in their paragraph. After that, we circled the contractions in the paragraph. Then we looked at the H step to see if it was a good start for the paragraph. Next that we looked at the I part of the paragraph to see if it gave sufficient information. We then repeated the steps for V. and E. Then we looked at the thesis at the end of  the paragraph. We edited that very carefully by the following steps:

• Box in op. word
• Squiggly line under opp. opinion.
• Underline Opinion
• Box in offset word. 
• Number their reasons.

Then we handed back the papers to their owners. We made sure to do good editing on the papers, because the intro paragraph is one of the most important and easiest part of the paper. Be sure to keep your paragraph and take into consideration what they put/edited.

3. Ms. Hancock announced we are not going to be writing 3 body paragraphs, we will be writing two, and just adding a little more. We looked at our thesis, and our reasons stated at the end. We got rid of one reason, that might have been a little weaker than the others. 

4. We took notes on a power point on body paragraphs:

BODY PARTS

• Topic Sentence
• Answers your  question, states "because" + first reason
• 1st evidence that supports topic sentence
• Explain 2 sentences
• 2nd evidence that supports topic sentence
• Explain 2 sentences
• Transition word & opposing viewpoint
• Opposition evidence
• Transition word & rebuttal statement
• Rebuttal evidence (optional)
• Conclusion statement (rewords topic sentence) 

Then she showed us a body sentence that another teacher had written as an example for us to follow. 

Rebuttal: The act of debating

5. We went back to discussing about our topic sentences.   Needs to be a solid argument by using a op word, or just "saying it."

6. Ms. Hancock then told us she was going to have other language arts  teachers coming in to help grade our papers later on. :)

7. Ms. Hancock opened her easybib and showed us her 'Notes and Outline' tab.  Organization is key. Pro's and cons, and history by color like we have been working on in class. If you organize your notes this way, you will be right on track and it will be so much easier to organize them into body paragraphs. 

8. Homework: Make sure you have solid research!!