NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 1 Unit

1. DO NOW
Take out ESSAY:
Three body paragraphs
Keep Working on your Plan!
Try filling out the Conclusion section of
your plan

2. A Long Walk to Water
Learning Objectives
I can write an organized explanatory essay
about the theme of survival in A Long Walk
to Water.
In my essay, I can support my claim with
details and quotes from the book.

3. Writer’s Tips
What can we do?
Things Good Writers Do
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State the main idea in the beginning
Give examples to support your topic
Make the beginning interesting
Match and answer the question
Really understand what you are writing
Details (quotes) should support a claim.
Organize their topics
Write formally
Create conclusions related to the topic

4. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Examining a Rubric
• Take out the NYS Writing Rubric
• Look at Row 1, Level 3:
Clearly introduce a topic in a manner that
follows from the task and purpose.
• Take out the model essay …

5. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Examining a Rubric
• Look at Row 3, Level 3:
Provide a concluding statement or section that
follows from the topic and information
presented.
• Let’s read the model essay’s conclusion…

6. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
With a shoulder partner:
Read the conclusion with the rubric
• Which sentence sums up the essay’s three (3)
main ideas?
• What parts give more information?
• What does the last line do?

7. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Finish your plan…
1. Read over your body paragraphs
2. Fill in your plan for the conclusion
3. Ask for help if you’re not sure!!!

8. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
TIME TO WRITE!!!!
Write out the introduction
…and then the conclusion!

9. A Long Walk to Water
Homework
If you’re not done, finish your essay!
• Will hand in your plan AND essay draft