1. Writing: Part II Essay Planning Organizing Writing Evaluating

2. Writing Paragraph 1-Introduction Paragraph 2-Body/Details Paragraph 3-Body/Details Paragraph 4-Body/Details Paragraph 5-Conclusion

3. Writing Go over pages 172-173

4. Scoring Holistic Scoring = judged on its overall effectiveness Most important is how clearly you present your thesis statement and how well you support it

5. Evaluation of Essay (in this order)  Focus and development your main points  Organize your essay  Provide specific examples and details to support your main points  Use clear and precise word choice  Use correct sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

6. GED Scoring Rubric  See page 185

7. Evaluating an Essay  Checklist on page 187

8. Spring Break Homework: Choose 1 essay from page 199 and write a 5 paragraph essay Simulated Writing Test pages 632-648 (includes an essay) OR Test Writing PC (includes an essay)