1. Do Now/Quick Write #30: Carefully read the following five- paragraph sequence on your handout, paying special attention to how each paragraph relates to the writer’s thesis. Identify the paragraph that disrupts the unity of the sequence, and explain why it doesn’t belong. Carefully read the following five- paragraph sequence on your handout, paying special attention to how each paragraph relates to the writer’s thesis. Identify the paragraph that disrupts the unity of the sequence, and explain why it doesn’t belong.

2. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? THESISMain Idea Logical Center Determines Content Sentence

3. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? A well-written essay should be unified A well-written essay should be unified 1.Thesis itself should be clear. 2.No digressions, no discussion or information that is not shown to be logically related to the thesis. A unified essay stays within the limits of its thesis!

4. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? Thesis Examples 2 and 3 Explains How 4 Why 5 Restates Thesis

5. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? EthosLogosPathos

6. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? An essay may be longer, more complex, and more wide-ranging than this one, but to be effective it must also avoid digressions and remain close to the main idea. An essay may be longer, more complex, and more wide-ranging than this one, but to be effective it must also avoid digressions and remain close to the main idea. Working with your partner, read through My Name by Sandra Ciseros and discuss question one together. Be prepared to share your answers with the class. Working with your partner, read through My Name by Sandra Ciseros and discuss question one together. Be prepared to share your answers with the class.

7. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? Thesis 45623

8. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? Thesis Body 1Body 2Body 3

9. Aim: How do you improve the overall unity of your draft? As you draft, make sure your body paragraphs are directly related to the thesis. As you draft, make sure your body paragraphs are directly related to the thesis. If you find a paragraph that does not appear to be logically connected, you can revise it so that the relationship is clear. If you find a paragraph that does not appear to be logically connected, you can revise it so that the relationship is clear.