Day 30 – Organizational Structure, Indirect Objects, and Lead-ins

Objectives Analyze organizational text elements and their purpose in nonfiction. Show how the organization of a text affects main idea. Understand and Identify Direct Objects and indirect objects in sentences. Homework: VCR 6A Study for IO/DO quiz tomorrow

Agenda Warm Up VCR 6A Organizational Structure IO DO exercise Lead-Ins Closure

Warm up Instructions: Find the subjects, verbs, indirect objects, and direct objects in the following sentences. Newspapers give the reader unique opinions about current affairs. I left you some delicious dessert. Sometimes I read my little brother stories from Greek mythology. The teacher gave students specific instructions for the test. My brother Bill gave Mom a birthday surprise.

VCR 6A Take out your flashcards and place them on your desk. Start working on VCR 6A. If you don’t finish it, it is homework.

Organizational Structure

DO – IO Practice Get into your pairs and take out your notes from yesterday. Complete the worksheet together. Only discuss this topic. Ask each other questions and try to find out the answer before coming to me.

Lead – Ins

Lead-Ins Take note sheets from me and pass them back. A lead-in is how you introduce a quote into your paper. There are two types of lead-ins: Somebody said Sentence

In-Text Citations Take a look at the back of the Lead-In notes. You will see general guidelines to use with your rough drafts. You must cite all of your sources. Remember, you must have your name, my name, English 1 Block #, and the date in the top left corner.

Let’s look at an example. Sample paper with parenthetical citation, and lead ins: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20 091250615234_747.pdf Sample Works Cited Page: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/ 747/12/

Closure 3, 2, 1 Write: 3 things you have learned about organizational structures today. 2 examples of indirect objects. 1 question you still have regarding today’s lesson.