1. Warm Up: What makes a good grabber? Thursday, April 10 th, 2014.

2. Examples of Grabbers 0 Before Columbus an explorer named Zheng He discovered Africa and India in series of seven voyages. 0 Everyone knows about Christopher Columbus but not everyone knows about Zheng He. 0 What would you do if you were forced into the military and were forced into a very dangerous voyage? 0 More than 60 years before the voyages of Columbus a man named Zheng He had sailed the eastern seas.

3. Objective 0 I will be able to write an outline to guide my writing of an essay. Language Objective: 0 I will create an outline guide to prepare for an essay.

4. Task 0 You must use all six documents in your essay. 0 Make sure that you show me your buckets before starting on the outline. 0 Continue working on the outline. 0 You will be writing this essay. 0 Do not use “I” in your paper. 0 Do not say, “I think”, “I’m going to talk about”, etc.