1. Writing Progress Monitoring First 9 weeks October 3
Leon County Schools
Writing Progress Monitoring First 9 weeks
October 3

2. Step One- Time to Read & Gather
Read the prompt.
Gather evidence while you read. Mark evidence for the yes side with a + and the no side with a -
It is ok to underline and make notes as your read.

3. Step Two: Time to Outline
Make a quick outline to plan
Your claim
Reason 1 – Find Evidence record source and paragraph number
Reason 2 - Find Evidence record source and paragraph number
Counterclaim – what do other people think. Find evidence to prove them wrong.

4. Planning for Success You should have FIVE paragraphs Intro with claim
Body paragraph 1 – reason 1
Body paragraph 2 – reason 2
Counterclaim paragraph – be sure to prove them wrong
Conclusion – restate the claim

5. Claim: Parents should not be held legally accountable for their children’s irresponsible actions when they misbehave.
Reason #2:
Reason #1:
It is far too difficult to make the parent’s punishment fair, depending on the child’s age or severity of the crime. Evidence #1: S Evidence #2: S3 41
Juvenile crime is currently much less of a problem than adult crime. Evidence #1: S1 5 Evidence #2: S2 36
CC: Some may say parents should be held responsible for their child’s actions because it is a parent’s job to teach their child how to behave. How are children supposed to learn responsibility if parent’s are let off the hook.
S3 45

6. Step Three: Time to Draft…
Include a clear claim in the introduction
Include transitions to help your paper flow.
Body paragraphs focus on one reason; support with evidence and most importantly, EXPLAIN
Use evidence from multiple sources - Avoid overly relying on one source
Address counterclaims & PROVE THEM WRONG
Restate your claim in the conclusion

7. Body Paragraph Formula
Transition & topic sentence T
Evidence with citations E
Explain the evidence – how does it relate to the topic E
Evidence with citations E
Sum it up S
It is ok to have one piece of strong evidence as long as you really, really explain it.

8. Step four: Edit an Revise If there is time …
Check spelling and punctuation
Re-read to make sure that it is clear where the quotes came from. Check those citations.
Check word choice – you can make some subtle changes that can make your paper stronger
Check for transitions at the beginning of paragraphs and inside the paragraph.

9. It is important to set goals! Look over the pink writing rubric
What is your goal score?
PFO EE
C 2 1

10. Now look at your rescue services paragraph It was graded for six elements
Topic Sentence – stating the reason
Evidence with citation
Explaining the evidence
Evidence with citations
Sum it up sentence
There were very few perfect scores.
Most did NOT have adequate analysis or explaining.
Want to read a sample?

11. Let’s Look at the sample
Circle the transition and highlight the topic sentence.
Box the citation – where the quote came from
Highlight the evidence
Using a second color, highlight the explaining
Circle the sum it up sentence.

12. Time to reflect
Did you have a topic sentence stating the reason? Yes or No
Did you have clear citations? Yes or No
Did you chose strong evidence? Yes or No
Did you ADEQUATELY explain your evidence? Yes or No
What did you do well?
What will do you need to improve upon?

13. Prepare by reading a strong essay
Read the essay
Text mark and annotate
Notice the elements of argument & strong writing
Claim
Evidence & citations
Explaining the evidence
Transition words
counterclaim