1. Warm Up 10/17
What did you gain from yesterday’s cumulative review activities? Create a bulleted list of at least 2-3 items

2. Learning Targets
Today I can begin to brainstorm and outline my response to a chosen prompt on our study Invisible Man.

3. Writing Assignment
Open the assignment sheet in Google Classroom, and let’s explore this assignment together.

4. Moving Away from the Five Paragraph Essay
----> A good piece of writing takes its reader on a "journey."

5. Ways to Organize Body Paragraphs
Chronological (time)
Spatial order (location)
Causal order (organized by how things work)
Simple to complex
Narrow to wider implications
Obvious to surprising

6. Choose a Prompt
Figure out what prompt you want to answer, and what you want to say about it. Your response does not need to be neat and clean at this point.
Choose a structure that works best for the essay you want to write.

7. Outline Format – Look for a clearer one on Google Classroom
Introduction (label which organization format you chose) –
Write out a rough idea that you might want to use based on one of these strategies:
make a connection to the readers
appeal to them
anticipate their needs
orient them in the direction of the "journey”
your main focus within your topic (thesis)
Body Paragraphs (do this for each of the four/five) –
Topic idea
Context
Quotation
Commentary: Pull out discrete words, phrases, etc. which illustrate the conclusion you’ve drawn. Then, connect the dots for the reader and prove your assertion/conclusion valid.
Conclusion –
Write out a rough idea that you may use based on one of these strategies:
mark the destination of the journey
provide a reflection
Close your idea, but make sure this paragraph is still "meaty"

8. Writing Timeline
NOTE: Anything that cannot be completed during this timeline shall be completed AT HOME.
TIMELINE:
October 17th: Notes on structure/begin brainstorming/outlining.
October 19th: Work on drafting in class (with a focus on developing body paragraphs)
October 20th: Work on drafting in class (with a focus on introductions and conclusions, and refining thesis statements). First draft due by midnight!
October 27th: Student work will be returned with teacher comments. (no class time)
October 31st : Final drafts due by 8am 

9. Homework
Finish your outline by Thursday, 10/19.