1. Do Now 1.Take out all of your materials for The Monkey’s Paw 2.Clear everything else off your desks.

2. Agenda 1.Review Essay Assignment 2.Begin Outlining Objective 1. You will be able to create an outline for an expository writing assignment.

3. Now that you have read the short story The Monkey’s Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, and watched the 2011 video version directed by Ricky Lewis, you are going to write an essay comparing them. In your answer be sure to explain the ways the short story and the video are alike explain the ways the short story and the video are different include details from the text to support your answer Step 1: Understand the question

4. Step 2: Outline your Body Paragraphs I.Introduction II.Body Paragraph #1 A.Topic Sentence: (Answer bullet 1 in a complete sentence)_____________ ______________________________________________________________ 1. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 3. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ B. Concluding Sentence:_________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

5. III. Body Paragraph #2 A. Topic Sentence: (Answer bullet 2 in a complete sentence)______________ ___________________________________________________________ ___ 1. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 3. Detail / Example:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ B. Concluding Sentence:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ____

6. Step 3a: Write your Essay Help with the Introduction There should be one sentence per paragraph (So if your essay is four paragraphs, there should be four sentences in your introduction.) Technology has changed the way people communicate with each other. Describe some new pieces of technology and explain how they are used for communication purposes. Use details from the article to support your answer. In your answer, be sure to describe some new pieces of technology explain how they are used include details from the article to support your answer Technology has changed the way people communicate with each other. Some new pieces of technology are cell phones and computers. They use the internet to share information quickly. This is how technology has changed the way people communicate with each other.

7. Step 3b: Write your Essay Use your Outline to Write your Body Paragraphs Take the information you wrote on your outline and make it complete sentences. Use transition words to make your writing flow. Remember: There should be a topic sentence, 3 supporting details, & a concluding sentence! Here are some helpful transitional words of phrases For example Another example In conclusion Therefore This is why As one can see First of all Secondly This is how

8. Step 3c: Write your Essay Some Help with your Conclusion Reword each sentence from your introduction. For example: Here is an introduction… Here is a conclusion for the same paper… Technology has changed the way people communicate with each other. Some new pieces of technology are cell phones and computers. They use the internet to share information quickly. This is how technology has changed the way people communicate with each other. The way people communicate with each other has been changed by technology. Cell phones and computers are examples of modern technology. Information is shared quickly through the internet. In conclusion, technology has changed the way people communicate.

9. Step 4: Revise your Work In order to receive full credit your assignment must… Include 3 details per body paragraph Have minimal errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, & capitalization. Use challenging vocabulary words

10. Step 5: Publishing You must type your essay. **If this is a problem for you please see me** Size 12, Times New Roman Font Double Spaced MLA Format Heading