Day+9

**Day 9 and 10** **Assessment**

**Anticipatory Set** : In order to get the students focused and in the writing/grammar mindset when they enter the room there will be a D.O.L. sentence on the board. They must write the sentence correctly in their journals. Students will be randomly chosen to come up to the board and fix the three mistakes the sentence contains.

**Objective:**  As a result of this lesson, students will understand what is to be expected of them when they write their final essay. Students will fill out at least five webs during the brainstorming activity. Students will also be asked to write at least two sentences about how they feel towards the essay assignment. Students will list any concerns or troubles they may have. By completing the web brainstorm, students will demonstrate critical thinking skills. Students will also have most of their essay mapped out and organized before writing their essay in class.

**Common Core Standards:** CC.6.W.1.d Text Types and Purposes: Establish and maintain a formal style. CC.6.W.2.c Text Types and Purposes: Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. CC.6.W.3 Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. CC.6.SL.1.c Comprehension and Collaboration: Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. CC.6.L.2.b Conventions of Standard English: Spell correctly

**Materials** : Sample student essay, journals, D.O.L. sentence, and essay prompt/directions

**Instructional Input** : The assignment instruction sheet will be handed out and explained. There will be a web drawn on the board that will be the form the students will use for brainstorming before they start their essays. Examples of how to brainstorm and information that is needed for the essay will be modeled on the board. Together, we will fill out the brainstorming web so the students can see how a filled out brainstorming web is done and what is looks like. After, I will put a student sample of this essay assignment on the overhead and go over it with the students.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Essay Prompt:** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Now, think about the unit you’ve just finished and evaluate your work, including your reading, your writing, your activities, and you projects. Be kind to yourself, but be honest too! <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Write a note to your teacher. In your note, explain what you’ve done during this unit and what you’ve learned. Use the following questions to help you write your note. This note must be at least five paragraphs long and contain less than three grammatical errors.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Which literature selections in this unit affected you most strongly? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What was your favorite activity this unit? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What was your least favorite activity? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">If you were to do a project again, what parts would you do the same way?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What parts would you do differently?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What did you learn as you worked on your project?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What have you learned in this unit about what you like to read?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">How would you rate your work in this unit? Use the following scale and give at least three reasons for your rating.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1= outstanding 2= Good 3= Fair 4= Not as good as it could have been

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Checking for Understanding** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">: Students will be graded on participation points for the D.O.L. Their brainstorm webs will be graded using a checklist.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Guided Practice:** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The students will work independently on their brainstorms as they try to map out what they want to say in their essays. I will be walking around ensuring students are on task, understanding what is expected of them, and also offering suggestions and help if needed.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Independent Practice** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">: Students will start to write their essays in class. They will be given the rest of the period to work on them. They will also be allowed to work on them the next day, but they will be handed in at the end of the hour, so students may need to take them home to work on them, depending on their progress.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Closure** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">: Students will be asked to stop writing with two minutes left in the hour. They will be asked to write on a ticket out sheet and answer the question: How do you feel about this essay assignment. Explain any concerns or troubles you think you may encounter.