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3. YOU DO

Class discussion of notes and revisions

Group member speaker

Groups of 4-5 students

What makes the distinguished sentence so strong?

How to rewrite the thesis to make it stronger?

Students get a group of sentences to revise

Discuss

Use annotations

Use rubric

2. WE DO

Examples printed for student notebooks

Take notes

Participate in discussion

Annotate with pen and highlighters

Use Padlet to model

How can the student revise it to make it better?

What makes each sentence basic, proficient, or distinguished?

Guided discussion

Padlet Shelf

Number sentences for grouping

Same number of sentences in each

Organize into categories

Organize student thesis statements

Distinguished

Proficient

Basic

1. I DO

Highlight/Underline

Differences in score

Keywords

Keyword search

Thesis statement

Main idea

Give rubric and show on SMART board

MATERIALS

Mobile learning devices

Padlet

SMART Board

Student thesis examples

Informational writing rough drafts

Informational writing rubric

Pen/pencil, highlighter

Student notebooks

5. WRAP UP

Follow revision patter with topic sentences

Meet with other students to evaluate new thesis

4. I DO

Students will...

use the annotated rubric and examples to add, subtract, or change their sentence to make it stronger.

dissect their sentence that they believe are distinguished and justify it to the teacher then continue revising their paper.

independently improve or justify their thesis sentences.

Teacher assists students

Improve or justify

Justify: if thesis is as strong as it can get

Improve: if not full marks

Look at own writing/thesis statement

Grade thesis based on rubric