Tuesday, April 8, 2014

April 9--Bean Trees Essay

30 minutes--finish Bean Trees essay
Read your essay  to a partner
To earn your 10 points for the day, you need to write all of the following on your paper. Your partner's job is to tell you what to write.

  1. Write comment about one thing that could be added to the intro. Feel free  to write one for your partner if there is no intro. Even if you think that the intro is great, add one thing (an extra detail, an adjective, an extra sentence explaining something, a connecting sentence, etc.)
  2. Put a star next to each example from the sources. Put a double star if there is an actual quote from the source
  3. Put a smiley face next to each example from The Bean Trees 
  4. Put a double smiley face if there is an actual quote 
  5. Underline the topic sentence of one of the paragraphs.
  6. Write "I like this because _______________(fill in the blank)_____________" in the margin next to the part you like most
  7. With the help of your partner, find 
*In the margin of your paper, you have to write at least two comments made by members of your group.
After we're done with all of this, your group of four will then share the best essay with the class.

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