Extreme Sports Writing Task

Goal: Read and understand the writing task. Get started on an introduction and a thesis. Begin gathering evidence for the rest of my essay.

Agenda:

1. Read
2. Locate your extreme sports writing task document assigned to you in Google Classroom. 
3. Read through the writing task including the scoring guide at the end. 
4. Choose the quote you want to work with (highlight it on your document). 
5. Explain the quote in your own words in your introduction. 
6. Decide wether you agree or disagree with what the quote is saying about life. 
7. Consider what pieces of evidence you want to use in the following paragraphs of your essay. 
8. Do some research on the person who said the quotation you are writing about. 

The draft of your complete essay is due Thursday 5/3 (before school) for peer review during class. The final draft is due Monday 5/7.

Reminders:

• Finish reading book #10 by Wednesday. 
• Be sure you have a non-fiction article picked out to go with book #10. (Link should be in your EJ already from 4/17.) Be sure you have read the article. << Pro tip. 
• Friday 5/4 is the end of the grading period. Check your English Journal. Are you missing anything? Could any of your work be better? A little effort now can really help you later.