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Preparing for Q2 Benchmark. Writing Benchmark This Week!. Goals: Good behavior All students on task completing assignments Work hard to do well on benchmarks Rewards: Candy during competition Party before Christmas break. Agenda. 1. DO NOW: Quickwrite / Think Pair Share
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Writing Benchmark This Week! • Goals: • Good behavior • All students on task completing assignments • Work hard to do well on benchmarks • Rewards: • Candy during competition • Party before Christmas break
Agenda • 1. DO NOW: Quickwrite/ Think Pair Share • 2. Article question/share with partner • 3. Analyze prompt/ Share with partner • 4. Problem & Solution • 5. Introduction Paragraph/thesis statements • 6. Analytical Notes • 7. Outline for essay • 8. Pairs: Practice reading comprehension
DO NOW: • * Have you or do you know personally anyone that has gotten into trouble by positing a picture online/sending a text or picture? What were the negative effects as a result of your actions/the person’s actions?
Expository writing sample prompt • * Expository writing prompt: • What are the dangers associated with sharing information online? What steps can people take to keep their digital footprint clean? Use information from the article “Don’t Track in Dirt With Your Digital Footprint” and examples from your own experience. • There are over 1.5 billion Web surfers worldwide, and photos and videos can reach millions within seconds. • Our digital footprint, which includes the content available about us online, (including texts, photographs, audio, and video) can be traceable and permanent.
Quickwrite • Quickwrite: What is the prompt asking you to do? Write down how you would answer the prompt in an essay. What information should you include in your essay?
Think-Pair-Share Quickwrite: What is the prompt asking you to do? Write down how you would answer the prompt in an essay. What information should you include in your essay? * Share your answer with a person close to your seat.
Write the answer in your journal: • According to the article “Don’t Track in Dirt With Your Digital Footprint,” What are three dangers associated with sending texts and positing pictures and comments online?
3 Dangers associated with sending messages and pictures online • The internet is public • The internet is viral and not in your control. • Once a text or picture is out there, it is out there forever. • Not all publicity is good publicity.
Problem & Solution What are 3 solutions to the 3 dangers associated with the internet?
3 Solutions • Be careful about what you post online • Don’t send messages that are too personal • Don’t post questionable pictures online
Introduction Paragraph- General Statement • Example: • Over 1.5 people surf the web worldwide, so pictures and videos can reach millions of people within seconds. A digital footprint includes all of the information available about a person online, and it is traceable and permanent.
Introduction Paragraph: Central Idea • The internet is public, viral, and not in your control; once information is online, it is there forever.
Thesis Statement • Thesis Statement: • People can protect their digital footprint by being careful about what they post online, by refraining from sending messages that are too personal, and by not posting questionable pictures.
Topic Sentence #1 • The internet is public, but people can protect their digital footprint by being careful about what they post online
Body Paragraph #1 • Topic Sentence __________________________ • A. This is important because… • B. As a result… • C. “What is it” • D. This is important because… • E. As a result…