Professionals’ Similarities

How do you present your evidence? Professionals’ Similarities Eun Benjamin Sheila Russ Interested @ early age News reporting Jungle explorer Doctor Teacher Faced challenges Adults discouraged Poor and bad student Dyslexia – hard to read Lived in NYC – no jungle Realized dream Anchor on NBC4 Doctor @ Johns Hopkins Teacher @ Garfield Elem Expert on primates How do you organize it?

In this lesson you will learn how to organize your evidence by writing supporting paragraphs.

Writing Supporting Paragraphs Interpreting Writing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Analyzing Revising

List things all four professionals have in common, even though they’re in different positions. • Provide evidence that this information comes from the article. • Find out what it takes to make a childhood dream job become a reality.

Not quoting or citing. How do I know that came from the text? Here’s the information that supports my thesis.

1 • Expand each similarity into one or more sentences. 2 • Cite by mentioning the text. • Quote by writing exact words in quotation marks. 3

1 Expand each similarity into one or more sentences. Professionals’ Similarities Eun Benjamin Sheila Russ Interested @ early age News reporting Jungle explorer Doctor Teacher Faced challenges Adults discouraged Poor and bad student Dyslexia – hard to read Lived in NYC – no jungle Realized dream Anchor on NBC4 Doctor @ Johns Hopkins Teacher @ Garfield Elem Expert on primates

1 Professionals’ Similarities Young Benjamin Carson wanted to become a doctor. He was poor and not a good student. He went on to become a doctor at Johns Hopkins. His dream was fulfilled! Benjamin Interested @ early age Doctor Faced challenges Poor and bad student Realized dream Doctor @ Johns Hopkins

2 • Cite by mentioning text. Young Benjamin Carson wanted to become a doctor. He was poor and not a good student. He went on to become a doctor at Johns Hopkins. His dream was fulfilled! The second page of the article tells us that one day his mom put a stop to watching television. Benjamin started reading and his grades improved.

3 Young Benjamin Carson wanted to become a doctor. He was poor and not a good student. The second page of the article tells us that one day his mom put a stop to watching television. Benjamin started reading, and his grades improved. He went on to become a doctor at Johns Hopkins. His dream was fulfilled! “came home from work and turned off the TV – for good.” Benjamin became a “bookworm,” and his grades “skyrocketed.”

Expand each similarity into one or more sentences. 1 2 • Cite by mentioning text. 3 • Quote by writing exact words in quotation marks.

In this lesson you have learned how to organize your evidence by writing supporting paragraphs.

Use the steps you learned in this lesson to write one or more supporting paragraphs for this prompt. The article tells the story of four adults who got the jobs they wanted since childhood. What is similar about their current attitudes about their jobs? Support your claims.

Use the steps you learned in this lesson to write one or more supporting paragraphs for this prompt. Read three different fables. What do they have in common? Provide examples from the text.

Use the steps you learned in this lesson to write one or more supporting paragraphs for this prompt. Read three Greek myths, each with a different hero as the main character. How are these heroes alike? What evidence do you have?

Use the steps you learned in this lesson to write one or more supporting paragraphs for this prompt. Read informative texts that explain the life cycles of insects, amphibians, and birds. How are they alike? Give examples.

Use the steps you learned in this lesson to write one or more supporting paragraphs for this prompt. The author says, “…the difference between wanting to do something when you grow up, and actually doing it, is how hard you work for it.” In what ways were the struggles of Eun, Benjamin, and Sheila the same? Provide evidence from the text.

Professionals’ Similarities