Monday, April 19, 2010

EXPOSITORY WRITING PRACTICE - WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GLOBAL CITIZEN?


Expository Writing Practice - Wednesday - Tuesday April 14-20
Topic (see handouts)... What does it mean to be a global citizen??
RAFTS CHART...
Role - you are a writer for World Beat magazine
Audience - teen readers of the magazine
Form - expository essay
Topic - What does it mean to be a global citizen? What characterizes a global citizen? What do they do? Why do people need to strive to become global citizens?
Strong Verb - explain

* Complete a RAFTS chart, Web and Outline for tomorrow - Tuesday, April 20
FOR HOMEWORK Complete the introduction paragraph and the 1st paragraph of your body paragraphs due Tuesday.

*** TAKE NOTE...
AFL WRITING ASSESSMENT STARTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21-23.
GRADE 7/8'S will participate, the grade 8 assessments will photocopied so that I can mark them, then they will be sent to the Ministry of Education; the grade 7 booklets will only be evaluated by me. This is the same for all grade 7/8 classrooms.