Thursday, January 13, 2011

Writing an Essay for City of Ember

1. Read the task carefully, underline key words (Still choosing your task?? Go to The City of Ember Post assignment page of this blog)
2. Create a Brainstorm or a web, referring back to the task given to you. Add as many details or "branches" as you can to the web, this will help you! These details will include comments, observations, specific examples from the novel.

3. Organize and Outline...
You can do this using an essay graphic organizer provided to you in class... OR...
Check out the following links from the READWRITETHINK website....

"Note taker site"
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title=

"Persuasive Writing Site"
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/