Happy Friday!

Objective:  The students will finish their first reading assignment within the Research Paper Unit.

1.  Get folders and sit in any group.
2.  Continue Close Reading of "The Man in the Water"

1.  Gist statement for each paragraph:  what was the paragraph about?
2.  Claim statement for each paragraph:  What "truth" or "fact" does the author present that leads to his overall argument?
3. When you are all done"  Go back to the top of the paper and write the main argument (impleied thesis) that the author presents in the piece.
4. Group activity:  Get assigned a paragraph to discuss as well as a question on the back to present.

Paragraph 2= 4     Paragraph 3=5    Paragraph 4= 6   paragraph 5= 7   Paragraph 6=8
Paragraph 7= 9            Paragraph 8= 10      Paragraph 9=11