We continued to work on writing transitions. Students composed transition sentences for two sample student essays, both a 5 paragraph essay and a more advanced and lengthy essay.
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Bellwrite #14: Why the Holocaust? (What do people mean when they ask this question? What are some of the answers various people offer?)
In class we held our first literature seminars. In the seminar, students discuss in a smaller group a passage of text, which today was Chapter 11 of The Chosen. The teacher only asks questions, as needed, and does not answer questions. Students are encouraged to listen actively to one another and to refer frequently back to the text in their discussion. Our seminar today explored the ways in which the characters responded to the Holocaust and other world news. We also explored how the inner lives of characters were affected by and reflected in the external world.
Homework:
- Read Chapters 12-13 of The Chosen by Thursday.
- Evaluate the transition sentences for the essay on the state of the world. For the effective ones, be able to explain why they are effective. For the less effective (or missing) ones, please write new transition sentences (due Thursday).
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