Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Writing Day: Performance Task

Goal: Start crafting our written response (performance task) in response to Pérez's text

Agenda: 
Journal
Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer
Introduce Prompt
Thesis Planning

1. Journal 
What does success mean to you?

2. Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer 
We are going to complete the graphic organizer we were working on last Thursday that asks us to figure out Perez's purpose through four different quotes.

3. Introduce Performance Task Prompt 
  • Like Pérez, you will be writing a letter to a specific audience. 
  • There is a document I will pass out to you for you to complete on paper. 
  • This document helps you select your audience and message, as well as write your thesis statement. 
The question you will be answering in your writing is: 
How does experiencing failure actually help the journey toward success?

3. Thesis Planning 
Planning your thesis is very important. Use the organizer that looks like this to help you solidify your thesis:

Reminders: 
Have a great day! Remember, prom tickets are on sale with Theresa in the office. Prom is next Friday, 2/28!