today:

Reading Sol
Practice
Persuasive Essay

READING SOL

Read
quietly

Take
your time

Do NOT
write on
answer
sheet

Do NOT
OVERTHINK

ROUGH DRAFT
Take out
ROUGH
DRAFT and a
piece of
notebook
paper

Exchange
papers for
PEER
REVSION/EDIT

DIRECTIONS:
Write

your name, bell, and date in

the upper right hand corner of your
notebook paper.

Write

their name and the essay

choice.

List

the title of their essay.

#1 HOOK
Copy

the first line of the

essay.
Does it grab your interest?
Did they give the author
credit?

#2 THESIS
Copy

their THESIS STATEMENT.

Do you know exactly what the
paper will be about?
Does it contain the author and
the novel title?
Is the title italicized?

#3 TOPIC SENTENCES
Write

the first sentences of each

paragraph.
Do they match up with the
THESIS STATEMENT?
Can you tell what the paragraph
will be about?

RULES

#4 MLA CITATIONS

WRITE: Paragraph #1

Copy quotations and MLA citation.

Is it the correct format? Is the punctuation correct?

WRITE: Paragraph #2

Copy quotation and MLA citation.

Is it the correct format? Is the punctuation correct?

WRITE: Paragraph #3

Copy quotation and MLA citation.

Is it the correct format? Is the punctuation correct?

CONCLUSION
RESTATED

THESIS?
WHAT DO you leave the paper
knowing?
DO THEY ASK YOU TO TAKE
ACTION?
Do they reiterate why it is
beneficial to read classical