Wednesday, November 28th

Lesson Objectives - After some more practice in Vocabulary Unit 6, students will continue examining the use of personification in various media sources.  Students will also begin brainstorming about the information they will include in their test essay rough draft.

Homework - Students will start writing their test essay rough drafts.  The writing prompt is as follows:  "From the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, explain the author’s use of personification in three different animal characters."

RTT Essay Checklist: Use the outline below to help organize your information

1.      Rough Draft                         (10 points) - _____

2.      Final Draft

a.      Introduction

               Author/Title (1 point) - _____

               Personification Definition (1 point) - _____

               Thesis Statement (2 points) - _____

b.      Body Paragraph 1

               Character Introduction (1 point) - _____

               Human traits (2 points) - _____

               Examples (2 points) - _____

c.       Body Paragraph 2

               Character Introduction (1 point) - _____

               Human traits (2 points) - _____

               Examples (2 points) - _____

d.      Body Paragraph 3

               Character Introduction (1 point) - _____

               Human traits (2 points) - _____

               Examples (2 points) - _____

e.       Conclusion                       (1 point) - _____

TOTAL SCORE - __/30_=_______