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Agenda:Vocabulary Review (in Journal)Informative Essay TaskGet your journals please Vocabulary Reviewconsensus agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a wholeCleopatra beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)interlude an intervening period or episodesonar a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to returnsubtlety a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitudedeja vu the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred beforeVocabulary Reviewincendiary capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readilyominous threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developmentsredeem restore the honor or worth ofdenizen a person who inhabits a particular place

Your TaskUsing your Venn-diagram and the text My Life as a Bat on page 71 review the facts!Then you will write an informative essay to determine whether the story details of My Life as a Bat are factually accurate with the facts you collected from the Fun Bat Facts audio.You must incorporate at least 5 of the vocab words in your informative essay.

4An informative essay, also known as an expository essay, gives the reader detailed information about a specific topic.

Informative/expository essays are usually written in five paragraphs.Informative = ExpositoryWhat Informative/Expository Writing Looks LikeFive paragraphs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!First paragraph: IntroductionStates the thesis and the main things youll talk about in the BodySecond, Third, Fourth paragraphs: BodyHUGE amounts of detail, fact, and exampleFifth paragraph: ConclusionNicely summarizes everythingOverview on the Writing ProcessTake a deep breath, yo.Start with what you knowI promise you already know a lot. Then review your research or look through the text to fill in the gaps.Brainstorm using a graphic organizer (You already made a Venn-daigram), write out ideas, maybe make an outline.Write a draft.

TOMORROWs process: Revise with a friend. We will do peer editing.Rewrite. Againdeep breaths. Edit, proofread, check spelling, grammar, etc.Turn in, on time, your last draft. Consider yourself a writer.SLAM WritingS - State the Question or Prompt & AnswerIntroductionL - Locate Evidence from the text to Support your answerBodyA - Add additional evidence (your OPINION)Body L&A (Repeat process 3 TIMES total!)M - Meaningfully ConcludeConclusionTips on Expository/Informative WritingIt should be fact-based.Facts can be quotes, statistics, definitions, names, dates, events.It should be formal.Remember who your reader is (the teacher!).Use examples.Explain what you mean.Dont be overwhelmed. You have a lot of valuable stuff to say. Your teachers want to read it.Essay RequirementsYou are writing this in class.You will leave this in your portfolio. Upon entering class tomorrow, get your essay so we can peer review.This is formative but AWESOME practice for the VLT.You must cite at least 5 pieces of evidence from either source and remember to use citing introductions (see PROVE IT!).

My Life as a BatWord Cloudhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGF7rr0aa6s Write the facts you hear!