Draft Begins in Earnest

On Tuesday, October 13, students started their draft for the 5- paragraph essay. Here is the assignment (some of this has already been assigned and addressed with an earlier post):

Pop Quiz
Mr. Roark
Applied Grammar

Prepositions
Finish the preposition assignments. Check assignments 65, 66, and 69 vs. your key when finished. Write down your score out of 25 and submit it to Mr. Roark when you are completely finished with the next part…..

Conjunctions
Start Conjunctions and work through Conjunctions: exercises 71, 72, 73, 74

When you are done, take out your writing packet and finish your outline/skeleton from yesterday or write it for the first time. Then, write your introductory paragraph for your 5 paragraph essay.

Example:
1. Thesis – “Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School.”
2. Conclusion- “A class such as music appreciation has a lasting effect on a student, one that will yield complex and multidimensional results.”
3. 3 points:
a. MA can serve as a uniting force for ALL students.
b. MA is transferable to any vocation.
c. MA creates aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers.

Sample paragraph:

Music appreciation class is a class that is not currently offered at Sparta High School. The administrators see fit to offer yearbook, lifelong sports, journalism, even tech. explorations, but there is no music appreciation. Music is the tie the binds men’s souls. It is one thing that seems to be ever-present. Music is in the personal ipod. Music is in the mall. Music is in movies. Music is everywhere. But is it understood or appreciated? A fun, but educational, class could be a uniting force for all Sparta students (point 1). The lessons learned could be transferable to any vocation (point 2) and the class could create aficionados and connoisseurs, instead of consumers (point 3). Music appreciation class should be a requirement at Sparta High School (Thesis).