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    Writing Boot Camp!!: Work It!!!! & Write It!!!!

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    The document provides instructions for students on how to write an essay analyzing a short story. It outlines a six step process: 1) closely read the story, 2) generate ideas about themes or characters, 3) choose an idea to write about, 4) find the strongest evidence to support that idea, 5) verbally outline the essay, and 6) do a quick first draft. It emphasizes choosing a clear claim and supporting it with the top three most important examples from the text. The document models this process using the story "Those Shoes".

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    Writing Boot Camp!!: Work It!!!! & Write It!!!!

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    The document provides instructions for students on how to write an essay analyzing a short story. It outlines a six step process: 1) closely read the story, 2) generate ideas about themes or characters, 3) choose an idea to write about, 4) find the strongest evidence to support that idea, 5) verbally outline the essay, and 6) do a quick first draft. It emphasizes choosing a clear claim and supporting it with the top three most important examples from the text. The document models this process using the story "Those Shoes".

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    The document provides instructions for students on how to write an essay analyzing a short story. It outlines a six step process: 1) closely read the story, 2) generate ideas about themes or characters, 3) choose an idea to write about, 4) find the strongest evidence to support that idea, 5) verbally outline the essay, and 6) do a quick first draft. It emphasizes choosing a clear claim and supporting it with the top three most important examples from the text. The document models this process using the story "Those Shoes".

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    Writing Boot Camp!!: Work It!!!! & Write It!!!!

    Uploaded by

    Julia Chernova
    The document provides instructions for students on how to write an essay analyzing a short story. It outlines a six step process: 1) closely read the story, 2) generate ideas about themes or characters, 3) choose an idea to write about, 4) find the strongest evidence to support that idea, 5) verbally outline the essay, and 6) do a quick first draft. It emphasizes choosing a clear claim and supporting it with the top three most important examples from the text. The document models this process using the story "Those Shoes".

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    Writing Boot Camp!!

    Work It!!!! & Write It!!!!


    Eye Of the Tiger
    “Work Out” Your Essay In The Air
    Right now, we are going to do this using our idea about Those Shoes.

    To begin, writers find it helpful to tell the reader which story


    they are writing about and then name their claim.

    Next, writer's support that claim with evidence from the text.
    You might say, “For example…” (Top 3 )

    Finally, you’ll want to offer up a way to conclude their essays


    -The way the story ends - lesson learned - Restate your claim -
    “Write It” - Flash Draft
    Right now, we are going to do this using our idea about Those Shoes.

    To begin, writers find it helpful to tell the reader which story


    they are writing about and then name their claim.

    Next, writer's support that claim with evidence from the text.
    You might say, “For example…”

    Finally, you’ll want to offer up a way to conclude their essays


    -The way the story ends - lesson learned - Restate your claim -
    CLAIM - IS A STATEMENT THE WRITER IS TRYING TO PROVE
    Character Traits Ideas about Character’ Ideas about Ideas about how the Lessons the characters
    s relationships Motivation character changes learn
    CLAIM - IS A STATEMENT THE WRITER IS TRYING TO PROVE
    Character Traits Ideas about Ideas about Ideas about how the Lessons the
    Character’s Motivation character changes characters learn
    relationships

    Jeremy Jeremy
    longs to fit learns that
    in. being a
    good friend
    is better
    than having
    a cool pair
    of shoes.
    With Your Partner
    Reread the story.
    Find & Underline Evidence that
    supports the claim the more eviende the
    better!
    Writers look for the evidence that is strongest.
    They rank their evidence from strongest to
    weakest. They think about which is more
    important, the biggest part of the story, and
    which is more minor. Then, they include the
    bigger, more important evidence and leave out
    the minor stuff.”
    Boot Camp Process:
    1. Close Read the Text
    2. Generate Ideas About the text
    3. Choose One Idea to Write
    4. Find the “Best Evidence” to support your idea
    5. Work Out Your Essay in the Air
    6. Flash Draft Your Essay
    7. Use the checklist to review your essay

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