In this lesson, students continue to draft their literary analysis essays. This lesson follows a similar structure as Lesson 9, direct instruction with the model literary analysis followed by students’ work on their own literary analysis essays. This lesson asks students to draft their second body paragraph based on the model.
In this lesson, students focus on Moon Shadow’s point of view of the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. The Making a Claim Graphic Organizer: Moon Shadow’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath helps students analyze how their evidence supports a claim. It also scaffolds the writing of the second body paragraph, which they begin in the Closing of this lesson. Students should finish drafting their second body paragraph for homework.
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