Morning Mission

Ms. Catherine’s ClassOctober 22, 2014

Today’s Objectives1. Grammar Hmwk Review2. Writing Mini-Lesson• Organizing Our

Biographies3. Conflict Chart…Rwanda

Writing Workshop1. Organizing our Biographies

Making sure that our ideas & information are easy for our readers to follow & understand

Remember that a Biographer’s job is to tell the story about their subject…then help their readers understand & learn more about them.

Biographical EssayThe structure to consider here would be the Biographical Essay

Read Author’s Note…focus on the thesis statement, body paragraphs & conclusion…what is repeated or explained throughout?

This structure follows more closely to the general essay structure. (Like what you guys are working on!)

Biographical EssayBegins with an introduction statement which introduces the reader to the subject & includes a thesis statement that explains the idea that will be the focus of the biography.

“As he grew into a young adult, he saw how powerful words were and he spent hours writing speeches.”

Biographical EssayIn this Bio…there are 3 paragraphs written in chronological order with details to support the thesis & then there is a conclusion that restates the thesis in a new way.

“Abe Lincoln’s love of books, the ideas they stirred…”

Biographical EssayThe paragraphs support the idea that it was Abe’s love of books that played a part in his major goals & accomplishments.

Let’s take a few minutes & see if we

can’t make some notes about how we would like our Essay

Structured Biographies about our Super Peacemakers

to look like…

to be put in white binder

Let’s begin by making sure our Introduction

has a Thesis Statement…

Don’t forget that your conclusion should repeat the Thesis

Statement that you made in your introduction.

Conflict Chart