1. We finished all our words in Unit 4. Review will be Friday and quiz next week.
2. We finished our second grammar review by looking at comparative pronouns and identifying all parts of speech in sentences.
3. We resumed our exemplification unit by writing body paragraphs for our class essay on evil. During today's class, you worked on structure of exemplification paragraphs: a topic sentence that clarified your specific example and its connection to evil, supporting details that explain why and how this example is evil via quotes and multiple examples, and a concluding sentence summing up the evil example. Following a drafting, we discussed the need of transitioning quotes into your writing. At this point, you should not "shove" a full sentence quote into the middle of a paragraph. Instead, transition any outside evidence into your writing to avoid choppiness. In addition, we clarified how to cite in a paragraph. Remember, the citation is placed at the end of the sentence and the period goes after it. With this knowledge, you revised your paragraph for our class reading on Friday.
If you were absent, you will need to write a paragraph exemplifying your evil example for Friday's class.
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