Unit: Copy of Unit 3: Personal and Persuasive Essay

Students will be able to identify the differences between a narrative and a personal essay.

Writers get ideas for essays by thinking about the different parts of their lives like family, school, and friends, and then listing their strong feelings or opinions about them.

Writers choose an idea they can grow into a thesis statement by asking themselves: “Can I show this in at least three ways?" and “Does this reveal something about me that others may not know?”

Writers support their thesis with three examples. We can do this by adding because to our thesis statement and listing three reasons in boxes and bullet formatting.

Writers prove their topic sentences by writing mini stories from their own lives. Mini stories have all the elements of good narrative writing, including action, dialogue, and internal thinking.

Writers go from folders to drafts by following these steps: Begin by writing your thesis statement on the first indented line, then take your first reason/topic sentence and mini-story and combine them into one paragraph.