December 08, 2014

Objective: Draft a claim that answers research question

1. Why are we starting with body paragraphs
instead of introductory paragraph?
2. Brainstorm ideas for claim
3. Draft one claim
4. Begin work on Paragraph Organizer
H/W: Complete Paragraph Organizer for Body
Paragraph #1

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Make this chart

Idea #1

Idea #2

Idea = Pile

Idea = Pile

Brainstorm a list of answers to these questions

You will need to make many inferences!

What changed because they adopted ____?

What were the benefits of adopting _____?
What did they hope would happen when
they adopted _________?

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Draft a Claim
1. Choose one idea/pile
2. Highlight or underline the strongest answers in
your list (answers you think you can support with detailed
evidence)
3. Write a draft of a claim to answer question:
Why did Japan/Korea adopt Chinese culture?

(You might need to combine ideas from your list)

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Paragraph Organizer

Write draft of claim here

Strong, detailed evidence

Do you have enough evidence?

Do you need to go back to article
for more details? Do you need to
find another article?

Explain your inferences

Link evidence to claim

Do not complete this yet

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Home Work
Complete Organizer for Body Paragraph #1
two detailed pieces of evidence describing
what was adopted
analysis for each piece of evidence
explaining how and why the evidence
supports your claim
if necessary do more research!
do not need to complete Link