Self-evaluation of topic sentences & Sharing for review
Freshman English Writing
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Prompt: Would you prefer spending a vacation somewhere in the wild or in a fancy hotel? What makes the difference?
Objectives of this lesson:
Students will understand constituents of topic sentences.
Students will be able to produce effective topic sentences to address a thesis statement of the given topic.
Directions for students:
STEP 1
Before submitting each of your topic sentence for review to receive the peer and the teacher feedback, check your topic sentence whether it contains a topic and a controlling idea that can well address your thesis statement.
Constituents of topic sentence | non-observed | observed |
Topic (e.g., spending a summer vacation in the wild) | ||
Controlling ideas with specifics (e.g., is thrilling because one can get much closer to nature.) |
STEP 2
After a self-evaluation of your topic sentence, you can now send your topic sentence to class at Poll Everywhere for review and receive feedback from your peers and teacher.
STEP 3
Now that you got feedback from the class, revise your topic sentence to address the feedback you received.
Topic sentence:
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