This 2 Week Flex class will help students who need an introduction to paragraph writing or need a refresh. 

We will complete one step a day covering topic sentences, evidence, signal phrases, commentary, transitions and clincher sentences. Students will watch lecture videos, practice skills, and help each other by sharing examples of their work and providing feedback through classroom discussion. 

The lessons are bite sized so students can have flexibility along with their other academic and personal goals.  

All assignments will be posted on Sunday evenings at 10 am EST. There is a schedule students can follow, but they can do the work whenever they like during the week. All work must be submitted by Saturday at 10 am EST. 

Assignments are graded within 24 hours.

Some activities will be completed in Nearpod. Discussions are posted in Outschool. Students will need access to word processing software like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Apple Pages to save their work. 


Week 1

Monday - No Lesson

Tuesday - Finding Credible Sources
Video explaining and showing how find credible sources on the internet. 			
Activity: Students will find three credible sources for a prompt. 
Discussion: Students will share one source they found and provide feedback  for other students’ sources


Wednesday - Selecting Quotes
Video demonstrating how read sources and select quotes for evidence. 			
Activity: Student will provide 2 quotes from each source they found in the previous lesson. 



Thursday - Using Signal Phrases
Video will show students how to add signal phrases to their quotes to prevent plagiarism. 		
Activity: Students add signal phrases to their quotes. 

Friday - Adding Analysis & Commentary
Video Modeling how to write analysis and commentary sentences after evidence.   			
Activity: Students will submit their paragraphs with evidence and commentary or analysis.
Discussion: Students will post one paragraph in the discussion area and provide feedback for classmates.


Week 2

Monday - No lessons


Tuesday - Topic Sentences
Video demonstrating how to write a topic sentence based no evidence and commentary.		Activity: Students will add topic sentences to their paragraphs. 
Discussion: Students post one of their paragraphs to the Discussion and provide feedback for classmates. 

Wednesday - Clincher Sentences
Video showing how to write clincher sentences that feed into the next paragraph. 		
Activity: Students will add clincher sentences to their paragraphs. 
Discussion: Students will share one of their paragraphs with their peers and provide feedback for classmates. 

Thursday - Adding Transitions
Video on adding transitions to the beginning of paragraphs. 		
Activity: Students will add transitions to their paragraphs. 
Discussion: Students will share one of their completed paragraphs with their classmates and then provide feedback. 

Friday - Wrap up
Students will take a new prompt and write three body paragraphs based on their evidence.