First, second, and seventh periods began looking at specific ways to elevate their writing. Our first step was to ensure paragraph unity: all sentences in a paragraph need to point back to the paragraph’s topic.

We looked at various examples of paragraphs that lack unity.

Homework

• First and second period:
  • Complete the Paragraph Unity handout;
  • Select a topic from writer’s notebook and create a draft of a new topic.
• Seventh period: “A Dangerous Cook” paragraph from Paragraph Unity handout.