Prompt: The amount of graffiti has greatly increased at ou

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Five Paragraph Essay

• Using Four Square

Presented by Sabrina Carnesi, Jamie Carpenter,
and Karen DiGiorgio
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What to do, what to do . . .

• Read the prompt carefully.
• Write your three-part thesis sentence, compose an
  attention-grabbing hook, and finish the
  introductory paragraph by answering the basic
  who, what, where, when, and why of your topic.
• Compose your support paragraphs based on your
  three-part thesis sentence.
• End with a concluding paragraph that restates
  your thesis and summarizes your support
  paragraphs.

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Read the prompt carefully
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• Prompt The Commonwealth of Virginia is
  considering raising the age at which drivers can
  obtain their license to drive from 16 to either
  18 or 21. Do you agree or disagree with this
  change? Write about what you think is the
  appropriate age for people to begin driving.

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• Prompt The Commonwealth of Virginia is
  considering raising the age at which drivers can
  obtain their license to drive from 16 to either
  18 or 21. Do you agree or disagree with this
  change? Write about what you think is the
  appropriate age for people to begin driving.

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Answer the prompt

• What is the prompt asking you to do?
• What is the best age for driving 16, 18, or 21?
  
• Do you favor some other age?
• Do you think the age needs to change?
• Do you think that a change is not needed?
• What are your three reasons for favoring a
  change?
• What are your three reasons for leaving things as
  they are?

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Thesis SentenceAttention-Grabbing
HookIntroductory Paragraph
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The Three-Part Thesis Sentence
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Brainstorm!!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
Reason 3
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Brainstorm!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
School sponsored driver instruction prepares
teens to be responsible drivers.
Reason 3
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Brainstorm!!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
Teens need to be able to drive home after school
sponsored extra-curricular activities.
School sponsored driver instruction prepares
teens to be responsible drivers.
Reason 3
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Brainstorm!!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
Teens need to be able to drive home after school
sponsored extra-curricular activities.
School sponsored driver instruction prepares
teens to be responsible drivers.
Reason 3
Teens are a valuable part of the workforce and
need to be able to drive to work.
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Three-Part Thesis SentenceDisagree/Dont Change
the Driving Age
The Commonwealth of Virginia should not change
the age at which drivers can obtain their license
from age 16 because school sponsored driver
instruction prepares teens to be responsible
drivers, teens need to be able to drive home
after school sponsored extra-curricular
activities, and teens are a valuable part of the
workforce and need to be able to drive to work.
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Three-Part Thesis SentenceAgree/Raise the
Driving Age
The Commonwealth of Virginia should change the
age at which drivers obtain their license from
age 16 to 18 because seniors gain more from
driver training than sophomores, the school
provides free transportation to students involved
in after school activities, and graduated seniors
can work full time allowing them to handle the
high cost of car ownership.
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AttentionGrabbingHook
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• 1. How would you like to have to wait until age
  18 to be able to drive?
• 2. Voting, marriage, and driving what could
  these three things have in common in the near
  future?
• 3. Happy sweet 16! Heres an IPod in place of
  your drivers license!
• 4. Virginia thinks 16 is old enough to hold down
  a job, yet the state wants you to depend on Mommy
  for a ride to work!

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Your turn! What ideas do you have for an
attention-grabbing hook?

• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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Introductory Paragraph
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Should the Commonwealth of Virginia raise the
driving age from 16 to 18 or 21? HOOK - to catch
the readers attention WHO does this change
effect? WHAT are the problems with the
current driving age? WHEN would the age limit
change? WHERE will this leave teen employers? WHY
change the driving age? THESIS sentence is the
last sentence
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Creating Support Paragraphs UsingFour-Square
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Support Paragraphs
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Support Paragraphs
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Should the Commonwealth of Virginia raise the
driving age from 16 to 18 or 21?
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In conclusion . . .
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• Concluding sentences start with
• So, as you can see
• As you have probably guessed
• As you can see
• In conclusion I
• Thus, it is from these observations
• Based on my observations I

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Now it's your turn!
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• Prompt The Newport News School Board is
  considering a change in the school schedule from
  five days, 815-250, to four days 815-430. Do
  you agree or disagree with this change? Write
  about what you think is the appropriate schedule
  for Newport News students.

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Brainstorm!!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
Reason 3
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Three-Part Thesis Sentence
The Newport News School Board should change the
student schedule to four days because
____________________________ _____________________
_______________ _________________________________
___, ____________________________________
____________________________________, and
________________________________
____________________________________.
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Three-Part Thesis Sentence
The Newport News School Board should leave the
student schedule alone because ___________________
_________________ _______________________________
_____, ____________________________________
____________________________________, and
________________________________
____________________________________.
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Your turn! What ideas do you have for an
attention-grabbing hook?

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• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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• Prompt The amount of graffiti has greatly
  increased at our school. The members of the
  school board must find a way to stop the graffiti
  and they are looking for student input. Write
  about what you think is an appropriate way to
  resolve this problem.

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Brainstorm!!!!
Reason 2
Reason 1
Reason 3
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Three-Part Thesis Sentence
The Newport News School Board can resolve the
graffiti problem at our school by
____________________________________
____________________________________,
____________________________________
____________________________________, and
________________________________
____________________________________.
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Your turn! What ideas do you have for an
attention-grabbing hook?

• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.