Informational Writing
Opening
Write a brief response to this question.
- What do you know about informational writing?
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Share your knowledge with the class.
Write a brief response to this question.
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Share your knowledge with the class.
Now you will write your informational piece. Remember that an informational piece is a text that gives facts and information about a topic. It can also be writing that explains something.
You will have 20 minutes to write your informational piece.
Share your response to the Quick Write question from Lesson 13, first with your small group triads and then with the whole class.
With your triad, read and annotate act 2 of Pygmalion to Liza’s exit: “Mrs. Pearce shuts the door; and Eliza’s plaints are no longer audible. Pickering comes from the hearth to the chair and sits astride it with his arms on the back.”
Use the following questions to help prepare for discussion.
Continue to mark places of confusion. Also mark any additional references to social class.
Complete a Quick Write.
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Share your Quick Write response and your annotations of act 2 with your partners. Choose one or two annotations to share with the whole class during the Closing.
Discuss your responses to act 2 with your classmates.
Look at the words used to describe Eliza and Higgins.
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Continue your ongoing homework assignment: