Now that you have read "Texting While Driving Kills, but Will We Stop?" and "Distracted Driving,"create a plan for your informational/explanatory essay.
Think about ideas, facts, details, and other information and examples you want to use. Think about how you will introduce your topic and what the main topic will be for each
paragraph. Develop your ideas clearly and use your own words, except when quoting directly from the source texts. Be sure to identify the sources by title or number when
using details or facts directly from the sources.
Writing Task
Driving can be a very dangerous part of someone's everyday life. There are countless factors that contribute to that danger which could easily be avoided if drivers simply
avoided distractions.
Think about the situation, then write an informational/explanatory essay in your own words explaining the major distractions that good drivers should seek to avoid and how
dangerous those distractions can be. Be sure to use evidence from both texts. (Click on Description Button below to see both texts)
Before you write, be sure to:
think about ideas, facts, definitions, details, and other information and examples you want to use;
.. think about how you will introduce your topic and what the main topic will be for each paragraph;
• develop your ideas clearly and use your own words, except when quoting directly from the source texts;
.. be sure to identify the sources by title or number when using details or facts directly from the sources; and
- use your scratch paper if needed, but you must write your essay on your answer document.
Now write your informational/explanatory essay on your answer document. Be sure to:
- use information from the two texts so that your essay includes important details;
- introduce the topic clearly, provide a focus, and organize information in a way that makes sense;
- develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations, or other information related to the topic;
• use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion;
• clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts;
- use clear language and vocabulary to inform about the topic;

Write 2. using what you have learned about evidence, explanation, quotations, and paraphrase, write your body paragraphs in the space below. muir and wordsworth you will need to include at least one of each of the following: a direct quotation introduced with a complete sentence and a colon a direct quotation introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence a paraphrased example an embedded quotation locate 3. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a complete sentence and a colon. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 4. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 5. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence. copy and paste it here. 6. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one paraphrased example and copy and paste it here. 7. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one embedded quotation and copy and paste it here. 8. using techniques learned in this lesson, write the conclusion to your essay in the space below. 9. how did you connect your introduction and your conclusion? (did you use a similar technique, repetition of a significant word or phrase, explain. 10. copy and paste the words or sentence that signals closure of your essay. 11. copy and paste the sentences that synthesize your ideas. remember, synthesis combines the main ideas of your essay and comments on the significance of those ideas. 12. copy and paste the sentences that answer the question from the prompt: what conclusion or implications can you draw? (it is ok if you have these sentences as a part of your synthesis or challenge to your audience. include them here as well. it is also ok if these sentences are separate from those two elements.) 13. copy and paste the sentences from your conclusion that challenge your audience to think, feel, or do something.