Newspaper Article #2 Planning and Rough Draft: Directions: Using the prompt below, you will brainstorm and draft your second article for your magazine. Make sure to complete each day’s tasks on time, so that you don’t fall behind. On Friday, you will be creating your final draft of this article and putting it in your newspaper.


Monday:
Read the prompt below and write a hook, transition sentence, and thesis. brainstorm one example per HELPS for each of your reasons that you could use to support your stance.

Informational Essay Prompt = Problem & Solutions

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” - Plato
Through the years, new inventions have solved many problems in the world.

Prompt: Write an essay about a current problem we are facing today in our world, country, or community and two solutions that would resolve the problem.

Paragraph 1

Hook:

Transition sentence:

Write thesis (restate prompt + 2 reasons):

DIRECTIONS: use a computer to find 2 examples with LOTS of details for each section of the HELPS to support the above prompt.
H
Historical Examples

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E
Everyday News -Current Events

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L
Literature/ Magazines/ Movies/ TV Shows

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P
Person you know / Personal Experience

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S
Sports / Science

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Tuesday:
Use the “Description” text structure to write your essay. Plan which HELPS best support your thesis and where they will be in your essay. Use an outline or the shapes tool to create the graphic organizer here.
Example:

Outline Template
I. Body Paragraph 1
A. Topic Sentence (reason 1)
i. support (HELPS)
ii. support (HELPS)
II. Body Paragraph 2
A. Topic Sentence (reason 2)
i. Support (HELPS)
ii. Support (HELPS


Using your organizer above, draft your 1st body paragraph (paragraph 2). Remember, in your 1st body paragraph, focus on the 1st of your two reasons from your thesis statement and use HELPS to support it. Your conclusion should remind your reader of your points without repeating and include a reworded thesis statement.

Draft your first body paragraph here:


Wednesday:
Continuing to use your organizer above, draft your 2st body paragraph (paragraph 3). Remember, in your 2nd body paragraph, focus on the 2nd of your two reasons from your thesis statement and use HELPS to support it.
You will also write your conclusion (paragraph 4). Your conclusion should remind your reader of your points without repeating the information and should include a reworded thesis statement.

Draft your second body paragraph here:

Draft your concluding paragraph here:

Thursday:
Today you will put together all of your four drafted paragraphs into one solid article below. You will then use your ARMS and CUPS checklist and tasks below to revise and edit your article.

Copy and paste your full article here:

ARMS and CUPS:
1. Highlight in yellow a sentence/word you added.
2. Highlight in blue a sentence/word you need to remove.
3. Highlight in green a sentence/word you need to move.
4. Highlight in pink a sentence/word that you need to substitute.
5. Highlight in purple word(s) that you need to add capital letters to.
6. Highlight in dark blue words that are used too much and need to be replaced.
7. Highlight in grey where punctuation marks need to be added.
8. Highlight in teal words that need to be spelled correctly.

Friday:
You will follow the directions in your newspaper template PowerPoint to add your second article to your newspaper.