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Lesson 01.02: Quote: The Mystery of the Creepy Creatures
Writing: Text-Based Response Graphic Organizer
Text-Based Response Graphic Organizer
Use this to plan your text-based response to the following prompt:
In The Mystery at Myrtle Beach, Carolina and her friends see a unique occurrence. How do the
girls use their knowledge and experience to help others stay safe at the beach? Write a
paragraph response that includes evidence from the text to support your answer.
Question:
Topic Sentence:
Details/Facts/Examples/Evidence:

Which trait is used to evaluate a writer's opinion and purpose? a. voice b. ideas and content c. organization d. conventions a. voice

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance