Week 7

Finish watching Young Kids, Hard Time

When you finish the documentary, respond to the following questions in a well-developed paragraph:

1. Compare Zero to one of the kids in the documentary

2. How are their attitudes similar or different?

3. How does the childhood of each person influence their behavior and the reasons that they fell into a life of crime?

**Remember the parts of a paragraph!!**

Summative Assessment

Choose a character and explain a life lesson they learn through a conflict. How can you apply this life lesson to your life? Explain

Step 1: Brainstorm

Choose a graphic organizer to brainstorm your ideas. 

Think about which character and which life lesson you would like to discuss. 

Then, think about a conflict this character has experienced and how it teaches the life lesson. 

Step 2: Outline
Follow the outline format below
**Use the information in your brainstorm to complete the outline

I.              Introduction

a.     Intro Sentence: In the novel Holes, the author includes many different conflicts that teach both the characters and the readers life lessons.

b.  Background information: Holes is a novel by Louis Sachar about a young boy who finds himself in a prison camp after being accused of a crime he did not commit. Through his life experiences at camp, the characters in the novel must face many situations and conflicts that teach them many important life lessons.

c. Topic Sentence: Through a man vs. _____ conflict, _______ learns that ___________________________________________.

II.            Body Paragraph

a.    Intro Sentence: In the novel (Character) experiences a man vs _____ conflict which teaches him that _______Life lesson________________.

b.   Supporting Details:

                                              i.     Explain the conflict: ______________________________________________________________________________________________.

                                             ii.     How does the conflict resolve? ______________________________________________________________________________________________.

                                           iii.     Explain Life lesson: ______________________________________________________________________________________________.

c.    Transition Sentence: The conflicts in the novel not only teach characters life lessons, but they also teach life lessons to the readers.

III.           Conclusion Paragraph

a.    Introduction sentence: The life lesson introduced in the previous paragraphs can also be applied to my life.

b.   Details: (explain how the life lesson can be applied to your life) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

c.    Conclusion Sentence: In the novel Holes, the author included a man vs. ______ conflict that teaches both (Character) and me that ______________Life Lesson________________________.

Step 3: First Draft
Use your Outline to write your First Draft.

Step 4: Final Draft
Use the corrections your teacher made in the first draft to write the final draft.