EXPOSITORY WRITING PRACTICE - WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GLOBAL CITIZEN?

Expository Writing Practice - Wednesday - Tuesday April 14-20

Topic (see handouts)... What does it mean to be a global citizen??

RAFTS CHART...

Role - you are a writer for World Beat magazine

Audience - teen readers of the magazine

Form - expository essay

Topic - What does it mean to be a global citizen? What characterizes a global citizen? What do they do? Why do people need to strive to become global citizens?

Strong Verb - explain

* Complete a RAFTS chart, Web and Outline for tomorrow - Tuesday, April 20

FOR HOMEWORK Complete the introduction paragraph and the 1st paragraph of your body paragraphs due Tuesday.

*** TAKE NOTE...

AFL WRITING ASSESSMENT STARTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21-23.

GRADE 7/8'S will participate, the grade 8 assessments will photocopied so that I can mark them, then they will be sent to the Ministry of Education; the grade 7 booklets will only be evaluated by me. This is the same for all grade 7/8 classrooms.