Lesson:
We are continuing our study of expository writing with a type of essay similar to what older students write as a definition essay. Ours will be more flexible and simple, but the idea is to define an intangible quality or idea. This can include dictionary definitions, scriptures, discussions,quotations, examples from life, history, fiction, etc. This can also include discussion of what the defined idea is NOT.
Our assigned topic for the week is FRIENDSHIP. We spent most of the class brainstorming a list of ideas connected with friendship. What is friendship? What is the value of friendship? What makes people become friends? What qualities are desired in a friend?
Assignment:
Students are to write a good long paragraph about friendship. I do not want students to turn this into a description of a particular friend. This is meant to discuss friendship in a general way, developed with examples where appropriate.
After students compose their rough draft of this paragraph, I would like them to revise it for sentence variety, including at least one each of the six primary ways we have learned to start sentences.
Later, we will learn to expand a basic paragraph like this into a longer essay.
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