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Enhancing Writing Skills: Sentence Fragments, Narrative Essays, and Regionalism Connection

This lesson focuses on key writing objectives, including correcting sentence fragments, crafting TAKS short answers, and composing narrative essays. Students will connect contemporary issues surrounding the Mississippi River with principles of Regionalism. Today's agenda includes correcting sentence fragments, discussing previous handouts, reviewing TAKS formats, analyzing the text "Life on the Mississippi," and exploring the changing perspectives of riverboat pilots. Students will engage with questions emphasizing evidence-based responses and reflections on economic and cultural themes.

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Enhancing Writing Skills: Sentence Fragments, Narrative Essays, and Regionalism Connection

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  1. 1-13-12 Objectives: • To correct sentence fragments • To understand how to write TAKS short answers. • To know how to write a narrative essay • To make a present-day connection to the Mississippi River and Regionalism.

  2. Today’s Agenda: • Correcting Sentence Fragments • Discuss handouts from last class • Review TAKS short answers/Narrative Essay • Answer question from “Two Views of the River” • Read “Life on the Mississippi”

  3. TAKS Format Question: How has the riverboat pilot’s view of the river changed from the beginning to the end of the selection? ****Be sure to include evidence from the selection to prove your point!!

  4. Why is it difficult to see the river? • What surprised the author as she headed south? • What have some of the downstream towns done to revive their economy? • What have social critics said about the way some towns have re-created the past? • What is the cultural legacy that is honored and explored at the museum?

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