Last night at our staff meeting, the principal banned all cell phone use during class. This includes listening to music during independent work time. A 10th grade student advocated for the school and wrote this paragraph in a email to her.

Dear Ms. Houge,

We should be allowed to listen to music in the class.
This is because music is shown to help people concentrate.
Also, it helps keep the class from talking.
Thirdly, it brings fun into reading.
These are 3 reasons why I feel we should be allowed to listen to music while we read.

Agenda

• Achieve3000
• Body Paragraphs! 

I can write a body paragraph.
This is the BIG part of your assessment.

Rubric: How you will be graded

• Focus
• Organization
• Language
• Evidence
• Conventions

Body Paragraphs

• FOCUS: talk about 1 thing
• Topic Sentence: Introduce
• Transition: Don't be random
• Relate it to cultural identity

What needs to be answered?

• Introduction of cultural element
• Evidence in your life
• Explanation of cultural element
• Why is it important to you?
• Transition to next topic-connect it!