Classification Quiz
Mr. Stone distributed a planning guide and discussed how to complete it with the class. He also discussed the prewriting technique of webbing/clustering/bubbling.
Mr. Stone reminded students that a purpose statement includes a goal plus a strategy. A thesis statement includes a limited topic and a viewpoint.
Common purposes/goals for a writer include to inform, to instruct/explain, to offer an opinion/take a position, to persuade, to entertain, to narrate, to explore.
Common strategies for achieving one or more of these goals include definition, classification/division, analysis, process analysis, cause/effect analysis, illustration and example, comparison and contrast, description, and narration.
The assigned classification essay must include classification as the primary organization/thinking strategy. Additional strategies may be used.
Classification is most often used for the purpose of explaining, informing, or persuading.
Be sure the categories you develop are mutually exclusive, i.e. an item in the group under discussion should fit into only one category.
Be sure the categories you develop are complete, i.e. all items in the group under discussion must fit into one of the categories created.
A tree diagram or a table might be useful graphic organizers for prewriting for classification.
Homework: Complete the planning guide and two additional pages of prewriting for the classification essay.
You might find some of the prewriting suggestions from OWL helpful.
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