We started with part of Lesson 11 of from Phineas Gage - Using Evidence from Multiple Sources. (See Edline for the guide sheet.) We began by reviewing engaging leads. We're saving Lesson 12 for Monday, and completing Lesson 13 today! Lesson 13 is "Preparing to Write the Response to Non-Fiction Essay." We looked at Lesson 10's prompt of the one effect about which students wrote. Today, we answered this prompt: Write about two effects of Gage's accident. The effects could be immediate (e.g., having to do with Gage's life) or more long-term (e.g., effect on brain injury patients today). Support your ideas with evidence from both texts.

Students were given more time than usual to write, and they knew they'd be graded on dialogue and evidence today. During sharing and responding, students jotted down any other ideas they might want to use for their final piece. They also bracketed at least two places where they think they will be able to add more details from one or both texts.

Our final piece will be in response to, "Explain three effects of Phineas Gage's accident. Be sure to include evidence from both texts that help show these effects in detail."

If time, students started a GoogleDoc for their final piece, and shared it with me (under my old name - JDvoratchek) so we can use this the next two weeks.

Homework:
* Read 60 min.
* Share a Phineas document with JDvoratchek.