PARAGRAPH OF THE Julie Faulkner

WEEK: Ms. P. & Ms.

D.
DAILY WRITING PLAN
 MONDAY: READ & ANNOTATE

For today’s paragraph of the

week task, take a close look at
the prompt and stimulus
(text/photo).
What are key words in the
prompt? What are they asking
you? What’s the central idea of
the stimulus?
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 MONDAY: ANSWER THE QUESTION

What does the prompt ask

you to do? What is your
answer to that prompt?
Write the point of your
paragraph.
*P of PEEL
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 TUESDAY: DRAFT

 Using the PEEL formula, draft the

paragraph.
 Point – restate the question and answer
the question
 Evidence - Use sentence starters to
introduce textual evidence
 Explanation – Explain/clarify how your
evidence supports your point.
 Link – Conclude your paragraph and
relate it back to your point, evidence and
explanation.
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 WEDNESDAY: REVISING AND EDITING

Reread your paragraph.

 Do you have all the elements of
PEEL?
 Does your paragraph make sense?
 Do you have correct grammar
(punctuation, spelling, complete
sentences)?
 Do you have a paragraph that is
easy to read?

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THURSDAY: FINAL REVISIONS AND FINAL
COPY

Reread your paragraph one

more time. Are there any words
that you’ve repeated too many
times? Can you vary your
sentence structure? Make
these last changes and then
prepare a final copy to submit.
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Paragraph of the Week: Daily Writing Plan

Monday:
Read and
Annotate

Friday: Final
revisions Monday:
and final Point
copy
Paragraph
of the
Week

Wednesday: Tuesday:
Revising Writing the
and Editing Draft
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