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Editing
12. Edit your class essay to be sure it is easy to understand and free of errors. 13. Reflection: What additional support do you need to write a multi-paragraph
essay as a response to expository text?
ACTIVITY 3
Writing an Essay with Peers
WRITING PROMPT: In Lynne Isaacson’s article “Student Dress Policies,” she examines arguments for and against implementing school uniform policies in public schools. In a multi-paragraph response to this expository text, explain Isaacson’s position and consider the purpose of her article. Be sure the essay meets the Learning Targets’ requirements for writing an effective response to an expository text.
Before Reading
1. In your writing group, review and analyze the prompt. During Reading
2. Next, read the article “Student Dress Policies.” When you are done, use the SOAPSTone strategy in the graphic organizer provided to analyze the text.
Sample Text
Student Dress
Policies
by Lynne Isaacson
In recent years, schools across the country have experienced violence, gang activity, and thefts of clothing and accessories. Many school boards, mindful of their responsibility to provide safe school environments for students, have implemented policies specifying dress codes or the wearing of uniforms.
As many as 25 percent of the nation’s public elementary, middle, and junior high schools were expected to implement dress-related policies during the 1997-98 school year, according to the CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NEWS (March 31, 1997). Ten states allow school districts to mandate school uniforms.
My Notes
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