Academic Language Practice Paragaph 13

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Week 13 Focus Question:
Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?

Week 13 Words:
interpret
involve
percent

Prompt:
Respond to the focus question with a minimum of five sentences and include the following:
1) A topic sentence stating your opinion
2) At least three reasons that support your opinion
3) A concluding statement,
4) The three academic language words used correctly in the paragraph.

STEPS:
1. Write the paragraph as a post on your blog. Remember to use 100 words. You may work with a partner.
2. Put the vocabulary words in bold, italics, or all caps.
3. Add a title & tags to your post.
4. For above grade level, add the image of your t-chart poster to your post. (I emailed it to your earlier today.)
5. Comment on two of your peers' posts. Remember that you can comment on any assignment.

Blog Post Title: Academic Language Week 13 - Video Games
Tags: acadlanguage

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Above Grade Level - Concepts are organized, with a topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence or beginning, middle, and end. Paragraph is accurate, completely developed, and thoroughly answers the prompt. Supporting details are very specific. Writing is very interesting and heavily detailed. Sentence structure and vocabulary are advanced; clichés and slang are omitted. At least 100 words are used. Relevant additional media is added to the post. Detailed and relevant comments are added to at least two peer blogs.

At Grade Level - Concepts are organized, with a topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence or beginning, middle, and end. Paragraph is accurate, completely developed, and answers the prompt. Supporting details are specific. Writing is interesting. Sentence structure and vocabulary are at grade level; clichés and slang are omitted. At least 100 words are used. Relevant comments are added to at least two peer blogs.

Below Grade Level - Concepts may not be organized. Paragraph is partially developed. Ideas are not fully supported with examples and may stray from the prompt. Writing is simplistic and vague (unclear). Sentences are confusing and may include slang and clichés. Paragraph includes at almost 100 words. Comments may not be added to two peer blogs or comments may be generic or poorly written.

Far Below Grade Level - Concepts may be out of order. Paragraph does not answer the prompt. The prompt is ignored or misinterpreted. Writing is confusing. Sentences are confusing. Paragraph includes less than 50 words. Comments may not be added to two peer blogs or comments may be generic or poorly written.

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