Today Hudson worked more on his essay on how to fish. He finished typing up the rough draft based on the outline we made last week. Then, we went through the introduction, first and second body paragraphs providing detail, elaboration, and in the intro, a hook.

We discussed how an essay parallels the shape of an hourglass. I drew and labeled an hourglass to demonstrate the concept. The widest parts at the top and bottom of the hourglass are for broad/general ideas. The top and bottom of the hourglass are the introduction and conclusion, respectively. The narrow, middle part of the hourglass is for specific details. The narrow part of the hourglass is for the body paragraphs. We also discussed that the thesis statement goes at the end of the intro paragraph, and the restated thesis statement goes at the beginning of the conclusion paragraph.

We proofread for grammatical errors, discussing that commas go after the words "first," "second," and "lastly," when listing items in a series. We discussed that colons are used right before listing items in a series.

We discussed the importance of accurately explaining the details of how to do something (in this case, fishing) with words so that the reader can accurately picture the action.