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Virginia ELA Standard: 6.W.2.A

Generate and organize ideas using the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing) to develop multi-paragraph texts. This includes: i. Composing a thesis statement that focuses the topic and introduces the piece clearly. ii. Establishing a central idea incorporating evidence and maintaining an organized structure to fit the form and topic. iii. Elaborating and supporting ideas, using relevant facts, definitions, details, quotations, and/or examples. iv. Using transitions to show relationships between ideas, signal a shift or change in the writer’s thoughts, and make sentences clearer. v. Selecting vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone, and voice. vi. Expanding and embedding ideas to create sentence variety. vii. Providing a concluding statement or section.

Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Power

Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Power

Where does your power come from? Students map the power in their own lives, the power they hold and the power others hold over them. Then they discover that power never sits still. It shifts over time, and much of what belongs to others now will move to them.