BELL RINGER 12-14-11SAMPLE MEL-CON

You should have 3 handouts at your deskRead handout (sample paragraph) on

student performance on ACT Underline the main idea Place a star next to the evidence Place a box around links Circle all transitions Draw a squiggly line under the

concluding sentence

MEL-CON:Changing students’ writing

one paragraph at a time

MEL-CON PARAGRAPH Objectives:By the end of the next class period, with

an 85% accuracy, students will be able to:

Write a Mel-Con Paragraph using data from the Explore test, and the Chapter 2 Solving Equations Test as they analyze how well they are performing in mathematics

MEL-CON PARAGRAPH 12-14-11 ASSIGNMENT

Re-Write a 2nd Draft of your MELCON PARAGRAPH

1. Main Idea – First sentence of your paragraph (Topic Sentence) How well did you perform on the Math portion of the Explore Exam?

2. Evidence – Support/prove the main idea - Begin with a transition How well did you perform in Math (EXPLORE) compared to the College

Readiness score (18)? How well did you perform on the Math to the Composite Score? How well did you perform in Math (EXPLORE) compared to your Grade in the

Class? How well did you perform in Math (EXPLORE) compared to your score on the

Chapter 2 Test?

3. Link – Fully explain how the evidence proves the main idea Connects the evidence to the main idea Each evidence should have a link that is 2 sentences long.

4. Conclusion – Restate the Main idea and your evidence