In this class, you will be learning LINCS and TOWER.  Both are strategies that will help you in passing the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam). The LINCS strategy is a vocabulary strategy designed to help in comprehension.  The TOWER strategy is designed to aid in the writing process.  It focuses on organization, outlines, and more successful writing.  

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TOWER STRATEGY (simplified version)

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For the next essay, you will do the following:

• research any topic for which you have interest and bookmark that site (must be reputable)
• find one article on Sirs (Atwater Library Site) and bookmark that article
• You will need to write out 20 facts. (10 facts from each article)
• Code your facts
• put all coded information on your Tower Diagram (subtopics and details)
• create a thesis statement. Write out on Diagram
• What's your introduction hook? (story, question, quote, etc) Write out on Diagram
• What is your concluding hook/option? (Opinion, moral, caution, suggestion) Write out on Diagram
• What will you use for a clincher sentence/concluding detail (quote, questions, final thoughts) write out on Diagram
• Begin writing! Follow the Tower format!  You will be graded on whether you followed the necessary steps.

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