--Turn in "Article of the Week" #8 by placing your best work in the black basket on the front table.
--Read the controlling questions for today’s work block below with your thesis statement that you completed for homework in mind:
- Does my thesis
statement fulfill the assigned task?
- Have I taken a
position that others might challenge or oppose?
- Is my thesis
statement specific enough?
- Does my thesis
statement pass the "So what?" test?
- Does my thesis statement pass the "how and why?" test?
S.
the C.
--agenda/HW
Writing
Workshop -- The
Alchemist and The Old Man and the Sea Culminating
Essay Assignment
--today's purpose:
- continue
gathering evidence (if necessary)
- for each piece
of evidence:
- Decide if the
evidence will be presented as a direct quotation--if so, how much of the
quotation will be used?
- Decide if the
evidence will be presented as a paraphrase (or even a summary)--if so,
paraphrase (or summarize) the piece of evidence using the "look
away" method.
- Begin crafting
tiebacks, bearing the following in mind:
- In an essay,
the goal is to convince the reader of the validity of your thesis
statement; therefore, the thesis statement itself must be meaningful,
and the tiebacks to it must occur often via skillful explanations.
- Tiebacks
connect back to the thesis statement and answer how?/why?
- If it is extremely difficult
to craft a tieback for a piece of evidence, it's likely not a strong
piece of evidence!
- continuously revise thesis statement as needed
--Reminder:
COMPACT FOR WORK TIME
- Talking should be very limited.
- When talking must occur, get peer’s attention first and stay on task.
- Teacher will use the consequence system in place for lack of compliance.
- Listening to music (provided by teacher or on personal devices) is acceptable.
--work block
HW (Class Preparation)
--Finish "processing through" all of your evidence. Then, start an outline by doing the following:
- Re-write your
thesis statement in its current version (likely updated based upon today’s
work) at the top of a sheet of paper.
- Write a rough
topic sentence or sentences for your first body paragraph. (If your thesis
statement is strong, simply look at it to determine what your first body
paragraph should address!)
- Roughly outline
the contents of your first body paragraph (pieces of evidence, tiebacks,
pieces of evidence, tiebacks, etc.)
--Continue progressing through your essay-writing process in whatever manner you see fit. We are heading to the library next class (Tuesday, 3/1) and, most likely, on Thursday, 3/3 as well.
--Work on finishing your free reading book. You have a little under three weeks between now and the due date of the one-pager. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! See me if you have finished your book and need a one-pager
On the backburner:
- ACT nonfiction passages and multiple choice questions
