Learning Objectives
Do Now | Quick Jot
Analysis + Synthesis | See, Think, Wonder
Bendito Machine III Watch the video. Simply watch the video. Do not take notes the first time through.
DISCUSSION
Reading | Read Part II: Eden
Do Now | finish reading/listening to Part 1: The Moon
Analysis | Moon Bookmark
Discussion | Carousel of Analysis Addie will create two equal groups. Group one will create a circle in the middle of the room looking out. Group two will create a circle around the Group One circle looking in. Share out your response to questions four-six from Part 1: The Moon bookmark with the person across from you and listen to their response. When directed to do so, the outside circle will rotate two people to the right. Share out your responses to questions four-six but do so by answering on the following:
Exit Slip | Bookmark Part 1: The Moon Monday | Grab a copy of Feed, M.T. Anderson. Tell Addie your book number. You are responsible for this book for the remainder of this unit. Tuesday | Sticky note What is one thing you learned about the narrators characterization yesterday? Put sticky note on Characterization Parking Lot from yesterday after sharing with the group. Learning Objectives
Literary Elements | Parking Lot: Characterization Grab your Part 1: The Moon bookmark. Individually answer the following questions in the outside margins of the bookmark:
Share your answers with the person sitting next you. Together, select one way in which an author describe a character. Create and sketch a symbol and a phrase that explains your response. For example:
Analysis | As we continue to read Part 1: The Moon together as a class, answer the questions on the back of your bookmark based on the characterization presented in the novel.
Exit Slip | Note card Consider Addie's example:
Do Now | On the sticky note provided at the door, respond to the prompt
What have you come to believe about your topic based on the research you conducted? Writing Workshop | Thesis Statement Definition/Purpose: Now that you have begun your research , you should have a sound understanding of your studied topic. With this understanding, you are able to form an educated opinion of the topic and suggest a solution. This becomes the framework for your thesis statement. Topic + Analysis = Argument (Thesis). The thesis statement is the road map for your essay. If you provide analysis and evidence for every component of your thesis statement, you will theoretically win your argument. The thesis also gives your reader a clear understanding of what the text will be about. It engages the reader in the argument by encouraging them to read further. Outline and Format: Be extremely specific when filling out your answers to the following questions. This worksheet will become the road map for both your thesis statement and your essay. The more specific you are now the easier it will be to write your essay. Finally, remember that a solid essay is written in academic language, meaning it should maintain third person point-of-view. Avoid pronouns like I, me, we, ours, us, etc.
Exit Slip | Approved thesis statement Publication | Writing Portfolio
Research Papers DUE Friday, October 21, 2022!Do Now | Research Paper Checklist
Fill out the following form indicating the progress of your work in my absence. Your final paper is due Friday! We will complete thesis statements on Wednesday, conferences on Thursday and Friday with final publication due in your digital Writing Portfolio.
Writing Workshop | Research Paragraphs Review the example research paragraph listed below. Along with your visual argument paragraph, you are required to have two research paragraphs based on the annotated notes that you completed Friday and Monday. C: claim (argument + summary) E: evidence (direct + indirect evidence) E: explanation (So What?)
Do Now | Get your Annotated Notes from off my desk
Do Next | Annotated Notes (Exit Slip) Using Newsela, find a second article on the topic of your research. Complete the second page of annotated notes.
Stretch Goal | Completed both annotated notes? Begin research paragraphs.... C: claim E: evidence E: explanation
Do Now | Newsela
Research Workshop | Annotated Notes
Writing Workshop | Visual Argument, con't.
Tug of Truth
Topics
General Research Description Many think a research paper is merely an essay in which they define a topic. For example, they might research Web2.0 tools such as blogs then proceed to define what a blog is, who invented the blog, who uses a blog and why. This is true, but only in part. The main function or purpose of the research paper is to first analyze the topic (define Web2.0 tools and describe how they impact society) and second construct an argument in regards to the topic (Web2.0 tools turn the average writer into a true scholar with publication of writing). Essay Outline Thesis Statement The thesis statement establishes the argument of the research paper. Topic + Analysis = Argument (Thesis). The thesis statement is the road map for your essay. If you provide analysis and evidence for every component of your thesis statement, you will theoretically win your argument. The thesis also gives your reader a clear understanding of what the text will be about. It engages the reader in the argument by encouraging them to read further. Definition The definition paragraph introduces your audience to your interpretation of the topic. This paragraph will answer the majority of the closed questions you researched, but it also needs to include your personal understanding of the topic. For example, while there is a specific definition of empathy, how we demonstrate empathy as individuals varies greatly, which is open to interpretation. While some topics like empathy may end there, other topics, like the Civil War may need more information in the definition paragraph. Other components might include:
Visual Argument In this portion of your essay you will establish a problem statement by analyzing a picture by Richard Misrach. This picture may not be one that we already analyzed in class, but you should analyze just as we did in class: SEE | Identify things you see within the image THINK | Explain what this image expresses or makes you think WONDER | Question what this image suggest about society or human response Researched Argument This is the portion of your essay in which you will synthesize your argument using academic research. Remember that an innovative argument not only recognizes the conversations about the topic via academic research, but also adds to the conversation by offering new insight not yet considered. CLAIM EVIDENCE EXPLANATION A claim is like a mini-thesis. It sets up the argument for a specific paragraph within your essay. Your claims must represent a specific component of your thesis statement. Notice in my example that my claim directly relates to the “capitalism” component of my thesis statement. Next provide evidence to support your claim. This evidence must directly relate to your claim, but it should not summarize your claim. Instead, it should support your claim and advance your argument. Finally, provide an explanation of how the evidence supports your claim and supports your overall argument. This explanation also leads your audience into the next paragraph of your essay. Conclusion Restate thesis. Restate argument. Restate purpose. Sounds simple. It is not. Remember that restate actually means that you have already provided your readers with this information once. While it is important to do so again to remind them of what your paper was about, you are actually doing so in a new way, not in fact restating. Restating is redundant and boring to your readers. Works Cited At the end of the Research Paper, you must include a Works Cited. Remember a Works Cited is different from your Annotated Bibliography in that it is only the sources referenced in your paper and there are not annotated paragraphs. Reference the Étude Formatting and Style Guide for specific information on creating a Works Cited. FAQs
Do Now | Circle in the back
Share out See, Think, Wonders from Borders Cantos Update on Cyberjournal for those on field trip yesterday
Writing Workshop | Border Cantos Cyberjournal Today you will create your third cyberjournal. Your cyberjournal needs to consist of the following components:
Professional Publication
Exit Slip | So What does the author want you to understand? What does it suggest about human nature or society? Cyberjournal Wednesday!!! Do Now | Reading
Sanctuary cities are straining to support the thousands of migrants arriving by bus, Daniella Silva and Safia Samee Ali Writing Workshop | Border Cantos Cyberjournal Today you will create your third cyberjournal. Your cyberjournal needs to consist of the following components:
Professional Publication
Exit Slip | So What does the author want you to understand? What does it suggest about human nature or society? |
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