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| Structure for Second and Third Body Paragraph |
| Mini-Topic Sentence |
| Two to four sentences developing the mini-topic sentence |
| Introduction to the quotation or evidence to support your mini-topic sentence |
| The quotation or the evidence - paraphrased in your own words |
| Two to four sentences to show how the quotation or evidence supports your mini-topic sentence |
| Transition sentence - last sentence of the paragraph which ties up the ideas and provides a bridge to the next mini-topic sentence. |
Work on the third body paragraph and the final concluding paragraph in the library today.
Tuesday October 17th:
Please make sure you turn in your Unit Two vocabulary. For many of you, it is very late.
Your persuasive essay on animal rights will be due today at 11:59. Here are the rubrics for receiving a good grade on this assignment:
Rubric for Essay
To receive an “A”, you must do the following:
The essay:
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is 1.5 spaced
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has, as a minimum, a 500 word count
(approximately two pages)
·
has
paragraphs that are no more than half a page in length
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is factually accurate
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has a thesis statement, which gives a
framework and a guide to the essay
·
has quotations from the text to support the
writer’s position
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has 5% or fewer grammatical errors such as:
sentence fragments, fused sentences, and/or comma splices, and correct use of
commas, semi-colons, and capitalization
The heading:
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Has a title
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The student’s name, date, and period are on
the upper left side of the first page
The introductory paragraph has:
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A thesis statement (what the essay is about
and the position of the writer)
·
The title of the play and the full name of the
author
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A “grabber” that catches the interest of the
reader
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One sentence per main idea that will be
discussed later on in the essay
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A transitional sentence that provides a bridge
to the next paragraph
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The body paragraphs (paragraphs 2, 3, 4, etc.):
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Should be no more than half a page in length
·
Should have a mini-topic sentence which helps
the reader understand what the paragraph is about
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Must refer to the text to support the points
the writer is making
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For every point the writer is making, the
writer must provide proof from the text to support her point
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Must have a short quotation and/or a
paraphrase of the text to support the point the writer is making
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Should have a transitional sentence that acts
as a bridge to the next paragraph
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The Conclusion:
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There should be no new material in the last
paragraph
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There should be a brief summing up of the main
points – one sentence per main idea
·
A final point that sums up the writer’s
conclusion
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Absent today due to illness. Students work on their papers.
Wednesday, October 18th:
Page 174
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe
Setting:
Venice, Italy
19th Century – 1800s
Vocabulary:
Fortunato is the name of a character.
It would be ironic if a person whose name is Fortunate is
unlucky.
Utterance: speech
Avenged: to redress or right a wrong. When someone commits a wrong
against an innocent person and
someone defends the wronged person.
Precluded: to take an action before an event to prevent
something bad from happening.
Milan: Diego says that when his mom is in a bad mood, Diego
goes into another room with his little dog Chapo.
To preclude bad grades be sure to do your homework.
Impunity: freedom from punishment and harm.
Retribution: punishment.
I must not only punish but I must get away with it (with
impunity).
Redress is revenge!!!! To redress a wrong! To revenge a
wrong!
Redresser: a revenger!!!
“It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make
himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.”
A wrong is unrevenged when the bully doesn’t suffer the same
amount of pain as the victim.
The narrator is unreliable. This means that the narrator
cannot necessarily be believed either because s/he is deliberately lying or is
insane.
Immolation: destruction
The narrator misleads Fortunato by continuing to smile in
his face, but his smile is at the thought of Fortunato’s destruction.
Thursday, October 19th:
Thursday, October 19th:
Period 4:
Pass out The Cask of Amontillado vocabulary
packet
Went over the vocabulary words:
1.
Precluded – to prevent
Trenton: I hope doing drugs does not preclude your
opportunities.
Bianca: Stacy started a new route to get to class to
preclude seeing her sister.
2.
redresser – an avenger
Melany: The redresser stopped the children
from fighting
3.
Imposture: fraud or deception
Milan: Through an act of imposture, a man
posing as my grandfather tried to pick me up at school.
Melany: A man committed an act of imposture
when he tried to steal a credit card.
4.
Accosted: To be approached or spoken to in a
rude way.
Alejandra: When my family and I went to a
restaurant, we complained to the management when we were accosted by the
hostess.
Please open your books to page 174 in The Cask of Amontillado
Vocabulary: Connoisseurship: expert
knowledge
Quack is an incompetent person;
particularly a doctor.
What is the one thing that Fortunato takes
seriously? Wine!!!!
Fortunato prides himself on being a wine
connoisseur – or wine expert!
Fortunatao was dressed like a clown.
What is Amontillado?
Amontillado is a wine!!!!!!!!!
Luchesi is Fortunato’s rival in the wine
drinking and tasting department.
Notice how the narrator manipulates Fortunato
into going with him to his home to taste the Amontillado.
Suffer means to grudgingly allow. “I suffered
him to come with me to the party.”
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