Hooray, Monday!

1. Hooray, Monday! Sit next to your BLUE partner. Take out your Evidence Monday #2 prompt. (I have a few extras if you lost it) Take your old notecard from the dresser if it’s there (if not, I am using as example) Take a new blank notecard from the stand.

2. Evidence Monday #2: • Review the notes on the back of your Evidence Monday #1 notecard. • Re-read your #1 paragraph. • I will show you some paragraphs from last time that I thought were particularly good, and I will explain why I thought they were good. • On the back of your new, blank notecard, write some additional advice to yourself for this week’s paragraph.

3. Example #1: The term “muckraker” isn’t a bad things to be called because muckrakers can be very helpful to society and expose things that will keep us safe. For example, Upton Sinclair wrote the book The Jungle. This book talks about the meat industry and how unsanitary it is. He exposes the inside of the industry and published it for everyone to see. This was a good thing because it forced our government to pay attention to the issue and do something about it. The government did do something about it, and now we have many laws pertaining to the sanitation and processing of meat and all other foods too. If it wasn’t for Sinclair, we might not have changed the hazardous methods that were being used. The helped keep many people from getting sick. Good clear claim, good because, good explanation after the evidence—tie more to muckraking in addition to ev.

4. Example #2: Journalists that expose misconduct in their stories do not go too far to find them because they are helping the world improve when they uncover the truth. In Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, he shows the truth about the meatpacking industries of the industrial era. His muckraking was very helpful to show hoe things really are in the factory. Eventually because of his revolting photos and information, a new law was passed by Roosevelt to make sure the industries were doing their job and making sure the food they sold was safe and healthy. Muckrakers unveil what is really going on behind the scenes, and help people understand the truth. They help bring changes that benefit their country and community. Claim ok, ev good, good tie at end back to why muckrakers are good.

5. Example #3: Claim: An honorable muckraker is someone who exposes a truth that the public should know. However, muckraking is only honorable if it exposes what we need and doesn’t violate a person’s human rights. Good qualify. Yes, but. Jessica Mitford was accurate in stating that it is a honor to be called a muckraker because muckraking, or the concept of it, has influenced the U.S. in positive ways. While some may believe muckrakers go too far, it is their persistence that has changed America. Good counterarg.

6. With your partner: • Each pair will get an example card with a yellow star on it. • Read it. • Discuss why you think it’s good. • Trade cards with another pair near you. • Read as many cards as you can get through. • You have 5 minutes. GO!

7. Tips: (write this on your new card) • Make a clear claim. Choose a side. Don’t go back and forth. • Give a reason. Don’t just say muckrakers are good—say why you think so. Side because reason. • Explain a bit about your evidence (don’t just say “for example, Watergate was positive muckraking), but not too much. • Warrant your evidence. Explain how it supports your claim. Tie it back to what the prompt is asking you to take a side about (this is why we have lawyers). • Warrant each piece of evidence separately. Don’t just list a whole bunch of pieces of evidence right after one another—explain each one before you move on to the next one (if you have more than one).

8. Evidence Monday #2: • You should have 2 notecards on your desk and a pen. That’s it! • Keep your #1 notecard out as you write. • You will have 7 minutes to write. • Use the advice you gave yourself! • When we are finished, put notecard #1 into your Timed Essays section of your binder. Remember—you should be keeping all these timed essay practices. 3rd tri you will be writing a big paper about your progress as a writer, and you will need these examples for that paper. • Hand in notecard #2.

9. Parallel Structure: On your own: • Read the parallel structure chapter. • As you read, annotate at least 5 things you find interesting or informative. With your partner: • When you are finished, complete the parallel structure worksheet. • Anything you don’t finish will be homework for tomorrow. Must-Know rhetorical device test tomorrow. OW 200-299 quiz and 1212 prep due Wed.