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Silent Reading

Silent Reading. Respond to your reading selection Your topic sentence needs to make a claim about what you read You need at least two quotes to support your claim. Silent Reading Paragraph Check. 1. Put a star next to your topic sentence

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Silent Reading

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  1. Silent Reading • Respond to your reading selection • Your topic sentence needs to make a claim about what you read • You need at least two quotes to support your claim

  2. Silent Reading Paragraph Check • 1. Put a star next to your topic sentence • 2. Underline your concrete details (you should have two) • Write “SP” in the margin if you have dropped your quotes (your words are NOT attached to the quote) • Write a 1 or 2 in the margin indicating how many sentences of commentary you have for each CD • Put a star next to your concluding sentence.

  3. HOMS Essay Prep Let’s do this.

  4. Review: topic • What is a “topic” from a novel? • What are some sample topics from the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains?” • What is the difference between a topic and a theme?

  5. Step 1: Vignette Review • For your assigned Vignette – • Write a summary in 10 words or less. • Try to capture the reason why this vignette is included in the novella • Think of what Esperanza learned in the vignette or what she was trying to show the audience about life on Mango Street. Be sure to write down the title of the Vignette as soon as it is assigned.

  6. Step 2: Listen and Record • Listen carefully to the review • Write down any ideas, themes, symbols, literary elements or key words that you hear repeated or find significant during the vignette review.

  7. Step 3: Topic Brainstorm • What are some topics from the novella House on Mango Street? • Each group must brainstorm 5 topics. Record them on your paper • Next, have one volunteer from each group come write their two strongest topics on the white board.

  8. Topic Selection • Take a look at what your classmates have written on the board. • Now, let’s think about turning these topics into statements, or claims. • What is a statement/thesis/claim? • Must be arguable • Is not a simple fact • Allows readers to understand what your entire paper will be about • Must be supported with at least three examples from the text.

  9. Step 4: Claim/Statement • Each group must select one topic that they would like to write a claim about. • For example: if the topic is “racism” then a claim would be “racism is caused by ignorance and hate, which are often perpetuated by societal norms.” • Make sure that your claim makes a point about that topic which is ARGUABLE. • What is the POINT of discussing that topic?? • Come write your claim on the white board when you are done.

  10. Step 5: Statement/Claim Check: • Review: which claims are strongest and why? • Select one of the claims/statements your classmates have provided (or come up with a new one of your own!), and copy it down to use in your essay.

  11. Final Essay • Next class, we will outline for our 5 paragraph essay. • Remember, the prompt is simply to “respond to the novella” . Youwill need to come up with a claim/argument which you support with 3 pieces of evidence for your essay. • Make sure your claim is: • Clear • Arguable • Makes an important point • Can be backed by three key pieces of evidence from the text. • You are free to choose any claim from the board, or come up with your own.

  12. REMINDERS • Please write NEATLY and in Blue or Black ink only. • Avoid summarizing the vignettes! This is an analysis essay! • Be sure that your claim is CLEAR and ARGUABLE. • Pull quotes from multiple vignettes to support your claim, not just one. • CLEARLY connect your chosen quote (support) to your claim (statement).

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