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English IV- Unit 1 Day 4. Reflection and Anticipation of Tattoos . Do-Now. Have your summary out and ready to hand in. Also have both of your do- nows from the week and ready to hand in. *Make sure your name is on both of these. Prayer:. Blessed be you, God, f or creating me. Amen.
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English IV- Unit 1 Day 4 Reflection and Anticipation of Tattoos
Do-Now Have your summary out and ready to hand in. Also have both of your do-nows from the week and ready to hand in. *Make sure your name is on both of these.
Prayer: Blessed be you, God, for creating me. Amen.
SWBAT: • Discuss themes of a text • Identify necessary elements in a reflection paper
Anticipation • Continue discussion on themes in Tattoos on the Heart
Preface/Introduction/Foreword • Preface: Explains how the book came to be written or why it was written (written by the author) • Introduction: Sets the book up (written by the author) • FYI (but doesn’t apply to this book): A foreword is always written by someone besides the author about the book • It’s a good marketing strategy • It adds credibility to the book
Fact and Opinion Briefly write your opinions on the following: • Uniforms • College • Social Media (facebook, twitter, etc.) Write facts on the following (if you can): • Uniforms • Collegea • Social Media
Reflections: A Few Things to Note What is a reflection? • A reflection essay is your reaction to the text. It uses examples from the text and your life to explain your reactions. • These are more formal than journal entries, but less formal than essays • Use formal language and standards of writing • These are one of the ONLY types of essays that you are allowed to use the word “I” in, and only if you are giving a personal example.
BEFORE WRITING A REFLECTION: • Determine two or three main themes or issues from the book that you felt strongly about or that you believed were especially striking. • Hunger Games Example: • Dystopia (A place in which everything is unpleasant or bad, ruled by a totalitarian/dictatorship type government) • Obedience
Paragraph 1: Paragraph 1 introduces the text and highlights the main topics you will be discussing later in the paper. Sentence 1: Just like in a summary, you will introduce author and title, BUT you can also add in your opinion • Summary: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.” • Reflection: “In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, a horrific scene occurs every year in which characters must fight to the death for the pleasure of the upper class Capitol citizens.
Paragraph 1 (cont’d) Sentences 2-6(ish) should highlight what you will be discussing the remainder of the paper. • Sentence 2: Dystopia. The dystopian society was shocking and unnatural, though perhaps a scary reflection of what any society could become. • Sentence 3: Obedience. What was even more shocking, however, was that people obeyed this rule and followed through with murdering one another to win the “Hunger Games.” • Sentence 4: Conclusion/Overall. While Collins writes on a gruesome subject, it is good to open our eyes and consider where the citizens in this dystopia made their mistakes.
Paragraph 2: • Paragraph 2 will be all about the first topic you chose (in this case, dystopia). • Expand on your thoughts, beliefs about this topic. • Though dystopia is made very apparent and obvious in this book, sometimes dystopia is not so obvious. • Use examples from the book to show how this topic is portrayed in the book. • It is clearly portrayed in the book, as Collins writes of one of the places in the book, “District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.” • If you can, connect it to something in our world today (or your life) • The dystopia is evident in the book, but what is less evident is the dystopia that happens in our world today.
Paragraph 3: • Paragraph 3 will be the same as paragraph 2, only about your other topic. (In this case, obedience) • For now, you will not need a conclusion paragraph for your reflections.
Homework: Read the introduction to Tattoos. Write three questions or comments you have about the book so far. • Make these thoughtful please. Questions should be able to have a more-than-three-word response.
Exit: • Turn to your partner and tell them two things you learned about writing a reflection paper.