Tuesday, January 28

1. Tuesday, January 28 • Begin working on your Bell Work for today • Pick up both papers by the door • Take out: • Two papers to take notes. After today this won’t be you!

2. Review • Thesis • Order of paragraphs • How to insert quotes

3. Back to Basics

4. FOLLOW THE OUTLINE!

5. Example Prompt: Write a four paragraph essay describing your two favorite foods. (We are only going to put the sentences in order.)

6. My favorite foods are… • Pizza • Ice Cream

7. Thesis My top two favorite foods are pizza and ice cream.

8. Order of Body Paragraphs • Depends on the thesis! • My top two favorite foods are pizza and ice cream. • Pizza • Ice Cream

9. Order of Sentences in a Paragraph

10. Order of Sentences in a Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Concrete Detail • Commentary • Commentary • Conclusion

11. Topic Sentences

12. Topic Sentence • Your topic sentence must include the first topic of your thesis. • My top two favorite foods are pizza and ice cream.

13. Topic Sentence • One of my favorite foods is pizza. • Why? • My top two favorite foods are pizza and ice cream. • Pizza is the first food listed in the thesis.

14. Paragraph #1: Pizza • Topic Sentence about Pizza • Concrete Detail about Pizza • Commentary about Pizza • Commentary about Pizza • Conclusion about Pizza

15. Topic Sentence Body Paragraph #2 • Another one of my favorite foods is ice cream. • Why? • My top two favorite foods are pizza and ice cream. • Ice cream is the second food listed.

16. Paragraph #2: Ice Cream • Topic Sentence about Ice Cream • Concrete Detail about Ice Cream • Commentary about Ice Cream • Commentary about Ice Cream • Conclusion about Ice Cream

17. Order of Sentences in a Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Concrete Detail • Commentary • Commentary • Conclusion

18. Concrete Detail • AKA • Facts • Support • Text Support

19. Concrete Detail • Quotes • Paraphrasing

20. Example You are reading an article about a court case written by a reporter named Larry Johnson. He is talking about why the lawyer, John Smith, thinks that the man is guilty of his crime. Author: Larry Johnson Lawyer: John Smith

21. Concrete Detail with Quotes • Never simply drop a quote into a paragraph: “The man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson).

22. Use Transitions! Write these in your outline. • Person you are quoting name + Verb • John Smith suggests… • John Smith argues… • John Smith compares… • John Smith demonstrates… • John Smith points out that…

23. Include a Transition • John Smith argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson).

24. Tell us who you are quoting… • Why are they important? Are they qualified? • This tells us why we should listen to them • Fill in the blank: • John Smith, _____________, suggests that…

25. Yes!! John Smith, the lawyer in the case, argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson).

26. Paraphrasing • Definition: • Restate what the author says in your own words. • No quotation marks are necessary • You must still cite the source

27. Try it! • Quote: John Smith, the lawyer in the case, argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson).

28. Example: • Quote: John Smith, the lawyer in the case, argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson). • Paraphrase: The lawyer in this case claims that this man is guilty (Johnson).

29. No… • Do not put the person who is talking in the quotes: • John Smith, the lawyer in the case, argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Smith).

30. In Text Citations • In-Text Citations tell the reader where you got the information. • It gives the author credit! • If you came up with a good idea, wouldn’t you want people to know it was yours?

31. In-Text Citations With Quotes • Find the author’s last name Johnson • Put the last name in parentheses (Johnson) • Put it behind the quote “this is an example quote” (Johnson) • Put the period after the parentheses “this is an example quote” (Johnson).

32. What’s wrong with these quotes? • “this is an example quote.” (Johnson) • Why? • Period is in the wrong place • “this is an example quote (Johnson).” • Why? • Quotation mark is in the wrong place

33. In-Text Citations for Paraphrasing • Find the author’s last name Johnson • Put the last name in parentheses (Johnson) • Put the period after the parentheses This is an example paraphrase (Johnson).

34. What’s wrong with these paraphrases? “This is an example paraphrase” (Johnson). • Why? • You don’t use quotes unless it’s the exact words from a text. This is an example paraphrase. • Why? • You must still cite the source

35. Order of Sentences in a Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Concrete Detail • Commentary • Commentary • Conclusion

36. Commentary • Your own opinion on the concrete detail. • Don’t use I/Me/We/Our

37. Example: • John Smith, the lawyer in the case, argues that “the man is guilty due to the fact that the police found the knife in his car” (Johnson). Example commentary: • There is no other reason that man should have had a knife in his car. • If he did have a reason about why the knife was in his car, he should have explained it to the jury.

38. Practice • Look at your outline.

39. Practice Create an argument for or against allowing cell phones on flights. Explain how it would impact the experience of the flyer. Include textual support.

40. Thesis • Cell phones should be allowed on flights because (opinion on why it would be better) and (second opinion on why it would be better). • Cell phones should not be allowed on flights because (opinion on why it would be worse)and (second opinion on why it would be worse).