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Homework. Please pass your homework assignment to the front of the class (Commas exercise 3) if you did not turn it in on Friday. New Grades.

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  1. Homework • Please pass your homework assignment to the front of the class (Commas exercise 3) if you did not turn it in on Friday.

  2. New Grades • The grades posted today DO NOT reflect the zero for students who did not turn in the essay. In other words, the grade you have on the grade report does not include your essay grade. • Mandatory intervention will be assigned to all students who have not turned in an essay.

  3. Prompt Surgery ENGLISH II

  4. Ready Your Scalpels! It’s Dissecting Time! Our Learning Objective: We will dissect a prompt to establish a controlling impression. (Note: A controlling impression is the main idea or feeling you want to communicate about your experience.)

  5. I’ve Seen You Before We’ve all seen essay prompts before, and we’ve had to take a District Writing Assessment (DWA) last semester.

  6. Why Should I Listen To You? The following will require prompt analysis in the VERY near future: 1.) CAHSEE 2.) Job Applications 3.) College Applications

  7. The Possibilities! The ODW will ask you to respond to one of the following types of prompts: Persuasive, Expository OR Response to Literature

  8. Persuade Me! A persuasiveprompt is a question or a statement in which we are asked to take a stand on a controversial issue.

  9. Inform Me, Expository • An expository prompt is a question or a statement in which we are asked to inform an audience about a topic.

  10. Shakespeare says “Respond To My Literature!” A response to literature prompt is a question or a statement in which we are asked to analyze how an author uses literary elements.

  11. What Are We To Do? Follow these 5 incredibly awesome and easy steps: 1.) READ the prompt (duh!) 2.) Identify the FOCUS STATEMENT 3.) Identify the PURPOSE 4.) Identify the FORM 5.) Identify the AUDIENCE

  12. Step 1 READ the thing!

  13. Step 2 Identify the FOCUS STATEMENT • The focus statement has a twofold purpose: It activates your prior knowledge, and it models thinking before writing, which is critical to writing a coherent and interesting essay. • Focus statements may be separated from the actual writing directive in a separate paragraph.

  14. Step 3 Identify the PURPOSE • The purpose is evident by the verbs being used: analyze, explain, describe, inform, etc. • What are you being asked to do?

  15. Step 4 Identify the FORM • What are you being asked to write? (a letter, an essay, a narrative, etc.) • What specific letter, essay, or narrative, etc. are you being asked to write? (business letter, expository essay, short story, etc.)

  16. Step 5 Identify the AUDIENCE • Who are you writing to? (Note: the specific audience is not always mentioned outright; sometimes it is implied.)

  17. Expository Essay FormulaIntroduction • Hook • Overview of topic/background information • Thesis Statement (responds to prompt and states what you are going to PROVE)

  18. Expository Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence states supporting idea (what is that ¶ going to be about?) • Support idea w/ evidence using details and examples • Explain the evidence, connecting it back to the topic sentence • Transition statement- informs the reader where you are going next in your argument.

  19. Expository Essay Conclusion • RAP IT UP • Rephrase Thesis • Add summary of supporting ideas • Provide significance

  20. Persuasive Essay Introduction • Hook • Overview of topic/background information • Thesis Statement (responds to prompt and lists 3 supporting ideas) • REMEMBER! Your Thesis should clearly state which side of the argument you are taking.

  21. Persuasive Essay Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence (Reason/Appeals—Logical, Ethical, Emotional) • Supporting evidence (facts, analogies, examples, anecdotes) • Explain evidence (may tie back to appeal) • Address counterargument • Refute reader’s concerns—why are they wrong? • Transition

  22. Example

  23. Persuasive Essay Conclusion • Rephrase thesis • Argument summary/review reasons • Provide a call to action

  24. What are the 3 different types of appeals? • Logical- speak to your readers’ minds. • Ethical- appeal to your readers’ ethics, or moral values. (Honesty and fairness) • Emotional- speak to reader’s emotions

  25. Alrighty Then! Ready your scalpels! It’s dissecting time!

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