There is no vocabulary for this week. I changed the focus to the writing.
I do want students to have 14 Achieve articles by Friday.
I was surprised when students said that they did not know how to outline. Way too many students in sections 2 and 3 did not seem to know that you can organize your ideas before writing the essay. I am not sure what that is about, but I their rough outlines showed that was true!
Here is the outline I discussed in class. Please note that the essay should be divided by topics, not by the order of the story. Also, I expect A papers to include the topics listed at the bottom of this page.
I will check their outlines tomorrow in class. These should be correct.
Question: Was it good that
Charlie got the operation?
P1 Introduction
Ask
a question.
Two
sentence summary.
Thesis:
It was bad that Charlie had the operation
1,
2, 3
P2
Relationships
Charlie
before the operation
Charlie
as he gets smarter
Charlie
as he loses his intelligence
Charlie
at the end of the story
How do these show that it was bad?
P3
Lessons about life
Charlie
before the operation
Charlie
as he gets smarter
Charlie
as he loses his intelligence
Charlie
at the end of the story
How do these show that it was bad?
P4
Algernon
Charlie
before the operation
Charlie
as he gets smarter
Charlie
as he loses his intelligence
Charlie
at the end of the story
How do these show that it was bad?
P5 Conclusion
Sum
up what you proved.
Should
look like the introduction.
In order to get the A, you
must go beyond the basics.
· We discussed inferencing and point of view
· Include some discussion about the format of the text.
· You must have many supports for your position from the
text.
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(They do not have
to be direct quotes, unless your inference comes from an understanding of a
specific line.)
