Bell Work: Please pick up the packet from the back table. Quietly find your seat and begin looking over the packet. Today you will be completing a timed, in-class essay. This packet will explain the purpose, process, and scoring of the essay. Bell Work: The LEQ Explained WoD extort Writing Workshop: The LEQ In-Class Essay: 19 th century reforms Socratic Discussion: Jane MacManus and Manifest Destiny Video Clip: America: The Story of Us Essential Question: What do I need to do to be successful on the LEQ? Homework: Read Ch. 12 in your review book and complete Short Response Questions (due Monday). Thursday, October 22 nd 2 nd Block, slide 1 [ik strt] (To obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means) Extort Extort extort Create a caption for one of the images above using the term extort. Make sure your caption illustrates your understanding of the meaning of the word. Here is crime scene evidence: the babys jumper, found in the nearby woods. Here is one of the kidnapping ransom notes, indicating both a lack of formal education and a cavalier attitude toward the baby. Newspaper coverage was world-wide, shocking and sensational. Then, 72 days after the kidnapping, the decomposed body of a baby was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. The child had been dead, probably due to a fractured skull, since the night of the kidnapping. Thursday, October 22 nd 2 nd Block, slide 2 [ik strt] (To obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means) Extort Extort extort Here your extort captions illustrate your understanding of the meaning of the word. extortion The thirteen total extortion ransom notes written by the kidnapper in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case were vital pieces of physical evidence, as they eventually helped convict Bruno Hauptman. extortion Unfortunately in the Lindbergh case, fingerprint analysis was not used to identify the kidnapper on any of the extortion ransom notes. The handwriting evidence from the ransom notes totalled 1,400 words examined. A total of 16 handwriting experts had either testified or were willing to testify that Bruno Hauptmann had written all of the ransom notes. [ik strt] (To obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means) Extort Extort extort Identify the odd phrase out that most correctly uses extort. threatening to tell the tabloids blackmail Erin Brockovich testified that she was incensed to learn that her ex-husband and ex-boyfriend were threatening to tell the tabloids that she neglected her three children. Prosecutors maintain an attorney and his clients tried to blackmail Brockovich and her boss for $310,000 in exchange for not telling the press that she was a bad mother and that they had a sexual relationship. extortion extort Since the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett, John Travolta has rarely been seen in public, choosing instead to grieve in private. But in an extortion trial related to his sons death in the Bahamas, the movie star had to relive that tragedy in a courtroom. A paramedic who responded to Travoltas call for help the day Jett died and a former Bahamian senator face charges of conspiring to extort $25 million from the star by allegedly demanding money for a document relating to Jetts care. extortion extortion The wholesome Duggar family from TLCs 19 Kids and Counting was the target of an extortion plot involving what were described as compromising photos. An Iowa woman was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court with one count of extortion for threatening to release photos that allegedly showed a Duggar family female with an older man, unless the company cancelled the show or paid her $10,000. The Great Gatsby fictionalized gambler Meyer Wolfshiem, really Jewish mobster Arnold Rothstein, who fixed the 1919 World Series and implicated Shoeless Joe Jackson, who denied his involvement. [ik strt] (To obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means)Extort extortion extortion The Duggar family was at the center of an extortion scandal in 2012 after a woman claimed Amy Duggar was having an affair with a man 21 years older than her, with photos thought to be worth $10,000. Teresa Hunt was arrested and charged with extortion after she pitched what she deemed incriminating and damning photos of Amy and James Garrett engaged in a relationship. The woman then reached out to the parent company of the network TLC, which aired the Duggar familys 19 Kids and Counting, to pay her $10,000 or cancel the family show to keep her from releasing the shocking photos of Amy, a first cousin of the family. You have 35 minutes of class time to complete a response to ONE of the prompts provided. PREWRITE! It is definitely worth the time. Organization and efficiency come from knowing in advance what you want to say. Pay attention to the rubric. You earn a score you are not merely rewarded for good writing. When you think youre done, you are not (unless time is up). Proofread, edit, revise. Everyingthing can be improved. The story of Jane MacManus Storm Cazneau is an exceptional example of how private citizens can shape the nation. What did Mrs. Cazneau seemed to stand for? Describe her views on American expansion. What is meant by the expression manifest destiny?