Breaking Down Oppression Prompts

Content Objective• Today I will plan my persuasive

research paper by deconstructing the prompts in my guided notes.

Use your notes to write the definition of oppression.1.

Where do you see oppression being shown in your Literature Circle book so far?2.– 3 Cups of Tea?– Zlata’s Diary?– Of Beetles and

Angels?– First They Killed my

Father?– Burned Alive?– A Long Way Gone?

Essay Prompts•       Are people who are silent bystanders to

oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

•       Is oppression ever justified? Is there ever a circumstance where a group of people should be oppressed? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

•       Should there be a legal consequence for oppression? (note that oppression does not mean genocide). Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

1. Read it!… multiple times.

2. Break it!arrange the prompt so you understand it by underlining or using bullet points

- - -

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

2. Break it!arrange the prompt so you understand it by underlining or using bullet points

- silent bystanders- guilty- defend- supporting examples from multiple texts

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

3. Identify it!... – circle what

the question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?

• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

Hold it up! 1, 2, or 3?

1. Argue my opinion?

2. State facts?

3. Respond with my feelings?

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

3. Identify it!... –what the

question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?

• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

4. Direct it!– …who will be

reading your answer and why?

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

VS.

4. Direct it!– My teacher

will be reading my answer to see if I can support my opinion using multiple texts we’ve read.

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

VS.

5. Plan it! …• Make an

outline and jot some notes

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

• What does a proper outline look like?

1. ______________ -___________________________

2. ______________ -– _____________– ____________– ____________

3. _____________– ______________________________

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

• What does a proper outline look like?

1. Beginning – restate the prompt and give your answer (thesis)

2. Middle–Detail/Example– ICE–Detail/Example

3. End – restate the prompt and your answer (thesis) again

• Are people who are silent bystanders to oppression also guilty in causing oppression? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

All together now!• Is oppression ever

justified? Is there ever a circumstance where a group of people should be oppressed? Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

1. Read it! …–Multiple

times.

Is oppression ever justified? Is there ever a circumstance where a group of people should be oppressed? Defend our answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

2. Break it!arrange the prompt so you understand it by underlining or using bullet points

- - -

Is oppression ever justified? Is there ever a circumstance where a group of people should be oppressed? Defend our answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

3. Identify it!... –what the

question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?

• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

• Is oppression ever justified? Is there ever a circumstance where a group of people should be oppressed? Defend our answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

4. Direct it!– …who will be

reading your answer and why?

VS.

On your Own!• Should there be a

legal consequence for oppression? (note that oppression does not mean genocide). Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

1. Read it! …–Multiple

times.

• Should there be a legal consequence for oppression? (note that oppression does not mean genocide). Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

2. Break it!...–Arrange the

prompt so you understand it by underlining or using bullet points.

3. Identify it!...• what the

question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?

• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

• Should there be a legal consequence for oppression? (note that oppression does not mean genocide). Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

4. Direct it!...• Who will be

reading my answer and why?

• Should there be a legal consequence for oppression? (note that oppression does not mean genocide). Defend your answer with supporting examples from multiple texts.

VS.