DRILL 4/22/14

1. Assess your progress so far:1. How did you do with each of the steps,

considering all required aspects of the step (quote selection, context and analysis, paragraph structure, etc.)

1. Notecards?2. Outline?3. Introduction?4. Body paragraph 1?5. Body paragraph 2?

10TH GRADE ENGLISHTHURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2014

Agenda: Place Outline on DeskCraft 3rd Body Paragraph Using Yesterday’s Feedback to Guide Your Writing

Homework: Finish 3rd body paragraph if needed.

LEARNING TARGETS

1. I can provide clear context for my quote by explaining who is speaking, who was behind the research study, who conducted the poll of people and where, or why the person speaking is an expert on the topic.

2. I can fluidly and seamlessly transition into my quote by placing my quote in the middle of my own words.

3. In my analysis after the quote, I can use the rhetorical recipe to draw a conclusion or inference that is implied by the points offered.

Recipe: If / then statement Rhetorical question Answer the rhetorical question Provide a solution (or restate your thesis)

AWESOME EXEMPLARS FOR CONTEXT

1. According to research done by Robert James Bidinotto, an award winning journalist and author, the death penalty is moral based on the principles of justice. Bidinotto believes that “in the case of premeditated murder, capital punishment is the only just punishment. It is the only punishment roughly proportionate to the harm that has been done to the murder victim” (Bidinotto 22).

2. After considering the important aspects of a child’s public education, researchers concluded that “school is not just about learning facts and figures. It is about interacting with your peers in all sorts of situations. It is about separating from your parents and developing your own tastes, beliefs and interests” (Bowditch 63).

3. Additionally, video game violence and real world violence are entirely different in action and effect, showing that “there is a world of difference between running around making believe you’re killing aliens, or martial arts play fighting, and picking up a gun and shooting your friends” (Lowenstein 66).

CONTEXT DO’S AND DON’TS DO: While commenting on the effects of losing the

rainforest, researchers point out that, “quote from source”

Recipe: Who is talking? What are they talking about? DON’T: A quote taken by Dr. Thompson said, “quote

from source”

DO: Sweden’s top anti-trafficking official, Gunilla Ekberg, compared the country’s past with their present by reporting that “quote from Mr. Ekberg”

Recipe: Who is talking? What are they talking about?

DON’T: In an article that supports the idea that video games help society, it states that “quote from article”

RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AFTER THE QUOTE DO’S AND DON’TS

DO: If American society continues to make such a big deal out of contraceptive use, then in the future, society will end up with uneducated women with multiple children who are exactly the same. Does that sound like a world people would want to be a part of? Of course not. To avoid breeding a poor, uneducated population, Americans should embrace a “safe sex” education policy over the current “abstinence only” instruction.

Recipe: If/then, rhetorical question, answer question, provide solution

DON’T: Quote: “Video game guns don’t kill people; real ones do” (Thompson 114). Analysis: This quote also proves that video games don’t actually cause deaths, but only real guns and people actually kill people. And that video games are not the cause of murders.

RHETORICAL STRATEGIES

1. State FACTS that help prove your point2. Ask RHETORICAL QUESTIONS to make the

reader think about your point3. Offer COMPARISONS that reveal the problem

within your topic4. State STATISTICS that help prove your point5. DEFINE A TERM and GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF

THAT TERM to help your reader fully understand it.

6. QUOTE AN AUTHORITY on your subject.7. Acknowledge the Opposition and Refute It

Body Paragraph Format1. Topic Sentence: Advanced transition word + main idea of

thesis statement + first point to prove your thesis is true. 2. Context for Quote/Paraphrase: Introduce your quote by

explaining who is speaking, who was behind the research study, who conducted the poll of people, or why the person speaking is an expert on the topic.

3. Quote/Paraphrase: Cite a sentence or sentences that powerfully persuade the reader that your thesis is true.

4. Explanation of Quote: use a rhetorical strategy to drive home the power of your quote. For example, if the quote appeals to the emotions of the reader, name the emotions we might feel and why.

5. Bridge to Next Quote: provide a transition that leads the reader into your next quote.

6. Explanation of Quote: use a rhetorical strategy to drive home the power of this second quote. For example, if the quote appeals to the emotions of the reader, name the emotions we might feel and why.

7. Reiterate thesis statement and the point you offered to prove the thesis in this paragraph.