READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in your own words in your spiral notebook.We will use the writing process to plan and write a persuasive essay.

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Examine closely the thesis statements you wrote last week, and choose on that you would like to develop into a persuasive essay.

September 10, 2012

IntroductionA sentence or two of general information

about the topic.Finish the paragraph with your THESIS

STATEMENT (The claim or idea you will defend in your paper. This is your “I believe” statement.)

Example of IntroductionMusic is the universal language. It seems to

speak to everyone, but different styles, songs, and artists appeal to different people. So because of their popularity and the statistics surrounding their music, it is easy to claim, as Rolling Stone does, that “The Beatles are the greatest musical act of all time.”

Body ParagraphsYou must have a topic sentence to start

your paragraphs. This will tell your reader what your paragraph is about. Use the “reasons” from your thesis statement to develop your topic sentence.

The topic sentence may include a concession /counterargument

ExampleI recognize that there have been artists, such

as Michael Jackson or Pink Floyd, whose individual albums have outperformed The Beatles; however, I must point out that when looking at the entire scope of their career, the number one records and album sales still indicate the dominance of The Beatles as the number one rock band of all time.

The red part indicates the beginnings of the concession and then the counterargument

The purple part is the evidence that supports the claim

The Persuasive Essay – EvidenceEvidence 1 to support claim, Example: The Beatles have sold over 500 million albums, with fifteen of the 100 best-selling songs and seven of the 100 best-selling albums to their credit. They have also had 20 number 1 hits. Be sure to include evidence to support each of your claims/reasons in your body paragraphs.

The Persuasive Essay - TransitionsTransitions are necessary so that your paper flows: (transitions to support your claim)For instance,… For example,…

In addition,… Additionally,…Besides,… Furthermore,…Likewise,… Also,…

The Persuasive Essay - TransitionsTransitions are necessary so that your paper flows: (transitions to address reader’ concerns)

-Some may argue that… -Some people may argue that…

-Some may say that… -Some people may say that…

-You may think… -Some people think…-An opposing viewpoint is…

-A down side to this is…

-Readers could argue that…

-One could argue that…

The Persuasive Essay - ConclusionConclusion: This paragraph uses examples to support the claim. For example: One of John Lennon’s songs included the lyrics “all you need is love.” The fact that their music is still in demand demonstrates that the music-listening public has all the “love” The Beatles “need” to make them the greatest band ever.

The Persuasive Essay - ConclusionConclusion strategies you can use: Ask a pertinent question illustrate a main point with a quotation present a vivid and memorable image provide an accurate and useful analogy offer a final illustration dismiss an opposing idea predict future consequences call for further action return to a scene anecdote from the introduction.

The Persuasive Writing Plan(refer to your handout)

2. First reason

Plan out your memories based on the information in the boxes list above. Each box should contain only ONE sentence.

3. On the other hand

4. Second reason

5. reflection: How do your views apply to the human race in general?)

1. Thesis(I believe

statement)

2. 3. 4. 5. 1.

The Argumentation Structure

Persuasive Essay WritingComplete your persuasive essay plan tonight

for homework, if you didn’t finish in classWe will be writing our essay in class

tomorrowEssay rough draft due tomorrow, Wednesday,

Sept. 12th

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in

your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will use the writing process to write a persuasive essay from our planning guide.

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Exchange your planning guide with your tablepartner and give POSITIVE feedback as to howthe essay plan can be improved. The goal isclarity; make the points are clear.

September 11, 2012

Persuasive Essay Writing

Complete your rough draft of your essay today in class

Essay rough draft due tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 12th

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in

your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will understand the plain style of the Puritans and the inversion found in their poetry.

Warm upWarm up:: 1. Turn in your persuasive essay rough

drafts, if you haven’t already done so.2. Read the Literary Analysis, Reading Skill,

and Vocabulary sections of your textbook on pp. 74. What did you notice about the Plain Style of the Puritans?

September 12, 2012

An Introduction to the Puritans

What do you think Puritan means?

Where have you heard this word

before?

Make a KWL chartKnow Want to know Learned

What does this picture tell of Puritan life?

What does this picture tell of Puritan life? What does the color scheme tell you about the picture?

The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Their mission was to PURIFY the church and rid it of all rituals and practices that were not expressly written in the Bible.

Puritans believed the Church of England was corrupt.

HolidaysDid not celebrate holidays

Banned as excuses to get drunk and fornicate Christmas Easter

Would be fined if caught celebrating

Puritans lived a hard life…Lived in small and roughly built homes giving

just a little protection from the elementsPoor diet because they were inexperienced

with the new soil types in AmericaWomen constantly bearing childrenDays long and full of hard work

Video – My Dear and Loving Husband p. 76

PuritansUnlike most of us today, the Puritans had

few possessions, dressed uniformly, and frowned on creative expression.

Because they left so few personal belongings behind, they remain a mystery.

Their poems provide us with glimpses into their inner lives

They show the universal emotions individual Puritans experienced within the confines of their culture.

Puritan Plain StyleWriting style reflects the plain style of their

lives – spare (denied self of pleasures), simple, straightforward.

The Puritan Plain Style is characterized by short words, direct statements, and references to ordinary, everyday objects.

Puritans believed that poetry should serve God by clearly expressing only useful or religious ideas.

Poetry appealing to the senses or emotions was viewed as dangerous.

Understanding Literary WorksPuritan poetry often uses apostrophe- a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is dead or not physically present, a personified object, or non-human thing, or an abstract quality or idea.

Ex- Line 1 (Huswifery): Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel

complete.

Reading StrategyParaphrasingAlthough these poems capture the simplicity

of Puritan life, they are not necessarily simple to understand.

To help you better absorb the meaning of each poem, take time to paraphrase, or restate in your own words, the ideas expressed by each poet.

Because it helps to clarify meaning, paraphrasing will allow you to make accurate statements about each poet’s ideas.

Use your graphic organizer to help organize your paraphrases. (TPCASTT)

Vocabularyrecompense: n. Repayment; something

given or done in return for something else.manifold: adv. In many ways, having many

features or formspersevere: v. persist; be steadfast in

purpose, doesn’t give up.quench: v. to put out, destroy, or put an end

to

Who are the Puritans? – EXIT ticket

•Write down three things you learned about the Puritan life. (one a post-it note)

•Write down two things you found interesting. (in your journal)

•Write down one thing you didn’t understand. (in your journal)

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in

your own words in your spiral notebook.We will examine the imagery as the implications of mood and tone in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

Warm upWarm up:: 1. Turn in your persuasive essay rough

drafts, if you haven’t already done so.2. Read the Literary Analysis, Reading Skill,

and Vocabulary sections of your textbook on pp. 84. What rhetorical devices does Edwards use in this sermon?

September 13, 2012

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”by Jonathan Edwards

English IIIKFHS

Sinners ExcerptsP.87 (“This is the case…”) through (p.88 “It

would be nothing to withstand or endure it.”)P.89 (“God stands ready…”) through (p.90 “to

that great power and majesty.”)P.90 (“And now you have an extraordinary

opportunity…”) to the end

Focus ActivityThink about a time you tried to change someone’s

mind. Did you use a gentle approach, scare tactics, or something in between?

In your journal/on a piece of paper, write about a time when you tried to persuade someone to

accept your point of view. How did you do it? How successful were you?

The Great AwakeningIn 1740 the well-known British

evangelist George Whitefield joined with Jonathan Edwards to spark a religious revival that swept New

England. The Great Awakening was a backlash against what many believed was a church that had

grown far too lenient.

Edwards preached a return to Calvinism which stressed

predestination, the belief that only a select few chosen by God would be

saved. No individual could earn grace by doing good deeds, so

everyone was equally powerless to control their own fate.

Cultural NoteAs a Calvinist, Jonathan Edwards believed that

some people were favored by God and others were not. This belief was interpreted by

some to mean that worldly success was a sign of God’s favor. Many believed that one way God rewarded people for their repentance and pious behavior was with earthly goods.

What is wrong with this assumption?

Video – p. 87 in textbook

Literary ElementsRepetition – The recurrence of sounds, words,

phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece of writing.

Repetition increases the sense of unity in a work and can call attention to particular

ideas.

Literary ElementsMetaphor – a figure of speech that compares

or equates two seemingly unlike things. In contrast to a simile, a metaphor implies the comparison instead of stating it directly; hence there is no use of connectives such as like or as.

Literary ElementsImagery – The “word pictures” that writers

create to evoke an emotional response.

In creating effective images, writers use sensory details.

Talk to the HandEach finger

represents one of the five senses (sight, touch, hearing, tasting, smelling)

On each finger write two quotes from the text that appeal to the sense.

Literary ElementsSensory details – Evocative words or phrases

that appeal to one or more of the five senses—sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste.

Selection VocabularyBrimstone- sulferWrath – extreme anger; vengeful punishmentConstitution- The composition or structure of

something; makeup.Prudence- exercising good judgment or common

senseSovereign- supreme and unrestricted powerChaff- The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of

wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing

Omnipotent- One having unlimited power or authority

Dolorous- Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain

Vexation- The act of annoying, irritating, or vexing.

Sodom- A city of ancient Palestine possibly located south of the Dead Sea. In the Bible, it was destroyed along with Gomorrah because of its wickedness and depravity.

Analyze the Title

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Analyze the Title

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Analyze the Title

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Analyze the Title

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Visualize the StoryAs you read, visualize the faces on the

congregation as they listen to the speech.

How might they react?

Could their outward reactions tell how they are reacting inwardly?

“…indeed these things are nothing; if God should withdraw his hand, they would avail no more to keep you from falling, than the

thin air to hold up a person that is suspended in it.” (Edwards 102)

““all your righteousness, would have no all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep more influence to uphold you and keep

you out of hell, than a spider’s web would you out of hell, than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock.” (Edwards 88)have to stop a falling rock.” (Edwards 88)

“The wrath of God is lie great waters that are damned for the present; they rise higher and higher, till an outlet is given; and the longer the stream is stopped, the more rapid and might is its course, when once it is let loose.”

(Edwards 88)

“The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and

justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an

angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow

one moment from being made drunk with your blood. (Edwards p.88)”

RepetitionEdwards repeats the idea of God’s wrath several different ways. What

effect does this have?

It emphasizes that there is nothing the natural man can do to save

himself.

AllusionEdward encourages his congregation: “Let everyone

fly out of Sodom!” (Edwards 91) How is this an allusion?

The city of Sodom is believed to have been destroyed by God because nearly everyone in the city was living sinfully. Obviously this congregation does not live in Sodom, so Edwards uses the term to

stand for all conditions of sinful living.

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in

your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will examine McCarthyism and how it relates to the Salem Witch trials and begin Act 1 of the Crucible.

Warm upWarm up:: Read the Words of Arthur Miller on The Crucible on pp. 1120. What insights did you gain about the play we’re about the read? Name at least two.

September 14, 2012

60 Second Recap Video

McCarthyism, Witch Hunts and The Crucible

Actual Meaning: The search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria, and lynching. Think: Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693

Metaphor: Moral panics in general, especially the frantic persecution of perceived enemies. Think: Second Red Scare and McCarthyism

“Witch-Hunt”

McCarthyism Background Communism: The economic and social movement

which aims for a classless society in which everyone owns everything.

Emerged in Russia in the late 19th Century and reached around 75,000 members in the United States in 1940-1941.

Cold War: Following World War II, the United States and Russia, allies against Germany, Japan, and Italy, became adversaries. Each country played the game of one-upsmanship,

trying to outdo each other in weaponry, technology, and world control.

Spies were used extensively in both countries.

McCarthyism Definition: the practice of making accusations of

disloyalty, especially of pro-communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.

During this era, thousands of Americans were accused of being communist sympathizers and were forced to undergo investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels.

Hundreds were imprisoned and 10,000 to 12,000 people lost their jobs.

Joseph McCarthy Republican U.S.

senator from Wisconsin.

In 1950, during a speech in West Virginia, McCarthy produced a piece of paper of “known communists” working for the government.

Led the anti-Communist crusade known as the Second Red Scare.

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

While McCarthy did not lead HUAC, which was created prior to WWII, his anti-Communist crusade allowed the committee to investigate the Hollywood film industry.

“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”

Witnesses who refused to answer were sent to jail, while those who claimed their Fifth Amendment rights (refusal to testify against oneself) were fired from their jobs.

Witnesses were required to either incriminate themselves or name someone they know or believe to be a Communist.

Senate Committees McCarthy headed a Senate committee charged

with investigating suspected Communists. He investigated the Voice of America (a radio

station broadcast overseas) and the U.S. Army His investigation of the Army and subsequent

live hearings led to the dropping of McCarthy’s popularity.

Journalist Edward R. Murrow did an investigative report of McCarthy on See It Now, a precursor to 60 Minutes, which ultimately led to McCarthy’s downfall.