Unit 1 Essay

Unit I American Roots EssayThe Writing ProcessTimeline: 11+Thesis due Monday September 23Introduction due Tuesday Sept. 24Rough draft due Thurs. September 26Final draft due Wednesday October 2Timeline: 11Thesis due Tuesday September 24Introduction due Wednesday Sept. 25Rough draft due Friday September 27Final draft due Friday October 4Why?Writing 11.14.1.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.Writing 11.14.5.5 Use a writing process to develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, drafting, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.Writing 11.14.9.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.Your Writing ProcessDescribe your writing process. How do you write a paper? Do youPlan ahead? Procrastinate? Write from beginning to end without stopping? Constantly re-write as you write? Take breaks? Write in small windows of time?Proof read? Rely on spell-check? Have another person read your paper?The Writing ProcessIsnt linear.Is unique to each individual.The QuestionHow do different and diverse early American authors explore the themes of economy, race, and religion?

Assessment sheet

What do you want to say?A Super Venn Diagram (11)What do you want to say?A Super Venn Diagram (11+)Brainstorm: A Super Venn DiagramWho wrote the text?RaceGenderCountry of originWhat is the purpose of the text?What is the authors argument?What happens in the text?What is similar and different about their themes of economy, race, and religion?So what?What is significant about the differences?What is significant about the similarities?Expresses the main argument of an essaySubject + argument = thesisAuthors + theme(s)Video game controllerThesis StatementThere are similarities and differences between Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley, two female American poets.

Must take a stand

Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, and Olaudah Equiano rely on religion to overcome obstacles.Thesis EvaluationCabeza de Vaca and Bradfords accounts are both about landing in the Americas and meeting Native Americans.

Must justify discussionMore than an observation

The eighteenth-century authors own race and perspective influenced if they called other Caucasians, Africans, and Native Americans savages.Thesis EvaluationEarly American authors discussed economy and race frequently.

Must be specific

The Declaration of Independence, Of Plymouth Plantation, and La Relacin demonstrate that the colonists desire for liberty was fueled by economic and religious motives.Thesis EvaluationThesis DevelopmentDiverse early American authors, such as Cotton Mather, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and George Copway, demonstrate that White Christians twisted their ideas of religion to support the subjugation of other races, mainly for economic motives. Subject + argument = thesisAuthors + theme(s)Take a standBe more than an observationBe specific

Answer:How do different and diverse early American authors explore the themes of economy, race, and religion?How does who wrote the literature determine the content?

Thesis StatementsEssay Analysis Unscramble the essay and label its parts.ThesisTitleAttention-getterTopic SentenceTopic SentenceTopic SentenceIntroductionBodyRestatement of thesisConclusionEssay AnalysisWhat parts of the essay are easily recognizable?How did you decide which sentence was the thesis?Where did you put the thesis?How did you know when to begin a new paragraph?Define topic sentence.How did you decide what to put in the introduction and conclusion?

IntroductionGeneral statementSpecific thesis statementBridge: topic intro, theme, authors names, etc.

IntroductionGeneral statementSpecific thesis statementBridge: topic intro, theme, authors names, etc.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, race is defined as a group of people connected by common descent or origin. Although the definition of race is broadly defined today, people of the eighteenth century often restricted the definition to ones skin color. Condemning one person to be less than someone else, however, posed a problem for Christians who advocated all people were equal in Gods eyes. Diverse early American authors, such as Cotton Mather, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and George Copway, demonstrate that White Christians twisted their ideas of religion to support the subjugation of other races, mainly for economic motives. Introduction: Attention-GetterAlthough we cannot actually see the economy, people base many of their decisions on it.

Have you ever thought about how people of the eighteenth century imagined race?

Religion can be defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.Introduction: Attention-GetterHow can you hook the readers attention?Interesting quoteDefinitionGeneral statement

No questions.ConclusionRestatement of thesisSending off statement: Smart sentence appealing to audienceConclusionRestatement of thesisSending off statement: Smart sentence appealing to audienceMather, Equiano, Wheatley, and Copway demonstrate that, throughout colonial times in the Americas, White Christians oppressed Africans and Native Americans for economic reasons and ultimately ignored true Christian principles. Other races were considered inferior, savage, and even diabolic and were enslaved or taken advantage of for labor or land. In order to reconcile their religion with the horrible treatment of other races, White Christians hid behind a hope of spiritual freedom for the oppressed. Despite its broad definition, the race and skin color of a person should never entitle another to treat someone with anything less than human dignity.Quote IntegrationIntroduce the quote: author + textQuote the quote Include page number in parenthesesPlace period AFTER the parenthesesExplain the quoteQuote IntegrationMather and his American congregation profited from the slave labor and the money the slaves earned for them: you Expect from their Service, a Support, and perhaps an Increase, of your other Possessions (638). African slaves were simply another possession for their White masters. Quote IntegrationPhillis Wheatley, in her poem On Being Brought from Africa to America, attests to the negative sentiments others attached to black skin: Some view our sable race with scornful eye, / Their colour is a diabolic die. Other people looked upon Africans with hatred and contempt because of their dark skin. Quote Integration: WordsSays, explains, describes, demonstratesUse a commaEx: In On Being Brought From Africa to America, Wheatley says, Remember.Use a colon when a noun precedes the quote:Ex: Bradstreet shows her reliance on religion: Farewell my pelf.Quote IntegrationThus it pleased God to vanquish their enemies and give them deliverance (85).

According to Bradford from Of Plymouth Plantation, the colonists believed in a powerful God: Thus it pleased God to vanquish their enemies and give them deliverance (85). They attributed their successes in battle to Gods power.

Quote IntegrationAnd did thy wealth on earth abide? (37)

In Upon the Burning of Our House, Bradstreet says, And did thy wealth on earth abide? (37) She uses economic language to talk about her belief in Heaven and God.Quote IntegrationIntroduce the quote: author + textQuote the quote Include page number in parenthesesPlace period AFTER the parenthesesExplain the quoteWriting ParagraphsTopic Sentence: what is this paragraph about?Evidence: prove it.Quote + page numbersConcluding Sentence: what did you just prove?Writing Paragraphs In the eighteenth century, races other than White were considered inferior. Phillis Wheatley, in her poem On Being Brought from Africa to America, attests to the negative sentiments others attached to black skin: Some view our sable race with scornful eye, / Their colour is a diabolic die. Other people looked upon Africans with hatred and contempt because of their dark skin. Similarly, Cotton Mather, in his essay, The Negro Christianized, explains how Africans were thought to be the most Bruitish of Creatures upon Earth, Vassals of Satan, and the Blackest Instances of Blindness and Baseness (638). Not only did Caucasians look down on Africans, but they also labeled Native Americans as uncivilized and barbarous. In La Relacin, Hispanic author lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca refers to the Native Americans he encounters in the south as wild, untaught savages howling like brutes (75). Similarly, William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation calls the Native Americans savages and shows the negative mentality Caucasians held about other races (84). Whites considered Africans and Native Americans inferior because of their skin color.

Paragraph Analysis Unscramble the paragraph and label its parts.Topic SentenceConcluding Sentence Intro to QuoteEvidenceExplanation of QuoteArgumentParagraph AnalysisWhat parts of the paragraph are easily recognizable?How did you distinguish between the topic and concluding sentence?What do you notice about the Explanation of Quote?How is the Argument an argument?

Transitions: A ToasterBread will pop up automatically.Plug toaster into electrical outlet.Lift up bread lifter or push the Cancel button.Select toast shade and press down bread lifter.Place appropriate food items in slots.TransitionsHow will you link your ideas?Where do they go?Beginning of paragraphs and sentencesMid-sentence to connect ideasEnding of sentencesCan place emphasis on certain sentence

Transitions: What do you need to signal?DefinitionExampleAdditionSequenceAnalysisComparisonContrastCause-EffectConclusionTransitions: ExamplesBetween paragraphs:Whites considered Africans and Native Americans inferior because of their skin color. Because Caucasians believed their race was superior, they used the inferior races to their economic advantage. Transitions: ExamplesWithin paragraphs:African slaves were simply another possession for their White masters. In addition to using Africans as slaves, Caucasians took advantage of Native American land and resources. Title WorkFirst thing a reader seesCatchyInformativeDouble meaningNot too long

Title WorkEconomy and Race in Early American Literature

Money and Skin Color

Gold or God: What Wins in the Eighteenth Century?

Subjugation

Peer ConferencingPraise: What did you like about this essay? What do you remember? Question: What questions would you like to ask the writer?Suggestion: How could this paper be revised and improved?Peer ConferencingEvaluate the thesis. Is the thesis taking a stand, clear, and specific?Evaluate the argument: does it answer, So what?Does the essay discuss the economy, race, and/or religion?Is the introduction general to specific?Is the conclusion specific to general?Are there at least three in-text citations and three texts mentioned?Does the writer use transitions? Highlight two strong examples.

Peer Conferencing (11+)Evaluate the thesis. Is the thesis taking a stand, clear, and specific?Evaluate the argument: does it answer, So what?Does the essay discuss the economy, race, and/or religion?Is the introduction general to specific?Is the conclusion specific to general?Are there at least six in-text citations and four texts mentioned?Does the writer use transitions? Highlight two strong examples.

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incontrovertibleomnipotentdiffidentfacetiousclassificationReparationapprehensioncopiousanguishappeasewrathSorting WordsAdjectivescopiousfacetiousauspiciousdiffidentIncontrovertiblereciprocalomnipotentVerbsabrogatesubjugateenervatenotarizeascribeappease

NounsnomenclatureyeomanapprehensionreparationcountenanceclassificationwrathanguishsoliloquySorting WordsAnalyze the words in each category.What similarities do you notice within the adjectives?The nouns?The verbs?Identifying Subject and VerbSubject + Predicate = Complete ThoughtSubject: part of the sentence about which something is said (nouns)Ex: William Bradford shows that God was important to early American settlers.Verb: a word that expresses action or state of beingEx: Squanto and Samoset helped the pilgrims communicate and survive.Identifying Subject and Verb: Oho!Cabeza de Vaca, Bradford, and Equiano, they demonstrate that religion was essential to the colonists.Identifying Subject and VerbWorksheetIdentifying Subject and VerbHighlight the subjects in your essay.Highlight the verbs in your essay, using a different color.Analyze your subjects and verbs:Do you write in complete sentences?Have you varied your word choice?Sentence-CombiningHave you varied your sentence lengths?Careful!theyretheretheir

stuffthingsFirst and second person: you, me, we, us, IFormatAnne BradstreetMs. Vander HeidenEnglish 11, Hour 2October 3, 2013

SubjugationAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, race is definedas an a group of people connected by common descent or origin. Although the definition of race is broadly defined today, people of the eighteenth century often restricted the definition to onesDue DatePlace your materials in the following order, with #1 on top. Staplers are coming.Assessment Sheet with Rubric side on topFinal DraftRough DraftUnit 1 ChartSuper Venn DiagramThesis Note CardAny other notes/materials you want to shareSelf-EvaluationWhat did you do particularly well in this piece of writing? What is the best part of your essay?

What did you learn from writing this essay that can help you in the future?