Friday: Pulling it all together

Grading rubric is HERE.


1. Check collaborizeclassroom comments.

2. Work together to create effective transitions between your body paragraphs.  Eliminate repetition and create connections between the claims.

3. EDIT.  Check in text citations on noodle tools.  SEE PURDUE OWL too: http://goo.gl/BpznD
(This site is my best friend right now, and should be yours too.)

Wednesday: Writing a body paragraph

Review Chapter 3 in the Bedford Reader before you begin writing your body paragraph today.  I will be coming around to check in with you about your claims, to be sure they logically correspond to your thesis, etc.

When you are done, please post your paragraph into the appropriate spot in collaborizeclassroom.com.

Tuesday: Opening Paragraphs

1. page 479 in The Bedford Reader    "The New Witch Doctors: How Belief Can Kill"

TARGET:  ENGAGING OPENINGS

2. Go to cause and effect essay google doc and work together on an opening


3. Go to collaborizeclassroom.com  and post your opening there.

4. Give feedback on two others.

Monday: Getting back to Cause and Effect

Planning your research paper...

Today I am asking you to return to your notecards and your groups in order to touch base and plan your essay.

 Once again, here is the link to the thesis and outline doc for ONE of you to copy and then share with your team and with me.

http://goo.gl/Qy3DtH

review my tips here: http://goo.gl/eCbNk9

Here is the game plan for the week:

Monday: Write thesis/plan essay structure and responsibilities

Tuesday: Review one more sample, write intro paragraph together and share on collaborize classroom

Wednesday: Everyone works separately on their portion of the paper and posts on collaborize for feedback.

Thursday:  I model feedback, if necessary.  Everyone reviews and then revises.

Friday:  Write conclusion paragraph AND Editing workshop for correct citations and/or grammatical problems.  Try out a few different sentence lengths and structures if possible:  periodic, cumulative, balanced, inverted.

PAPERS ARE DUE by Tuesday of next week!

Thursday--day before the test!

Options for classtime today:

• Do the last section of multiple choice: http://goo.gl/2LYDx0  Answers are at the end--don't cheat!
• study past prompts--play the Toulmin game with the Argument question: http://goo.gl/4d66Vc
• study quizlet cards: http://goo.gl/8sgBvP  (There are more on the site--do a search)
• Study your personalized AP test notes.
• Work on your thesis and outline for your research paper--due Monday.

Argument: Review

Here is link to the sample papers for the Argument question for the practice test: http://goo.gl/kmH4fn

What qualities make the top paper effective?  TAKE NOTES on your AP personalized google doc.  Here is mine: http://goo.gl/rktUkU

My feedback:

• use CONCRETE evidence/examples to make your point evident
• use They Say I Say to show that you understand the counterarguments and can refute them
• Concede when you need to.
• do a brief outline of  your essay before you begin

Remember you have three options according to Gerald Graff,

1. Agree, but with a difference
2. Disagree with reasons
3. Agree and Disagree (this can look like a concession and rebuttal  or a qualified answer)

Also, rememeber the Toulmin frame for argument:

Because (evidence), therefore (your position) since (backing) unless (qualifiers).  

Because it is raining out, I should bring my umbrella since it wiill help keep me dry unless it has holes in it.

Let's try that with the 2012 argument!  see here: http://goo.gl/TYP7Xe

Tuesday's class: One more go at rhetorical analysis

Rhetorical Analysis: William Hazlitt "On the Want of Money" 

and Ellen Goodman "The Company Man"

Today we will attempt to carefully analyze two passages for rhetorical effectiveness.  Both are in your study packet.

Instructions:  Read/annotate the essay.  Then write your thesis and record your organizing strategy.

Here is a link to the shared document for Hazlitt:     2nd period  6th period           

 and Goodman: 2nd period   6th period

Here is a link to the Hazlitt 8/9 paper: http://goo.gl/yv4PGi