Transcript Essay Unit: Week 2

Essay Unit: Week 2
Monday and Tuesday
Ms. A
Starter: September 26, 2016
▪ Complete your grammar review
worksheet on your desk. This
worksheet WILL count as a quiz
grade so make sure you answer
all questions.
▪ You are allowed to use your
notes to answer these
What’s on the agenda?
1.Grammar Starter
2.Run-ons/Fragments
3.How does
procrastination hinder
your writing?
(Spongebob)
Run-on sentences
▪ A run-on
sentence occurs
when two or more
independent
clauses are
combined without
correct punctuation.
▪ Independent clause:
a complete, simple
sentence, meaning
that it contains a
▪ Let’s practice correcting a Runon sentence: The grocery store
was really packed with people
there must have been a big sale
today.
▪ There are two ways to correct this
run-on.
▪ 1. The grocery store was really
packed with people. There must
have been a big sale today.
▪ 2. The grocery store was really
packed with people, so there must
have been a big sale today.
What are Fragments?
(Think about it as something being left
out)
▪ Sentences are
considered
fragments when they
are missing either a
subject or a verb.
No Subject: Went to the store to
buy brownie mix.
Added Subject: My dad went to
the store to buy brownie mix.
No Verb: Brownie mix at the
store expensive.
Added Verb: Brownie mix at the
store was expensive.
Incomplete: The variety of
yummy cake mixes.
Complete: The variety of
yummy cake mixes convinced
him that he’d rather bake a cake
than brownies tonight.
Procrastination ft. Spongebob
▪ How does
procrastination
hinder the
writing process?
▪ What are some
ways to avoid
procrastination?
▪ Procrastination:Spongebob clip
PARALLELISM IN YOUR
THESIS STATEMENT
Writing is a journey: what’s the next step?
Conclusion
Body paragraphs
Thesis statement
Introduction
Pre-writing
stage/brainstorming
Coherent
Well developed
Body
Paragraphs
should be:
Clearly related
to the thesis
Unified
Step 1: Decide on a controlling idea and create a
topic sentence.
•This idea directs the paragraphs development in the form of a topic
sentence.
Step 2: Explain the controlling idea.
• The explanation the writer gives for how the reader should interpret
information presented in the topic sentence.
Step 3: Give an example or multiple examples.
• The example serves as a sign or representation of the relationship established in
the topic sentence. THIS IS WHERE YOU USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
Step
4:
Explain
the
examples
(why
is
this
textual
Step 5: Complete the paragraphs idea and
evidence relevant)?
transition to the next sentence.
• This final step ties up loose ends and
reminds the reader of the relevance of the
information presented. This is also the
opportunity to transition to the next body
paragraph.
1. (Topic sentence) Slave spirituals often had hidden double
meanings.
2. (Explanation of topic sentence) On one level, spirituals
referenced heaven, Jesus, and the soul, but on another level,
the songs spoke about slave resistance.
3. (Textual evidence/examples)For example, according to
Frederick Douglass, the song “O Canaan, Sweet Canaan”
spoke of slaves’ longing for heaven, but it also expressed
their desire to escape to the North. Careful listeners heard
this second meaning in the following lyrics: “I don’t expect to
stay / Much longer here. / Run to Jesus, shun the danger. / I
don’t expect to stay.”
4. (Why is this example relevant)? When slaves sang this song,
they could have been speaking of their departure from this life
and their arrival in heaven; however, they also could have
YOU TRY IT, START
WRITING YOUR
BODY
PARAGRAPHS
USING THE FIVE
STEPS.
Starter: September 27, 2016
Mark complete sentences with an S, for sentences with fragments or ru
ons correct the sentence accordingly.
1. The man that I saw yesterday.
2. He is not an exceptional student, he is only average.
3. To know everything is quite impossible.
4. Because I have no time.
5.I was afraid to sit with the girl who had braces because
she spits when she eats her food and she doesn’t know
how to cover her mouth so I sit alone at lunch.
6. Having finished her dinner, Joy sat down to an evening
of television.
7. America, the greatest country in the world.
What’s on the agenda?
I. Starter: Run-on and fragmented sentences
II. Research: How do we find evidence? (Adventure Time)
III. Signal phrases
IV. In-text citations
V. 4 steps: Using quotes in your essay
VI.Your turn: practice with your own body paragraphs
Where’s the evidence? Using
“Adventure Time.”
▪ 1. What is going on
in this video clip?
▪ 2. What is she doing
to document
evidence?
▪ 3. How is this
relevant to finding
textual evidence for
your essay?
Signal phrases (introduces the
quote/evidence)
Signal Phrase: a
phrase or sentence
which leads into a
quotation.
Why do we use quotations in
essay writing?
1. Provide as much evidence as
possible in support of your thesis
2. Packing your paper with quotations
will not necessarily strengthen your
argument.
3. The majority of your paper should still
be your original ideas in your own
Step 1: Provide the situation for each
quote: The situation should set the basic
scene for when, where, and why the
quotation was spoken or written.
Step 2: Give each quotation to its
source: Tell your reader who is
speaking.
Step 3: Explain the significance of the
quotation: Don’t stop! Your reader still needs
your assessment of why the quotation holds
significance for your paper.
Step 4: Provide a citation for your
quote.
Why do we use in-text
citations?
1. To prove your
ideas.
2. Strengthen your
argument.
3. Give
How do we use in-text citations
using a play as our source?
▪(Crucible.1.14).
▪(Title, Act, page number).
WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK
LIKE
▪When upstairs talking
to Rev. Hale about the
devil being inside of
her Abigail states, “She
made me do it! She
made Betty do it!
YOUR TURN