Transcript Green Words and Thesis Development

Green Words
and Thesis
Development
Get your songs out
 You
should have your highlighting done
for the top, middle, and bottom of the
abstraction ladder
 For today, don’t worry about the MIDDLE.
We are focusing mainly on the green
concepts and the support (pink)
Get Out Your Song
Annotations and Summary
 Add
annotations based on the
example. Where do you see
“green” concepts implicitly
present?
 With your partner, complete the
“Summary” section on the back
Thesis development
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After you have summarized the poem, turn to
section 3 in your binders and locate your
notes on the Abstraction Ladder.
Write the title of the song in your notes, then
DEVELOP A COHESIVE THESIS STATEMENT
expressing what the lyricist is trying to convey.
Write this thesis down. Use the same piece of
paper to take notes on this powerpoint--you
will turn it in later
Set the song aside
The Abstraction Ladder in your
song– Big ideas
 On
the small white board at your table,
write down ALL the green words from
BOTH songs. Make them LARGE and
LEGIBLE
 Class check for abstract/ general
concepts
 DO NOT ERASE. Put the board down for
now
From Abstract Concept to
“GREEN Words”: a note
 We
have talked about abstract concepts
and highlighted them in green, BUT that
does not mean that all of them will make
the cut for what we will not identify as
“GREEN WORDS.”
 So, what does it take to be GREEN?
What is a “GREEN” word?
A
“GREEN” word is
ABSTRACT
HIGHLY CONNOTATIVE
VALUE-DRIVEN
EXAMPLE:
 "Wealth"
 Is
"wealth" an abstract idea?
 Does wealth have connotative
significance?
 Does your definition of "wealth" say
anything about what you value?
YOUR TURN
 Go
through the words on your white
board. For each, ask yourselves
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1. Is this abstract?
2. Is it strongly connotative (positive or
negative)?
3. Does a person’s definition for this word
indicate what he/she values?
 Cross
out any that don’t meet the criteria
STILL YOUR TURN
 Put
the words from your board in your
notes. Make a list of 5 additional words
that represent "green" concepts. Each
time, ask yourself
 1. Is this abstract?
 2. Is it strongly connotative (positive or
negative)?
 3. Does a person’s definition for this word
indicate what he/she values?
So how does this help me write
a better thesis?
 Your
thesis should be driven by a
combination of strong green words
 Because of their connotative,
value-driven nature, a “green”
word based thesis will automatically
drive your paper toward persuasion.
Try this:
 Look
at your list of green words.
Create a sentence utilizing three of
these words. It can be about
anything (school appropriate, of
course!).
STOP!
 Did
you just write a three-prong
thesis?
 If you did CROSS IT OUT!
Round 2:
 Write
another sentence using three of
your green words, BUT this time follow this
formula:
 Create an “although” statement using
ONE green word in the dependent clause
(at the beginning) and TWO in the
independent clause (back half).
 Example for The Glass Castle:
Although the Walls children grow up in
deprivation, their determination and
intelligence drive them to become successful
people.
Rewind
 Go
back to your song and look at the
thesis you wrote at the beginning of class
 Use three strong green concepts from the
song to REWRITE your original thesis on the
following:
 DEVELOP A COHESIVE THESIS STATEMENT
ON what the lyricist was trying to convey
in this song. Use your green words and
“Although…”formula this time.
All about YOU
 Write
down 3-5 green words that
accurately describe YOU
 Get out your essay prompt. List 3-5 green
words that fit the prompt
 Using a combination of these two sets of
green words, develop a preliminary
“although” thesis for the prompt