Transcript 2007 AP Synthesis

Prompt: Take a position on the effects
of advertising.
 Critics=propaganda
 Advocates=prosperity
and free trade
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Speak loudly and clearly?
Cite reasons and evidence for their statements?
Use the text to find support?
Listen to others respectfully?
Stick with the subject?
Talk to each other, not just to the leader?
Paraphrase accurately?
Ask for help to clear up confusion?
Support each other?
Avoid hostile exchanges?
Question others in a civil manner?
Seem prepared?
Name
Question
Extension
Follow/Clar
ify
Text. Refs.
Participant offers enough solid analysis, without
prompting, to move the conversation forward
 Participant, through her comments,
demonstrates a deep knowledge of the text and
the question
 Participant has come to the seminar prepared,
with notes and a marked/annotated text
 Participant, through her comments, shows that
she is actively listening to other participants
 Participant offers clarification and/or follow-up
that extends the conversation
 Participant’s remarks often refer back to specific
parts of the text.
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 Participant
offers solid analysis without
prompting
 Through comments, participant
demonstrates a good knowledge of the
text and the question
 Participant has come to the seminar
prepared, with notes and marked/
annotated text
 Participant shows that he/she is actively
listening to other and offers clarification
and/or follow-up
 Participant
offers some analysis, but
needs prompting from the seminar leader
 Through comments, participant
demonstrates a general knowledge of the
text and question
 Participant is less prepared, with few
notes and no marked/annotated text
 Participant is actively listening to others,
but does not offer clarification and/or
follow-up to others’ comments
 Participant relies more upon his or her
opinion, and less on the text to drive her
comments
 Participant
offers little commentary
 Participant comes to the seminar illprepared with little understanding of the
text and question
 Participant does not listen to others,
offers no commentary to further the
discussion
 Participant distracts the group by
interrupting other speakers or by offering
off topic questions and comments.
 Participant ignores the discussion and its
participants
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How can you…?
Why would you…?
When would you…?
When would you expect…?
Why do you think…?
What would you suggest…?
What is the problem with…?
What can you infer…?
How could you verify…?
What changes would you make to revise…?
Predict the outcome if…
Elaborate on the reason you…
Devise a way to…
How would you generate a plan to…?
What ideas validate…?
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Begin with a preface or qualifier
Strong
ACTION Verb
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1. In Source C Culpa
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2. In Source E Deception Detection Schrank writes
Quotation from source embedded here
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3. In Source A the visual text
Strong ACTION verb
FOLLOWED by
Paraphrase
 Choose
a side for this commercial and justify
whether you view it as propaganda or
prosperity/free trade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm
h8cBjUeM
 How
would a critic/advocate of advertising
respond to this Super Bowl 49 commercial?
Be sure to include a vocabulary word in your
answer.
 Choose
2 sources to correspond with the
following visual text, and then, take a
position on the effects of advertising. This
may mean that you choose to directly quote
the sources or simply paraphrase their claims
as a part of yours. REMEMBER: Use one new
vocabulary word in your claim.
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Synthesis Essay
1. Use sources to support
a thesis
2. Must cite sources
3. Read for 15 minutes
(suggested)
4. Do not simply
paraphrase -- no "laundry
list"
5. Must "enter into a
conversation"
6. Consider the author's
purpose, audience, and
point of view
7. Must develop a clear,
organized argument
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Document-Based Question
1. Use documents to
support a thesis
2. Must cite sources
3. Read for 15 minutes
(suggested)
4. Do not simply paraphrase
-- no "laundry list"
5. Must understand the
complexity of the historical
issue to "enter into a
conversation"
6. Consider the author's
purpose, audience, and
point of view
7. Must develop a clear,
organized argument
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1. Sources provided
2. Primary and
secondary sources used
3. Suggested writing
time: 40 minutes
4. Outside information
not required
5. Must use a minimum
of three sources
6. Prompt in three
parts: directions,
introduction, and
assignment
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1. Documents provided
2. Only primary sources
used
3. Suggested writing
time: 45 minutes
4. Outside information
required
5. Expected to use more
than half of the
documents (not
specifically stated in
the directions)
6. Directions with
statement or question