“The Melting Pot”
“Seventh Grade”
A boy in 7th grade
experiences how others
are persuaded to pretend
to be someone else to
impress others.
The speaker describes
the new ethnicities coming
into her neighborhood and
how they divide as well as
connect her neighbors.
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Anecdotes
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Examples
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Facts
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Quotes from text
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In short response
questions that use
a text to ask a
question,
….PLEASE USE
EXAMPLES and/or
QUOTES FROM THE
TEXT!
1st: State the point(Answer question in a
sentence.)
2nd: Think about when you have seen this.
3rd: Write down evidence (example, quote, etc.)
in 1-3 sentences.
4th : Explain connection of evidence to point.
5th: Close with a wrap up. (What are we talking
about, again?)
1st: State the point(Answer
question in a sentence.)
2nd: Think about when you
have seen this.
3rd: Write down evidence
(example, quote, etc.) in
1-3 sentences.
4th : Explain connection of
evidence to point.
5th:
Close with a wrap up.
(What are we talking
about, again?)
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Repeat:
◦ State Point
◦ Think of an Example
◦ Give Evidence
◦ Connection
◦ Remind us the point
Quick Drill
1. What is similar about
Michael’s scowling and
Victor’s pretending to
speak French?
Or
2. What experiences do
most of the neighbors
share that either divides
or unites them?

Repeat:
◦ State Point
◦ Think of an Example
◦ Give Evidence
◦ Connection
◦ Remind us the point
1st: State the point(Answer question in a
sentence.)
2nd: Think about when you have seen this.
3rd: Write down evidence (example, quote, etc.)
in 1-3 sentences.
4th : Explain connection of evidence to point.
5th: Close with a wrap up. (What are we talking
about, again?)