 Pick
up a warm-up and helping/linking
verbs handout from the front table.
 Begin working on the Tuesday column.
Look over your previous diagramming
practices for reminders on what to do if
you get stuck!
You need to have your
composition notebook
today. Get it out and have
your essay draft open and
ready to go!
 Vocabulary Workshop
Unit 1 Activities
(pages 12-21) due Friday, 9/11
 Make sure to study the 20 words as there
will be a quiz on Friday!
(You do not have to complete the Writing: Words in Action
section. All other activities must be completed.)
Extra Credit Opportunity for the 1st Nine Weeks:
Read A Separate Peace by John Knowles
(timed writing to be completed in tutoring by the end of
the nine weeks – Friday, Oct. 23)
 How
did you organize your essay?
(Number of paragraphs, what went into
each paragraph, etc.)
 Did
you write a thesis? If so, write it
down on the front side of the notecard. If
not, write “no thesis.”
If you were absent on Friday (9/4), read over the prompt and decide on a dangerous scene to
cover. If time permits, write what you believe a good thesis sentence would be for your essay.
Date
Notes and
Assignments
Page #
9/4
AP Essay Prompt
(Danger Influence)
1
9/4
Essay Draft (Danger
Influence)
2-4
9/8
Writing Workshop:
5-6
Deconstructing a
prompt and thesis
sentences
**Your page number might be different for the writing
workshop notes depending on how many pages you wrote on for
your essay draft. The writing workshop notes must start on a
left page (odd number).
 Read
the prompt all the way through
once.
 Reread, looking
for key words.
 Break
the prompt into the essential
components of the essay.
L
The central character in a novel or play often
encounters moral, physical or psychological
danger. From a novel or play select a situation
(episode or scene) in which the central
character encounters danger. In a unified essay
describe:
a) how the situation reveals the character,
b) how the revelation of character in this
situation relates to the structure and
meaning of the work.
1.
Situation of moral, physical or
psychological danger:
2.
Central Character:
3.
Character trait revealed:
4.
Connection to meaning:
Apply these four steps to the scene you already selected.
R
1.
Situation of moral, physical or
psychological danger: Ishmael alone in
the woods (chapter 8)
A.
B.
Physical: lack of water, lack of sleep, animal attacks
Psychological: mental images of violence and war plaguing
his mind.
2.
Central Character: Ishmael
3.
Character trait revealed: Resilience
4.
Connection to meaning: Mankind will do
whatever is necessary to survive.
 Your
thesis is the roadmap to your paper. It
lets readers know where your paper is
headed.
 The thesis is generally located at the end of
your introduction.
 A strong thesis answers the question asked
in the prompt AND provides new insight.
 A well-constructed thesis statement makes
the difference between a thoughtful essay
and a simple retelling of facts.
L
1.
Situation of moral, physical or
psychological danger: Ishmael alone in
the woods (chapter 8)
A.
B.
Physical: lack of water, lack of sleep, animal attacks
Psychological: mental images of violence and war plaguing
his mind.
2.
Central Character: Ishmael
3.
Character trait revealed: Resilience
4.
Connection to meaning: Mankind will do
whatever is necessary to survive.
Wondering lost and lonely in the woods,
Ishmael Beah faces both physical and
psychological dangers with a resiliency
that ultimately proves mankind will do
whatever is necessary to survive.
1.
Situation of moral, physical or
psychological danger: Bonzo and his
friends corner Ender in the bathroom in
order to teach him a lesson (physical
danger – chapter 12)
1.
Central Character: Ender Wiggin
2.
Character trait revealed: Cunning
3.
Connection to meaning: People have a
killer instinct when threatened.
Facing the threat of physical violence from
Bonzo and his lackeys, Ender Wiggin relies
on his cunning to surmount the odds and
ultimately unleash a killer instinct that
reveals humans will stop at nothing when
threatened.
 Create
your new thesis using the four
components we identified when
deconstructing the prompt.
 When
you are finished, trade cards with a
neighbor to compare ideas and provide
feedback.