OUR TARGETS
VOCAB 5.3-5.5
VOCAB 5.3-5.5
Quiz is on 10/21/15
GET IN GROUPS
1. Prevaricate- V -speak
This will be up for 10 mins
and evasively
• ACCORDING TO YOUR CHARACTER 2. misleadingly
Scuttle-N- sink
Quiz is on 10/21/15
3.
Unfrock-V- to remove a priest
ARITS PREWRITE
16. Digress-V- wander off the
from his position
4. Annex-V- -take possession of
WRITING TECHNIQUE FOR THIS CLASS
subject
5. Cerebral- ADJ- intellectual
6. Diffident-ADJ- lacking
Essay Prompt
17. Falter-V-hesitate
confidence
18. Indelible-ADJ- cannot be
• Write a multi-paragraph essay on 7. Fallacious-ADJ-false
8. Inconspicuous-ADJ- not
wiped out
ONE of the characters from ARITS. easily seen
9. Malefactor-N- a wrong-doer 19. Malinger-V- deliberately
Explain if he or she will be able to 10. Paradigm-N-1. example
avoid work
11. Pristine-ADJ- unspoiled
achieve his or her American
12. Seminary-N-an institution in
20. Paradox-N- apparently
priests are trained
Dream. Discuss the following in 13. which
Unprecedented-ADJ- never
contradictory statement
having happened before
your essay:
14. Anomaly-N- something which 21. Proclivity-N- tendency
not fit in a pattern
• Identify and explain his or her 15. does
towards
Certitude-N-certainty
American Dream
• Identify personality traits that
may or may not prevent him or
her achieving his or her
American Dream.
• Identify TWO social struggles
that he or she may have to
overcome
22. Sensuous-ADJ- appealing
to the senses
23. Unscathed-ADJunharmed
24. Antagonism-N- hostility
25. Charlatan-N-trickster who
claims knowledge he doesn't
have
STEPS IN THE WRITING PROCESS
1. PREWRITING
2. SHAPING THE ESSAY
3. FIRST DRAFT
4. PEER RESPONSE
5. REVISION
6. FINAL DRAFT
PARTS OF THE ESSAY
1.INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
a. TOPIC SENTENCE
b. THESIS
2-4- BODY PARAGRAPHs
a. TOPIC SENTENCE
b. CONCRETE DETAIL
c. COMMENTARY SENTENCES (2)
d. CONCRETE DETAIL
e. COMMENTARY SENTENCES (2)
f. CONCLUDING SENTENCE
5.CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH
Adapted from Jane Schaeffer document
Essays must be a minimum of 5
paragraphs long. They will
include the following:
Introduction, 3 body
paragraphs, and a conclusion.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Essay outline
Introduction Paragraph 1 (8 to
11 sentences)
First Body Paragraph (8 to 11
sentences)
Second Body Paragraph (8 to
11 sentences)
Third Body Paragraph ((8 to 11
sentences)
Concluding Paragraph (8 to 11
sentences)
This is the format of all essays
for this class!!!
Adapted from Jane Schaeffer
document
Essay Prompt
• Write a multi-paragraph essay on
ONE of the characters from
ARITS. Explain if he or she will
be able to achieve his or her
American Dream. Discuss the
following in your essay:
• Identify and explain his or
her American Dream
• Identify personality traits
that may or may not prevent
him or her achieving his or
her American Dream.
• Identify TWO social
struggles that he or she
may have to overcome
ESSAY TIMELINE
• PREWRITE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PERIOD ON MONDAY
• ROUGH DRAFT DUE AT THE BEGINNING 0.OF THE
PERIOD TUESDAY
• EDITED ROUGH DRAFT DUE AT THE END OF THE
PERIOD TUESDAY
• FINAL DRAFT IS DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
ON WED!!!
Reminders
• VOCAB QUIZ 10/21
• MID TERM IS NOV 6TH!! 4 WEEKS AWAY