Happy Monday!
Please have a seat, and get
out your annotated “Under the
Influence.”
Discussion
You will be discussing the essay w/ small group.
Your goals:
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Have a lively, interesting discussion
Stay on task and on time
Contribute as much as possible
End class with significantly more ideas about this essay
than you came in with
– Remember those ideas for tomorrow
Once you get into your group, please circle up, then
look up here for instructions.
Lavender partner, another pair of partners, not
including your periwinkle partner.
Discussion
One sheet per group.
Switch writers
Person in group who is sitting closest to
window is time-keeper:
– Get through everything, but don’t end early
(trickier than it seems!)
We will get back together the last 10 minutes
and discuss as class whatever you found
most interesting.
Happy Tuesday!
Please sit next to your
periwinkle partner.
Get out your annotated “Under
the Influence,” and a blank
piece of paper.
Today: Writing an Essay
Use what you remember from yesterday
Both partners take notes and write.
Essay Prompt:
Write a well-organized essay in which you explain
how Sanders uses rhetorical strategies to
convey his message about society’s attitude
toward drunkenness.
Essay Prompt:
All the rhetorical analysis essay
prompts will ask you something
about how the author uses
rhetorical techniques.
Write a well-organized essay in which you explain
how Sanders uses rhetorical strategies to
convey his message about society’s attitude
toward drunkenness.
Essay Prompt:
All the rhetorical analysis essay
prompts will ask you something
about how the author uses
rhetorical techniques.
Write a well-organized essay in which you explain
how Sanders uses rhetorical strategies to
convey his message about society’s attitude
toward drunkenness.
Notice the use of “HOW.” They are not asking which techniques, or
what his purpose is, they are asking you to explain HOW he uses
them to achieve a particular effect. Sort of like a recipe—you can’t
just list ingredients, you have to explain how to put them all together
to make the food.
Essay Prompt:
All the rhetorical analysis essay
prompts will ask you something
about how the author uses
rhetorical techniques.
All RA essay prompts will ask
you to tie the RD’s you
discuss to the author’s
message, purpose, attitude.
Write a well-organized essay in which you explain
how Sanders uses rhetorical strategies to
convey his message about society’s attitude
toward drunkenness.
Notice the use of “HOW.” They are not asking which techniques, or
what his purpose is, they are asking you to explain HOW he uses
them to achieve a particular effect. Sort of like a recipe—you can’t
just list ingredients, you have to explain how to put them all together
to make the food.
“Under the Influence”
First, discuss:
What the heck IS Sanders’s message about society’s
attitude toward drunkeness? Write down your thoughts.
– This is a preliminary best guess.
– You MUST refine and revise your ideas about
Sanders’s attitude as you go through the rest of this
process.
– If you don’t, you may end up with either a flat-out
wrong interpretation, or a very shallow/vague
interpretation.
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Now, direct your attention to paragraphs 9
through 12 on pages 141 & 142.
You will be focusing ONLY on these four
paragraphs. You can’t use anything
outside these paragraphs.
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Now, choose 1 of the Big 5 to focus on.
– You should choose something you think you can
relate to Sanders’s message about society’s attitude
toward drunkenness.
– Feel free to use anything you came up with yesterday.
Re-read or re-skim those 4 paragraphs of the
essay, paying close attention to your 1 item.
Write down your thoughts, journal-style
– How does your 1 item help convey Sanders’s
message about society’s attitude toward
drunkenness?
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Next, find at least 2 other things (other Big 5
items, smaller RDs, ELP) that connect to your 1
item.
– All 3 things (your first item, plus these new two items)
must connect somehow. They can’t live in the same
paper if they’re not related.
– All must also somehow explain how Sanders conveys
his message about society’s attitude toward
drunkenness.
Write down what these things are, where you
found them, how they connect to your 1 item,
and what they show about Sanders’s message
about society’s attitude toward drunkenness.
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Have you refined, revised, deepened and
specified your idea concerning Sanders’s
message about society’s attitude toward
drunkenness? Time to do it now.
Write about your new thoughts.
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Now you’re ready to start your essay.
Next few slides will take you through the
process. Write these things down!
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First: Intro
– About 3 sentences.
– Mention author’s name, title of piece.
Next: Thesis
– Must address prompt.
– Mention what you think author’s purpose IS
You may NOT say “Sanders’s message about
society’s attitude toward drunkenness.” You MUST
tell us instead what you think his attitude IS.
– Mention which Big 5 or ELPs you tied it to, and how.
– Possible format: “Sanders uses __________(RDs) in
order to convey_______(attitude)”
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Then: Outline
– 2-3 para.
– Focus on thesis.
– What order of ideas will flow best? Make the
most sense?
– Write topic sentences
Last: Evidence
– Find short quotes or paraphrases from the
text that will back up your thesis.
– Find at least 2-3 for each paragraph.
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Go! Make it happen.
You will be sharing with other groups when
we are finished.
If you get done early:
– FIRST, go back and make sure you weren’t
just being too superficial. If you are done
really early, you probably don’t have enough
depth in your ideas.
– THEN, if you are sure you have enough
depth, go ahead and begin writing your first
paragraph.