Hi, AP Lang!
You need:
• Pencil/pen
• journal
Journal (5/8/15):
In effort to protect its
children from an addiction epidemic, some
states are jailing women for using drugs during
pregnancy. Is incarceration the best approach?
Establish an argument using $SEEITT.
When you leave you will have:
-reviewed for the AP Language exam.
Agenda:
• Journal: Incarceration
• Final Project Review
• Mod 2: Argument Prompt Speed Dating
• Mods 3 & 5: Learnerator on Laptops
• Mrs. Matheny’s Prom Promise
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It’s a Synthesis Situation
(TOPIC)
$SEEITT Considerations
Stakeholders
Thesis
Sources
May 8
Agenda:
- Journal
- Notes: Types
of Sentences
- Sentence Sort
- Find ‘em in
your own
writing!
Journal:
Get a YELLOW
highlighter!
What are the 4
types of
sentences?
Today’s Goal:
Figure out what sentences you use
and what sentences you NEED to use.
• FIND THE SIMPLE SENTENCES
– What is a simple sentence?
– Look at your examples from yesterday’s sentence
sort
– Highlight them!
CHECK LIST
Combine sentences to eliminate simple
sentences. (use FANBOYS, semi-colons, or words
like however, although, therefore)
Capitalize character names and the title Fences
Italicize Fences
Add text evidence and explanation
Make sure your writing MAKES SENSE! Get rid of
sentence fragments!
WRITE! Make it sound SMART!
The Important Stuff…
Beginnings
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A good one should catch a reader’s
attention, and hold it.
Keep their attention (make ‘em
want to read!)
Go back to your intro after you’ve
written a little
Anecdote
– The other books you’ve read and
either loved or hated and why Fences
is better.
– Don’t like reading, but enjoyed
reading fences
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Dialogue
– Quote from the book
– Dialogue from class
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Facts & Statistics
– Drop out rate in WCPS
– Percentage of male students
– Race in WCPS
Structure
Intro:
**Use one of the strategies
here
**background about
Fences the book & a plot
summary
**thesis statement
A Model Body Paragraph
In WCPS there are 22,495 students. Of these
students, 51% (11,504) of them are male. Just like
WCPS, many of the characters in Fences are also
male. Within the play, the male characters struggle
with achieving their dreams and finding happiness
in life. By reading Fences, many 11th grade male
students could learn a lot about life and not have to
endure the same struggles that Troy, Cory, and
Lyons experience. Also, of the 22,495 students that
attend WCPS, 28% of them come from a diverse,
non-white background. Even though all the
characters in Fences are African Americans, most
students will be able to relate to the issues that the
Maxon family experiences throughout the play.
Books we read in high school…
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo & Juliet
Of Mice and Men
Animal Farm
Into the Wild
A Raisin in the Sun
Fences
Macbeth
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Lord of the Flies
The Hunger Games
The Book Thief
The Chocolate War
The Things They Carried
A Long Way Gone
The Outsiders
The Secret Life of Bees
Good, Bad, Ugly?
• Everyone should read Fences.
• You should read this book; I really liked it.
• Fences is about a family in the 1950s.
• Fences should be read by all 11th grade students
in Washington County Public Schools because
students can relate to it.
Thesis Statements
• Includes topic & claim & why:
– Fences should/should not be read by every 11th
grader in Washington County Public Schools
because of it’s relatable characters.
– Topics should be in order as they will be in the
essay!
• Does NOT include phrases like:
– I think
– You should
– (anything with personal pronouns)
Reflection:
Concerning your essay:
-What are you most nervous
about?
-What are you most excited
about?
Journal Explodes
REQUIREMENTS
• 5 paragraphs
– Introduction
– Conclusion
• 3 middle supporting
paragraphs
– Evidence
– Examples
– Personal stories/anecdotes
• Thesis statement
RUBRIC
• Each paragraph = 5 points
• Thesis statement = 5 points
• Details/evidence to
support/explain thesis
statements = 5 points
• GREAT vocab = 5 bonus
points
40 points total
How can self-imposed
barriers prevent people
from growing and
experiencing their dreams?
Fences
Fences are good because… Fences are bad because…
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Divide you from neighbor problems
Provide privacy
Create boundaries
Protection
Keep pets contained
A sense of style (decorate them)
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Create boundaries
Restricts exploration
A symbol of disagreement
Creates a limited space
Doesn’t allow anything new