Hi, AP Lang!
You need:
• Pencil/pen
• Journals
Journal (5/6/15):
No journal!
Take out your MC packet from yesterday!
Agenda:
• Journal:
• ONE WEEK!
When you leave you will have:
-analyzed the role of rhetorical devices in
essays.
– What’s important? What’s not?
• Roman Numeral ? Practice
– First reading
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• Synthesis Situation
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5 groups
Charts
• HOMEWORK:
– Find your AP Lang is BAE shirt. Wash it, prepare it, get ready to
wear it (next Wednesday)!
It’s a Synthesis Situation
(TOPIC)
$SEEITT Considerations
Stakeholders
Thesis
Sources
May 6
Agenda:
- 3 strategies
- Intro model
- Write, write,
write!
- Body para
model!
Journal:
No journal!
Let’s review…
Today’s Goal:
• Finish draft!
– 6 paragraphs (use organizer & models to help!
– Must be 100% finished by the start of class
tomorrow!
To help you meet this goal:
• Do not move seats.
• Remove yourself from distractions
– hallway, etc.
• Ask for help! That’s why I’m here!
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