Quotes to use in essays
Reflection
I think this means...
This reminds me of...

• Buzz words
• Grammar: correlative conjunctions & simple sentences
• Night

• Definition: the state of being very tired; extreme weariness
• Synonyms: exhaustion, tiredness
• Sentence: We had transcended everything— death, fatigue, our natural needs (pg. 87).

• Evacuate (v): 1. to remove (someone) from a dangerous place 2. to leave (a dangerous place)
• Sentence: There was whispering from one bunk to the other; with a little luck, the
Russians would be here before the evacuation
(pg. 83).”
• Synonyms: clear, empty

• Review the characterization chart in your “Reader’s Notebook”
• Read pages 98-115
• Go back through pages 98-115
– Bracket and label the extreme flash-forward on pg. 100
– Highlight Elie’s age (pg. 102) at this point and the change of setting
(pg. 103)
– Bracket and label Elie’s negative feelings toward his father on pg. 106
Highlight the last sentence on page 107 before the break (it starts with
“Just like...”) and answer this question in the margin: What test did Elie not pass?
– Highlight and label the simile on pgs. 107 and 109
– Highlight the last sentence on pg. 112 and answer this question underneath: What does he mean “Free at last!?”
– Highlight “On April 5, the wheel of history turned (pg. 113).” Answer this question in the margin: What happened on April 5 th ?
– Highlight the last sentence in the book. What do you think it means?
Write your answer at the bottom of the page

• Glue the “Sentence Structures” definitions in your Notes/Toolbox (last section) of your spiral
1.
Write the model sentence in your notes (after the ones you just glued in)
2.
Simple sentence. Choose a way to revise the sentence. Don’t change the entire sentence because it's already a great sentence. Try to add to it.
(Like, change a pronoun to a noun so we know who or what the sentence is about, or add an adjective or adverb. Or, if it's a compound sentence, make it two sentences. Write your revised version on the folder)
3.
Create an imitation sentence. Format it just like the model sentence. Write it on the notecard.

• ABC Summary
• Connect your letter to something from the novel
– Example: Auschwitz is the concentration camp where Elie and his family were taken when he was fourteen years old

Practice Essay
• You’re going to work with your 3 o’clock partner again to finish your essay.
• Next up, is the second body paragraph and conclusion.
• Continue it on the same piece of notebook paper your intro
& first body paragraph are on. You will be turning in your complete essay today.
 Bracket your second body paragraph in orange so it is an obvious connection to your thesis statement
 Label each ethos, logos, pathos that you used in the margins
 In your conclusion, restate your thesis.
 Circle your Call to Action

• With your 9 o’clock partner
1. Write the model sentence in your notes (after the ones you just glued in)
2. Compound-complex sentence. Choose a way to revise the sentence. Don’t change the entire sentence because it's already a great sentence. Try to add to it.
3. Create an imitation sentence. Format it just like the model sentence. Write it on the sentence strip.

• Is college a conspiracy?
• Watch this documentary and decide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_RYgkkmc
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