ENGLISH 51
Monday, February 27, 2013
Melissa Gunby
A NOTE ON PROGRESS REPORTS
There are slips of paper in each folder telling you
what your current percentage in the class is, as of
Monday.
 I have noticed that some of you are only doing
half of the homework from Ender’s Game. The
requirement is vocabulary AND reading journal;
not either/or. You are losing 50% credit every
week if you’re only doing one of these
assignments.
 Yes, you can make up homework, but it may be
docked points for being late.
 There is still plenty of time to bring up your
grade.
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FREEWRITE
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If you lived 2000 years ago, which would be the
best to own: a horse, a cow, or a dozen chickens?
Why?
AGENDA FOR TODAY
Introduction to essay topic and prewriting/brainstorming activities
 Sentence combining (yes, finally, for real!): using
FANBOYS, SUBs, and Trans
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ESSAY 1: ADVERTISING
Page 149 Texts and Contexts
THE ASSIGNMENT (PG 149)
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Write an essay in which you examine a selection
of advertisements from a magazine you read,
whether one you read frequently or infrequently.
Examine ten full-page ads, preferably ones in
color. Try to figure out which of Fowles’ fifteen
appeals is working in each ad. Come to a
conclusion about how advertisers see the readers
of the magazine.
WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR
A definition/categorization of the type of
magazine, and it’s particular audience (who reads
it).
 Descriptions of the ads being analyzed
 Classification of the ads into each of Fowles’ 15
appeals
 A conclusion based on the above in which you
decide how the magazine’s publishers view their
readers.
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REQUIREMENTS
Minimum of 3 pages. Ideally, I think this should
be about 4 pages.
 MLA formatting (see reference sample I gave
you).
 No outside sources, though quoting from Fowles
article will probably be necessary to support your
points.
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You will need to include a works cited page
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Due dates:
Rough Draft: Monday 3/4. THIS IS NEXT MONDAY!
 Final Draft: Wednesday, 3/13, though I may change this
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Fowles writes “an advertisement communicates
by making use of a specially selected
image…which is designed to stimulate” and get
our attention in some way (137).
Fowles, Jib. “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic
Appeals.” Texts and Contexts: A Contemporary
Approach to College Writing. Robinson, William
S and Stephanie Tucker, eds. 7th Ed. Boston:
Wadsworth, 2009. Print.
QUESTIONS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT?
PRE-WRITING/BRAINSTORMING
ACTIVITY
For homework, I asked you to read Fowles’
article, and to bring in a magazine of your choice.
 With a partner or small group, choose an ad from
each of the magazines you brought in.
 Using Fowles’ article and your notes/summary of
it, identify the appeals being used in the ads. You
may discuss each ad together, or work separately
and compare notes (this is the pre-writing
activity on page 149).
 When you’re done, we’ll take a look at some of
them as a class and start looking at what
conclusions we can draw, which will help you get
started in putting your essay together.
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SENTENCE COMBINING
FANBOYS, SUBs, and Transitions
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES (IC)
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Independent clauses have a subject and verb, and
can stand alone as a sentence
She ran
 He spoke
 He spoke fluent English
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DEPENDENT CLAUSES (DC)
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CANNOT stand alone as sentences, though they
will also contain a subject and verb
When she ran
 Although he spoke fluent English
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SANTA CLAUS
HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE
Independent clauses will sound complete.
 Dependent clauses will begin with a connecting
word, and won’t sound complete.
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Although
When
And
Because
After
While
Since
Santa Claus is a fat man in a red suit with a
white beard.
WHY IT MATTERS
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Knowing the differences between the types of
clauses will help you to identify and correct your
mistakes. Some of the most common errors (runons and fragments) are caused by joining clauses
incorrectly.
FANBOYS = COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS
For
And
Nor
Or
Yet
 So
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FANBOYS coordinate Star Trek conventions
HOW THEY WORK
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FANBOYS are used to link independent clauses
(IC) together.
IC, FANBOYS IC
SUBS = SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
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When you start a sentence with a SUB, it won’t
be complete.
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Although
Because
When
If
While
USING SUBS
SUBs help us connect DCs to ICs.
 The punctuation depends on the order of the
sentence.
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DC, IC
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IC DC
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You only need a comma if the DC comes first
TRANSITIONS
Transitions work like SUBs and FANBOYS in
combining sentences, but they require extra
punctuation to be grammatically correct.
 Transitions will combine ICs.
 IC; trans, IC
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Common words:
 However, therefore, thus, moreover, then, also
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REVIEW!
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With a partner, complete “Jim the Consumer” on
page 163-164
HOMEWORK
Rough draft of essay assignment
 Ender’s Game chapters 10-11
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Vocab
 Reading journal
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