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1. Write 5 vocab sentences using words 6-10, unit 2.

BELLWORK

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Wednesday, September 10th

•What am I learning today?• ELACC11-12L1-6: Demonstrate the correct use of vocabulary and grammar in my writing. • ELACC11-12RI7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media

or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

• ELACC11-12W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

• ELACC11-12W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

•What am I going to do today?• Bellwork: Vocab sentences• Introduce vocab words through #112• Introduce literary analysis assignment• Mini Lesson on topic sentences, claims, introductions• Tomorrow and next week in LAB 421!• DUE: Claim & Introduction

•What will I do to show I learned it?• Literary analysis paper for Alas, Babylon• Vocab Quiz

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

• 1st: Hook• 2nd: Background• 3rd: Context/Transition• 4th: Thesis Statement

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

• HOOK your reader! • You will first want to start off with a frame, some single word, image or allusion that you can use to open up your paper (NOT personal experience). • Anecdotes (tell a short, relevant, engaging story)• Analogies (make a comparison_ • Facts/details (cite relevant details)• Imagery (illustrate the idea!)

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

• Provide background information! • MUST include:• Title of novel (The Great Gatsby in our case)• Author of the piece (F. Scott Fitzgerald)• Historical information on the time period (1920s) • Post WWI / Jazz Age, Flappers, Consumerism / Before the Great

Depression (use your notes or research!)

• Don’t forget to discuss the American Dream!

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

• Add context! • transition from background info to setting the stage for your thesis • What info does your reader need to know to better

understand your thesis?• Insight into the topic or debatable opinion – does it need to be

defined or set in new context?

• Relevant character information or generalized plot? (not specifics!)

• For example, if your thesis statement analyzes the oppressive behaviors of Abigail Williams from The Crucible, I need to know a bit about what oppression means and how/why Abigail (in general, not specific instances) is an oppressive character.

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

• The last sentence is your thesis statement! • Your ONE (complex) sentence claim. • This is the foundation of your paper and where ALL of your topic sentences come from. • It is not a run-on sentence• It contains a subject + topic + debatable opinion

STRUCTURE OF THE INTRO PARAGRAPH

Hook and Background Info (about 3-5 sentences…

compound, complex, etc. ) Context/Transition (2-3 sentences…

compound, complex… )

Thesis Statement

(1 sentence)

NO PRIMARY or SECONDARY QUOTES IN

INTRO!

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Due Dates for Literary Analysis• Claim statement due: Thursday, 9/11

• Complete intro paragraph due: Thursday, 9/11

• Six quotes with lead-ins and lead-outs due: Friday, 9/12

• Outline due: Tuesday, 9/23 (WITH complete Works Cited page)

• First Draft for peer edit is due Thursday, Sept. 25th

• Final paper is due Friday, Sept. 26th