Boardwork 10/13-

Junior Eng III

Primary Goals for next quarter

• Goal A: Reinforcement

• Goal B: Developed Responses

• Goal C: Textual Analysis

• Writing and Literature Goals:– Writing Essay Bodies (review Intros!)– American Romanticism, post-romanticism,

and realism

Sub-Standards

• Use phrases and clauses in a variety of ways to create sophisticated complex sentences.

• Identify the thesis and main points of a complex speech.• Discern the structure of a complex speech (e.g.,

sequential, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).

• Choose the most effective order of sentences in a paragraph.

• Use a variety of strategies to combine a simple set of sentences into a longer, more complex sentence.

• Evaluate the relevance of supporting sentences be deleting an irrelevant sentence in a passage.

Sub-Standards, continued• Determine the writer’s purpose in a writing sample.• Identify a statement that reveals the writer’s attitude.• Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in

text.• Identify a false premise in text.• Identify the main claim, premise(s), evidence, or conclusion of

a given argument.• Draw an inference from a non-print medium.• Discern how the limitations imposed by a particular medium

restrict the delivery of a particular message.• Consider the treatment of a particular subject or event in two

or more media (e.g., newspaper and visual art, narrative and poem, diary and magazine article).

• Analyze the impact of setting on the mood and plot of a literary passage.

Scarlet Letter TEST!

• Get out a sheet of paper.• Look at the test. Read any margin notes.• Reflect in a paragraph on your achievement on

the test. What were your strengths? What were your weaknesses? Respond to the specific comments I’ve written on your test if you have any.

• Write a second paragraph in which you describe your preparation for this test. How did you get ready for it? What would you do differently, if anything, if you could do it over?

Essays!

• Review characteristics and techniques for writing an Intro:– First:– Second:– Third:– What order do you write them in?– What is the formula for a good thesis?

Essays

• Purpose of the body:

• How many paragraphs?

• Organization: Why put these paragraphs in this order?

Essays

• A body paragraph:– Topic Sentence—Thesis of the paragraph,

supports the thesis of the essay– Evidence (With Lead in/out!)– Evidence (With Lead in/out!)– Evidence (With Lead in/out!)– Concluding sentence (can be related to lead

out)

Incorporating evidence• Evidence should be specific• Evidence should prove the topic sentence• Evidence should include explanation of its

relevance• Evidence should include a lead in/lead out

– Lead in: “For example,” “Smith says in his book,” “For instance,” “As the text says,” etc.

– Lead out: Explanation of why this evidence matters to the topic. NEVER ASSUME THE EVIDENCE IS SELF-EXPLANATORY!

Transitions

• Internal and External• Tier 1: Signpost words

– (First, Second, Next, Last)• Tier 2: Power words and phrases

– (However, Therefore, In consequence, In contrast, etc.)

• Tier 3: Sentence transitions – (Not only do Narwhals invoke mythic and fantastic

imagery, but they also make such characteristics attainable and real.)

• Use Tier 1 rarely, Tier 2 internally, and Tier 3 externally

What is theme?

• Theme is a main idea or meaning that shows up throughout a piece of literature.

• Theme is NOT plot:– Dimmesdale suffers because of his hidden guilt.—

NOT theme– Hiding our problems from the world causes us to

suffer—Theme

• Theme is more than one word:– Guilt—NOT theme (this is a topic)– The way hidden guilt causes us to suffer—Theme

Nature

• What does Emerson say is true solitude? Why? What’s the difference between studying and walking?

• What is the benefit of solitude? What does it do for a person? Why might a person desire solitude?

• Do you ever desire solitude? What does solitude mean to you?