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AGENDADue Essay #2

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Activity: Vocabulary Game

Vocabulary Test #2: (Chapters 5-9)

Presentation: Essay #3: The Concept Essay

Discussion: Ngo and Toufexis

In-Class Writing: Considering topics for your essay from The Hunger Games. Make a list of four different possibilities. Write paragraphs for two of them, sketching out what you already know about the concept. Think of at least one example for each from HG

The Game: NEW TEAMS TODAY• With your new team, discuss the words on

the next slide for five or so minutes and prepare to compete

Vocabulary Words

Swathe

You have 15 minutes

The Concept Essay

Ngo: “Cannibalism: It

Still Exists”

Get into your

groups to

discuss this

essay and

answer

questions.

First, briefly summarize the storyWhat is the concept about which Ngo

writes?Which extended anecdote does Ngo

use to help explain the concept?What is his thesis?How does he define and classify his

concept? Which are Categories? What are the Types?

Find examples of each of his classified concepts.

How does he define his concept?

Brief Summary and Concept

Extended Anecdote

Extended Anecdote

Thesis and classification

Thesis and Classifications

Definitions

Definitions

Exemplification

ExemplificationEndocannibalism Exocannibalism

• Survival: Vietnamese boat refugees o Ate people as they died on

the boat

• Dietary: Miyanmin (both types really)o Eats their own dead and

catches outsiders

• Religious/Ritual: African tribe of the Bimin-Kuskusmino Eat parts of genitalia to

enhance reproductivity

• Survival: Japanese troops’ supply lines cuto Sacrificed Arapesh people to

feed troops

• Dietary: Leopard people; Alligator peopleo Hunt victims

• Religious/Ritual: Bangalas and South American Tribeso To honor those held in high-

esteem, they sacrifice slaves and captives

Ngo has written a concept essay about

cannibalism• Use this essay as a model for you

own!

Toufexis “ Love: The Right Chemistry

• Get back into your groups to discuss this essay and answer questions.

Take 10 Minutes to Answer These

Questions

• First, summarize the story.• How does Toufexis “Hook the

Reader”?• How does Toufexis focus her plan?• How does she create a logical plan?

Summary

Hooking the reader

Hooking the Reader• What does Toufexis do to catch

Readers’ attention?o The title—”Love: The Right Chemistry”o The epigraph quoting Greta Garbo’s

line from the film Ninotchka. o The conversational tone of the essay• Using “O.K.” and “Let’s” rather than

the more formal “let us.”

Focusing the Plan

Focusing the PlanWhat She Does What She Does Not Do

• She focuses on certain scientific aspects of romantic love, specifically the evolutionary biology and neurochemistry of love between adult human heterosexual mates.

• By keeping to her focus, she is able to present information that is unfamiliar, and therefore interesting, to her readers.

• Because she wants to emphasize love as a tool to promote reproduction, she does NOT include same-sex love, or nonsexual love between friends and family members

• She does NOT discuss views on love by various religions or cultures.

A logical plan

A Logical Plan

oIntroduction of topic

oThesisoForecastoTransitions

She provides clues for the reader

Introduction of Concept: Paragraph 1: She announces that she is writing about “romantic love,” a concept that she will address with “scientific precision.”

Thesis: Paragraph 2: What seems on the surface to be irrational, intoxicated behavior is in fact part of nature’s master strategy—a vital force that has helped humans survive, thrive, and multiply through thousands of years”

Forecast: In paragraph two: “Love rests firmly on the foundations of evolution, biology, and chemistry.”

Toufexis also uses transitions to let the readers know when she is leaving one topic and going to another: here is the transition from biology to neurochemistry:

The Concept Essay

• Topic: Write an essay about a concept from The Hunger Games that interests you and that you want to study further. When you have a good understanding of the concept you have chosen, explain it to your readers, considering carefully what they might already know about it and how your essay might add to what they know.

Essay #3

3-5 pages

150 points possible

MLA-style formatting

and citations

Works Cited page must

include three entries:

The Hunger Games, A

Dictionary or other

defining source, and a

book or article from a

credible source.

Hunger, Cold, Friendship, Safety, Justice, Fair play, Class,

Game, Play, Power, Identity, Strength, Competition,

Sacrifice, Spectacle, Schadenfreude (happiness

derived from others’ misfortunes), Fear, Privilege,

Equality, Legal, Skill,

Topics to Consider:

In-Class Writing: • Consider topics for your essay from

The Hunger Games. oMake a list of four different

possibilities. oWrite paragraphs for two of them,

sketching out what you already know about the concept..

Homework• Read: HG through chapter 19; SMG 148-163• Post #8 Finish and post your in-class

writing;• find a definition for your concept. It can be

from a dictionary or an encyclopedia. • Post #9: Name the two concepts about

which you wrote paragraphs. Find a few lines from The Hunger Games that illustrate each concept. Copy them into your post, and then explain how the example demonstrates, defines, or embodies the concept. (Include page numbers)

• Bring: Post #9 and SMG to Class• Study Vocab 10-13