Wednesday: Finish reflection and write paragraph

What will you do differently this time?

This semester we have been working on getting better at writing academic paragraphs, that state a claim and support it with evidence and commentary.  Today you will take another swing at this skill, and hopefully your experiences so far will help you hit a "home run". 

10 minutes--take another look at the DWA and the "Apology" paragraphs, as well as your HOS one.  What did you do right?  What do you need to fix? RUBRIC

30 minutes--Begin your paragraph today with the following claim frame:

_________________(your chosen character who is a mirror of your attitude on love/marriage) thinks love/marriage is _________________________________________________________.

Your next move should be to provide a CONTEXT and introduction for the first piece of evidence from Act One that you will use.  What is going on when your characters says the lines?

For example: 

At the beginning of the play, Romeo has just spend the previous night moping through the sycamore grove because a girl named Rosaline does not love him back.  He moans, "Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still,/Should without eyes see pathways to his will!" (I.i. 174-5)  Here Romeo makes love seem like a separate person (a "he") who is torturing him based on his "will" or deliberate actions.  Clearly Romeo feels like a victim here, without any control over his emotions.  His use of the exclamation mark and the word "Alas" indicate his dramatic delivery of these lines, and demonstrate his tendency to veer towards the melancholy.

Note: the highlighted part contains the COMMENTARY part of this paragraph. 

Be sure to do this  (CLAIM/EVIDENCE/COMMENTARY) TWICE in this paragraph.  Then, tell me how this character is a mirror for yourself in your closing lines.

DUE at the end of the period.

Thursday: Making your case through commentary

Learning Target:  to show me you can use commentary that focuses on DICTION to support a claim.

Today you will work independently to compose a paragraph that supports the claim we have been working on all week:

Although his accusers say he is arrogant, Socrates shows that he is actually humble and misunderstood. 

Use TWO details you pulled from paragraphs 4-9 yesterday (you can paraphrase key lines as long as you still cite them) and commentary to support your claim.  In your commentary focus on one or two words inside the quotation that SHOWS either humility or misunderstanding.  Then come to a conclusion at the end of the paragraph that connects your ideas.  

20 minutes

Peer Response

After you have finished your paragraph, you will 10 minutes to swap papers with your partner in order to give them positive and constructive feedback on what they might need to improve.  

Is there a claim?

Is it supported with two key details?

Is there meaningful and logical commentary about those details that explains how Socrates is humble or misunderstood?

Is there a conclusion sentence that pulls together the two quotations?

VOCABULARY REVIEW: Lesson 9

Vocabulary Volleyball!  The test is FRIDAY!!!!