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1. Choosing the Right Word (pg.27) 2. DO NUMBERS: 2, 4, 6, 11, 12,

13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25

BELLWORK

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Friday, September 12th

•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 “Choosing the Right Word”• Introduce vocab words 13-14• Mini Lesson on finding quotations that support thesis• 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

TOPIC SENTENCES

• Topic Sentences (TS) answer specific topics (ideas) in the thesis. • Sample Thesis: Fitzgerald’s use of geographical settings to

represent the growing moral decay and emptiness of characters like George Wilson and Tom Buchanan signifies the hollow corruption of the American Dream. • What are the important nouns? • (geographical settings, Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, American

Dream)

• What are the important associations? • (moral decay, emptiness, hollow corruption)

• What is the relationship pattern? • Repetition (growing)

TOPIC SENTENCES

• Big IDEA: geographic settings lead to moral decay and emptiness in George Wilson• Big IDEA: geographic settings lead to moral decay and emptiness in Tom Buchanan• Little IDEA: this decay, then, leads to the corruption of the American Dream

• Each idea gets its own topic sentence! • Think of the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” that

explains each topic.

TOPIC SENTENCES

• Remember, a topic sentence: • ALWAYS proves a specific idea within the thesis. • ALWAYS contains associations that help prove the ideas in the

thesis• ALWAYS contains a relationship word to establish pattern

(repeat or contrast) • NEVER contains exact evidence from the primary or

secondary sources (this limits the focus!)

Example: Through his symbolic connection to the Valley of Ashes, George Wilson is repeatedly shown as a weak man whose hope for a better life is broken by the materialism surrounding him.

TOPIC SENTENCES

• Gather evidence from the book to support your TS. Think: • WHO • WHAT• WHEN• WHERE• WHY• HOW

• Remember, it doesn’t just have to be dialogue!

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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