Scribe- Oct 2- P5

Scribe- Oct 2 - Smith P5

We sang happy birthday to Eve and discussed Smith’s marathon (18th overall, 4th of women).

Looked at weekly powerpoint (on Arapahoe website)- EVERYTHING ON POWERPOINT

Began writing/discussing in class essay (thesis statement due by tomorrow)

In class essay:

Intro:

Attention getter: quote, hook

Transition to background: assume that reader has NO background info- give context, explanation, make it so ANYONE could understand

Background information on text: SMITH NEVER WANTS TO SEE BACKGROUND INFO THAT SAYS: “is about” : Ex: Shakespeare’s play Othello is about … etc. INSTEAD: portrays, demonstrates, delves into, etc.

Thesis: title, author, restate and answer a question, and a why: THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTS BY TOMORROW: one sentence, ends intro paragraph, includes above info, states stance on essential question (for Othello- pick ONE of our themes: prejudice, power of imitation, gender, jealousy, honesty, power of words, anger, racism, betrayal, revenge) with a WHY. Ex: Ex: William Shakespeare’s Othello exemplifies the hold jealousy has over societies’ lives through the consummate betrayal of Desdemona by Iago and Othello.

• This is Smith’s thesis- you need to create your own.

-whole slide of strong verbs on weekly powerpoint

Body Paragraph (only 1 paragraph):

(see powerpoint)

Prove your thesis

• Topic sentence: point from thesis:
• Set-up first example-
• Lead-in, "quote" (Shakespeare,    ).
• Explanation:
• what does the quote say
• connect to the point of the paragraph-
• connect to the thesis-
• Transition to next example
• Lead-in, "quote" (Shakespeare,    ).
• Explanation:
• what does the quote say
• connect to the point of the paragraph- topic sentence point
• connect to the thesis-
• Transition to next example-
• Lead-in, "quote" ((Shakespeare,    ).
• Explanation:
• what does the quote say
• connect to the point of the paragraph- topic sentence point
• connect to the thesis-
• Concluding sentence

and that is all we talked about!! we have to have our thesis statements ready by tomorrow.