AGENDA 2/25

REMINDER: REGISTER FOR THE AP EXAMS!!! Regular registration ends this Friday.

Turn in Kohlberg Homework Assignment and "What Would Thoreau Do?" handouts if you haven't already (these won't be counted as late if submitted today or tomorrow since you didn't have my help if you had questions)

Vocabulary Quiz over Frederick Douglass/Modern Slavery Unit words parts 1 & 2

Review reminders for synthesis essays:
* FIRST 15 MINUTES:

• Read prompt carefully and determine thesis/position (consider writing thesis as a whole sentence using a "while...ultimately" construction)
• Read sources carefully and select 3 to use to support your thinking (mark + if the source agrees with your position and - if the source raises a potential counterargument for your position)
• If time permits, list out your claims (reasons to support your argument/refute counterargument)

* NEXT 40 MINUTES:

• Write an introduction:

1. Hook (consider anecdote, startling statistic, shocking statement, universal truth, or fact rather than the overdone "question" beginning)
2. Acknowledge complexity (consider using words like "While," "Admittedly," "Granted," "However," "Although," etc.
3. Make thesis clear (consider signal words like "...ultimately," "...Therefore," "...Consequently," or "As a result," etc.

• Open body paragraphs with CLAIMS
• Integrate 3 sources smoothly (can tackle two sources in one paragraph as long as you have plenty of your own thinking in between the two sources, or can use one source per paragraph)

1. After claim, introduce evidence with meaningful 1/2 sentence (consider using author's name if it helps)
2. Use direct quotations rather than paraphrase whenever possible
3. ALWAYS cite source and source letter in parentheses at end of quoted or paraphrased information (Source C). Remember--the first thing I do when reading your essay is scan for the three sources. Make it easy on me!

• Conclusion options: call to action (what we should do about the problem or issue), anaphora, cost/benefit, establish urgency (why this is a problem NOW)

HW: Review notes and examples of synthesis essays in preparation for timed write tomorrow!
Continue working on Evidence Log and annotated article for next week. Topic: race, culture, and ethnicity in America--due next Friday.