Multiple Choice and Synthesis Review

Obj: I can review my answers to multiple choice questions and explain why I chose the answers I did. I can evaluate sample synthesis essays and reflect on my own strengths and weaknesses.

1. Review multiple choice

• "I am Woman" as a group
• Do next three sections in groups of 4. Discuss answers put and why. Feel free to change the answers on your packet. Make sure you understand why. Keep track of your original thinking.

2. Synthesis Review

• Read and score sample essays
• Re-read your own and give it a score (use the rubric and defend your score)

HW: Peace Action Essay Contest submission is due May 1st. Review feedback on your essay and revise as necessary. Here are the instructions for submitting (please cc me on your submission):

Entries should be submitted to MaineEssayContest@gmail.com by May first.
Please include the name of your high school, your year, indicate in the subject line if this is an
“Essay Contest Submission” or an “Essay Contest Question.”
Please attach your letter or op-ed as a Word or PDF attachment.

Synthesis Review: 8 classes to go!

Obj: Review rhetorical analysis (quick) and write a synthesis essay.

1. Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address: hand back essays and review tips

1. What are big ideas in Lincoln’s speech?
1. Meaning: what is his purpose?
2. Method: what are the most important things he does in the speech?
2. Paragraphs: each paragraph needs to FOCUS on a particular strategy or subtopic in his purpose.
1. Parallelism compares then and now--in order to ___________________
2. Parallelism unites them in effects of war-- in order to ___________________
3. Religious allusions remind both sides believe in same God-- in order to __________________
4. Religious allusions remind that war is in God’s hands -- in order to ____________________
5. Positive diction creates hopeful tone at the end -- in order to ______________________

3. Include appropriate evidence to really illustrate your points: refer back to the text consistently in your body paragraphs

2. Synthesis In-class Essay

Upcoming:

Friday: review multiple choice and synthesis

Tuesday: new (and old) rhetorical terms for MC and argument prompt rotation

Death of a Soldier

I can read and analyze Loisa May Alcott's "Death of a Soldier" for rhetorical techniques.

1. Eero's YLNT
2. Review essay contest: 800-word limit
3. Read and annotate "Death of a Soldier." What do you notice?
4. Write introduction and first body paragraph
5. Review samples: how do the writers weave in evidence? What transitional words do you notice?

HW: Finish rhetorical analysis of "Death of a Soldier"
Next class: In-class rhetorical analysis essay