Let's Review - Hook, Thesis, Order of Development and the Six "Do's" for persuasion.

We are going to watch a National Oration and I want you to take notes on the above - what is the HOOK, Thesis, Order of Development, and each of the six "Do's"

MLA

1) Last Name/First Name of Author
2) Title of article or title of webpage
3) Title of book or website
4) Place of publication
5) Publisher
6) Date of publication
7) Page number
8) Source of publication (example: Web, Print, DVD, etc)
9) (Internet) Date of access.

go here for sample MLA Citation pages or in-text citations.

Here are two short - but decent - videos are in-text citations and works cited page

Go HERE and Also go here for an additional video on WORKS CITED PAGE 

The best place to go for help with MLA structure or any other essay question is Purdue OWL online.

This week in English 10

Period 1: English 10

Students are working on persuasive essays.  These are due on Monday.  They should use their time to research, outline, and write the essay.

If for some reason, they finish with their essay earlier, they can work on outlining their debate.

Oratory

Today we are going to go over your Macbeth Tests, and then move on to the Oration/Research Unit.  You will be required to write a 3-5 page original essay and deliver it to class.  We will be taking notes today.  Be Ready.

Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to research, write and perform an original persuasive essay that takes a side on an issue and successfully argues for that side.    

Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:

4 – The student can write and perform an original persuasive speech that that takes a side on an issue and successfully argues for that side using all six elements of persuasion.  The writing and performance are both exemplarily effective. 

3 – The student is able to write an original and perform an original persuasive essay that takes a side on an issue and successfully argues for that side.   

2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student is able to write and perform an original persuasive essay that takes a side on an issue and/or successfully argues for that side.   

 1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to write and/or perform an original persuasive essay that takes a side on an issue and successfully argues for that side.    

Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and suggested time periods

OBJECTIVES:  By the end of this unit students will be able to

1)    Define the following terms: Logos, Ethos, Pathos, Thesis Statement, Order of Development, Conclusion, Transition, Audience, Hook, Purpose, Evidence

2)    List the six traits of writing and the six steps in the writing process.

3)    Properly outline the constructive for a debate and rebut opponents points/arguments

4)    Participate in Spar and Forum debate

5)    Watch a national debate and evaluate and explain who won by keeping a flow chart of arguments and rebuttals

6)    Choose a topic about a controversial issues and take one side of argument

7)    List the Do’s and Don’ts of persuasive argument

8)    Write a clear and precise thesis statement with an order of development

9)    Properly cite sources both in-text and on a works cited page

10) Find evidence from a variety of different sources including Print Sources, Internet Sources, Media Sources, and Personal Sources

11) Use the Internet to properly to conduct research 

12) Create at least 10 Bibliography citations and 10 research entries

13) Use research notes to cite passages from sources

14) Use evidence to back up your position

15) Use your order of development as an organizational tool

16) Use transitions to connect points of argument

17) Use Standard Edited American English

18) Use Proper College Composition Format

19) Use the six steps of the writing process to draft and revise a paper

20) Write three drafts of a persuasive essay using at least three sources of evidence

21) Present the final draft of your essay as an oration to class

 

 

Monday - MACBETH

Today you need to print out your essays and hand them in.

Then we will review for the test.

STUDY HARD!!!!  This is the first test of the year.

Macbeth Review

Things to know:

• List the five elements of tragedy
• List the five elements of a tragic hero
• Discuss Macbeth’s tragic flaw
• Discuss who wins in Macbeth and why?  Who is the hero?
• Define soliloquy and monologue and point to examples from Macbeth
• Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot: exposition, inciting event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution (give at least three events for the rising and falling action)
• Identify the following characters and discuss they roles in the play (Who they are, What they do, Why the do what they do)

Macbeth                      Macduff                      The Porter

Lady Macbeth                        Lady Macduff             The Witches

Duncan                        Lennox                        The Doctor

Malcolm                      Ross                            The Bloody Captain

Donalbain                    Seyton                         Fleance

Banquo                        Menteith                     Siward

• Discuss and give examples of the following THEMES:

--Blind Ambition

--The Corruption of Power

--Appearance vs. Reality

--Superstition and how it affects human behavior

--Good vs. Evil

• Discuss the following symbols/motifs (what people and/or  ideas the represent and connect them to a theme)

--washing of hands                        --blood

--planting of seeds, things growing

--the atmosphere of Macbeth’s castle

--spells or chants and supernatural beings

--weather                                       --daggers

--spirits, scorpions, snakes and things in the mind

--birds and flying:

                  Eagles                                      Crows

                  Sparrows                                 Geese

                  Owl                                         Wren

                  Martlet

                  Falcon

• Identify the speaker and the significant of important and famous quotes from the following characters:

Witches, Apparitions, Banquo, Duncan, Macduff, Malcolm, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, The Bloody Captain, Lady Macduff, Ross

• Know and review your study questions for each Act (you should have done these for homework).  Some of these questions will be on the test.

MACBETH

1)    Outline the plot according the six elements (make sure you list each) and please give three scenes for the rising action and falling action.

2)    Define monologue and soliloquy and give an example of each from Macbeth.

3)    List the five elements of Tragic Hero.

4)    Explain how the following themes work in Macbeth and give two examples of each:  “Blind Ambition” and “Superstition and how it effects a person’s behavior”.

5)    Discuss the following motifs/symbols and what they represent: spells or chants and the planting of seeds.

6)    What do the following represent:

Eagles

Sparrows

Owl

Martlet

Falcon

Crows

Geese

Wren

7)    Identify the following characters (who they are, what they do, why they do what they do):

Banquo:

Doctor:

Donalbain:

The Witches:

Ross:

The Bloody Captian:

Lennox:

Fleance:

8)    Who is knocking at the gates in Act II?  What does this foreshadow?

9)    List one irony from the play.

10) How does Lady Macbeth lose power in this play?

11) Who tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead?

12) Why is Lady Macbeth upset with Macbeth after he kills Duncan?

13) What three things does the Porter say about drink?

14)  Who invites evil spirits to the castle?   How and why?

15) Set up with a thesis a short answer that explains who wins in Macbeth and why?  Make sure you use examples from the text to back up your ideas.

For the following quotes identify the speaker:

16) “Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes savagely slaughtered.”

17) “And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence”

18) “As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.  If I say sooth, I must report they were as cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.”

19) “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”

20) “Out, out, brief candle!  Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.  It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Macbeth Motifs

THESIS: The use of birds in Macbeth reinforce and develop the theme of good vs. evil.  Birds come to symbolize both characters and either good or evil forces, and....

 Unit Learning goal: At the end of this Unit students will be able to analysis a motif found in Macbeth, create a thesis, and connect the motif to the meaning of the play as a whole by writing a short 2-3 page essay.

Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student is able to combine more than one motif into a thesis statement, and answer it by evaluating the text and using specifics to back up his/her position.
3 – The student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to choose a motif, or develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.


1st thing that you need to do today is come up with a thesis statement and an order of development.  Then you need to outline your speech according to the information below.

I) Thesis statement and order of development (this is paragraph 1.   You could also include a hook here if you've thought of one)

A) Point 1 or the first thing that you've listed in your order of development.

1) List the specific example from the text with the page number
a) now explain the example in relation to your thesis
2) Specific example from text with page number
b) explain example
3) Specific example
c) explain example

B) Point 2 or the 2nd thing that you listed in your order of development

1) List the specific example from the text with the page number
a) now explain the example in relation to your thesis
2) Specific example from text with page number
b) explain example
3) Specific example
c) explain example


C) Point 3 (if you have one).

II) Conclusion - return to your thesis statement (and hook) but restate in a different way.  Also leave something new for the reader to think about.

	10	7	3	No Evidence
FOCUS	Topic sentence or thesis statement introduces the main idea, sets the order of development, and hooks the reader.  It is interesting, well written and complex.  It invites the reader to participate.	Topic sentence or thesis statement adequately introduces the main idea and sets up the order of development.	Topic sentence or thesis statement is not clear or the order of development is missing or unfocused.	No topic sentence or thesis statement
Coherence and Examples (PROOF)	The examples from the source (text) not only back up the main ideas of the essay but are introduced, and explained.  They are adequately used and spaced (meaning there are more than one but the citation doesn’t take up too much room). They are concrete, exact and cited.	The examples used back up the main ideas of the essay.  They may not be introduced or explained adequately or well but they are cited and they are concrete and exact.	The examples used don’t necessarily back up the main idea.  They are summative in nature and not exact.  They are not well explained or introduced.	No Examples
Organization	Organization enhances the ideas and reading of the essay.	Introduction, body and conclusion exist in the essay.  The paper flows fairly smoothly.	Something is missing either the introduction, body or conclusion, or the paper does not read smoothly due to problems with ideas, information or paragraphs that don’t fit the essay	No organization present
Mechanics	No mistakes	One to five small mistakes that do not affect the reading of the essay	Five to ten mistakes	Numerous mistakes that impair reading

LENGTH                                 2+ pages                               More than a page                    Less than a page                       A paragraph or more

FRIDAY

MOTIFS (this isn't a complete list)

1)--washing of hands --blood

2)--planting of seeds, things growing

3)--the atmosphere of Macbeth’s castle

4)--spells or chants and supernatural beings

5)--weather

6)--spirits, scorpions, snakes and things in the mind

7)--birds and flying:
Eagles Crows
Sparrows Geese
Owl Wren
Martlet
Falcon

THEMES (this is a suggested, but not a complete, list)


--Blind Ambition
--The Corruption of Power
--Appearance vs. Reality
--Superstition and how it affects human behavior
--Good vs. Evil

Unit Learning goal: At the end of this Unit students will be able to analysis a motif found in Macbeth, create a thesis, and connect the motif to the meaning of the play as a whole by writing a short 2-3 page essay.

Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student is able to combine more than one motif into a thesis statement, and answer it by evaluating the text and using specifics to back up his/her position.
3 – The student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can choose a motif, develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to choose a motif, or develop it into a thesis statement, and analyze the text using specific evidence to back up their position.


1st thing that you need to do today is come up with a thesis statement and an order of development.  Then you need to outline your speech according to the information below.

I) Thesis statement and order of development (this is paragraph 1.   You could also include a hook here if you've thought of one)

A) Point 1 or the first thing that you've listed in your order of development.

1) List the specific example from the text with the page number
a) now explain the example in relation to your thesis
2) Specific example from text with page number
b) explain example
3) Specific example
c) explain example

B) Point 2 or the 2nd thing that you listed in your order of development

1) List the specific example from the text with the page number
a) now explain the example in relation to your thesis
2) Specific example from text with page number
b) explain example
3) Specific example
c) explain example


C) Point 3 (if you have one).

II) Conclusion - return to your thesis statement (and hook) but restate in a different way.  Also leave something new for the reader to think about.

	10	7	3	No Evidence
FOCUS	Topic sentence or thesis statement introduces the main idea, sets the order of development, and hooks the reader.  It is interesting, well written and complex.  It invites the reader to participate.	Topic sentence or thesis statement adequately introduces the main idea and sets up the order of development.	Topic sentence or thesis statement is not clear or the order of development is missing or unfocused.	No topic sentence or thesis statement
Coherence and Examples (PROOF)	The examples from the source (text) not only back up the main ideas of the essay but are introduced, and explained.  They are adequately used and spaced (meaning there are more than one but the citation doesn’t take up too much room). They are concrete, exact and cited.	The examples used back up the main ideas of the essay.  They may not be introduced or explained adequately or well but they are cited and they are concrete and exact.	The examples used don’t necessarily back up the main idea.  They are summative in nature and not exact.  They are not well explained or introduced.	No Examples
Organization	Organization enhances the ideas and reading of the essay.	Introduction, body and conclusion exist in the essay.  The paper flows fairly smoothly.	Something is missing either the introduction, body or conclusion, or the paper does not read smoothly due to problems with ideas, information or paragraphs that don’t fit the essay	No organization present
Mechanics	No mistakes	One to five small mistakes that do not affect the reading of the essay	Five to ten mistakes	Numerous mistakes that impair reading

LENGTH                                 2+ pages                               More than a page                    Less than a page                       A paragraph or more