Tuesday, 12/1

*Take the Ch. 40-42 Quiz

1. Copy the following into your vocabulary notes or flashcards--

clam, claim	cry out	exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim
clud, clus, claus	shut	include, conclude, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, occult
cognoac, gnosi	know	recognize, prognosis, cognoscenti, incognito, agnostic
cord, cor, cardi	heart	cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage

2. Who is Pip's benefactor? How might this impact Pip's character development, and how does this impact themes related to class?

3. Inspired by questions, topics, or themes from Great Expectations, think about the class divisions that exist in your home-town. This will be the topic for our persuasive essay.

*Generate as many open-ended questions related to class divisions in our culture that you can think of. Use the Opinion Survey and the novel as inspiration.

Open Ended--What are the implications of Pip's rise to wealth for his family?

Close-ended--Is Pip a criminal?

*Introduce the prompt, and start brainstorming--

5.  How should people respond to class distinctions in your home town? Select a specific audience, identify what the class distinctions in your home town are and why they exist, and write an essay in which you create a persuasive argument about what should be done. Anticipate at least one counter-argument. Use evidence from Great Expectations to defend your argument.

Questions to answer for brainstorming--

--What class divisions/distinctions exist in your hometown?

--Why do they exist?

--How can these divisions be broken down? What must change?

--What is a specific audience you can target that has power over this change?

--How can you persuade this audience to take action toward change?

--List out evidence from Great Expectations that may prove helpful.

Write a 5-paragraph persuasive essay that responds to this print.

INTRO--address audience, identify the issue, and state main argument.

Body 1--Assert an argument with evidence.

Body 2--Assert an argument with evidence.

Body 3--Anticipate a counter-argument, and defend with evidence from Great Expectations.

Conclusion--re-address the argument, summarize the described perspective on the issue, restate main argument, and create a call to action.

*Tomorrow, we will go over thesis writing, but you are welcome to work at your own pace in and outside of class. This and next week, I will allow you to prioritize reading or writing in class depending on your own work habits, as you think will be most effective.

HW--Read Ch. 42-45