Friday, 12/4

*Take the Chapter 46-48 Quiz
*Take the Roots Quiz
*Correct both

1. Two lies and a Thesis

You may need to finish brainstorming for your essay; if so, see the prompt below. When you are ready, write three possible theses in response to the prompt. One should be good; the other two should have something wrong with them or be sub-par. You will then see if your partner can guess which one is the good one, receive some quick feedback, and then continue writing your essay.

Basic thesis (Mr. K's example)--
The parents of young Hispanic males in Hawthorne, CA should encourage their sons to finish high school because it will help them get better jobs, become more responsible, and contribute to the economic growth of their city.

A better thesis--
Parents of young Hispanic males in Hawthorne, CA should not only allow their sons to finish high school after they turn eighteen, but should also encourage continued education in order to improve their job opportunities, instill life-long values, and develop a sense of civic duty.

An above and beyond thesis (notice the hint of responding to a counter-argument)--
Education does not detract from employment; it expands one's employment opportunities. Parents of young Hispanic males in Hawthorne, CA should recognize the inherent value of education to not only expand job opportunities, but to also instill a sense personal responsibility and civic duty in their sons, and to contribute to the welfare and growth of their community.

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, personal experience, history, or society 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.

2. Begin generating a list of evidence to use--you must use at least two quotes from Great Expectations as you build concrete evidence for your arguments. 

Using quotes well

Claim--Making money just to keep climbing socially is an empty game that only promotes trouble, secrecy, and destroyed friendships.

Basic
For example, Herbert says to Pip, "If you were to renounce this patronage and these favours, I suppose you would do so with some faint hope of one day repaying what you have already had" (Dickens 363).

BetterFor example, Dickens shows this tension between Pip and Herbert when Herbert tells Pip that giving up Magwitch's "patronage and favours" would givehim only a "faint hope of one day repaying what you have already had (363).

Best
Herbert, unaware that he is "working up" with Pip's donated money, tries to give Pip financial advice by telling him that he would have only a "faint hope of one day repaying" the money if he gave up Magwitch's "patronage" (Dickens 363)

Essay Requirements--follow the provided checklist, the 5-paragraph outline above, and the essay structure outline at the MVCS Writing Resource blog here. 

Typed draft submitted to turnitin.com for peer critique is due by 8:00 AM on Tuesday, 12/8. Final Draft is due the following block, as well as independent reading. 

3. Read.

HW--Read Ch. 49-52
Persuasive Rough Draft due Tuesday, 12/8. All of class Monday, 12/7 will be devoted to writing.