2W: Summer Essay
with Model Essays
AP Lit
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You’ll need:
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Echo Quiz:
I’ll ask a question of someone, answer it correctly, move on.
Don’t know or answer incorrectly, you have to stand up and echo correct response when said.
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Echo Quiz
If there’s a question you don’t know answer to, write it down as a note for today.
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How should the title of a novel or play be formatted?
Handwritten?
Typed?
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In the first paragraph, you should have what identifying information?
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In what order?
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Author, Date, Genre, Title
Aw DanG iT!
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Give me an example from a book we’ve read:
Author, Date, Genre, Title
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Your adjectives should be ______.
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Should you speak in present or past tense when analyzing a work of literature?
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Echo Quiz is over.
A few more review questions:
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Footnotes: What is one of the key questions (two words) you should ask yourself repeatedly after each sentence?
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SO WHAT?
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Students get stuck at a “3” score because they do what too much?
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Summary!
“I saw the movie with you!”
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Let’s review the summer essay prompt.
I want you to “outline” orally with your partner about how you would use Fences or Siddhartha to answer this prompt.
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2009 Q3 Open Prompt:
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
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My Outline:
Quick overview
of bubble map
technique I used to
write the model essay
today
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5 prompt
+5 examples
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10 thesis
Pretend your partner was absent: explain this method
2009 Q3 Open Prompt:
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
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5+5=10
5: symbol, associations, functions, reveals, whole
+5: Provides $, protects Gab, shelters Ro, shames Ly, restricts Co, cheats on Ro
10: attempts to protect, ends up imprisoning
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We’re now going to read some model essays and as we read I really want you to remember an important lesson from the first writing workshop about the humility necessary to truly learn:
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Emptying your tea cup vs. sipping your tea
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Model essay from Chilton
Written in 40 minutes
Typed up later with no revisions
It’s a 6. Learn from it.
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To do:
Read over and discuss frequently Chilton’s model essay.
Write down notes on his techniques and skills he employs.
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What can you learn from him to improve your writing?
Potential Criticisms:
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General Discussion
What did you learn?
Specific comments?
Questions?
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Model essay from former student
Written in 40 minutes
Typed up later with no revisions
It’s a 6. Learn from it.
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To do:
Read over and discuss frequently the student model essay.
Write down notes on their techniques and skills they employ.
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What can you learn from this student to improve your writing?
General Discussion
What did you learn?
Specific comments?
Questions?
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What did you learn today?
What’s your take away?
Tell your partner / tell your green handout as notes for next essay.
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Remaining Time:
OR
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