ENGLISH III Unit 2 Day 4- Primary/Secondary Sources, Crucible, ACT writing practice

Do-Now: Put this into your notes:  Semi-colons are stronger pauses/stops than a comma and weaker stops than a period:,  ; .  Semi-colons need to connect two full sentences (no dependent clauses)  The two full sentences on either side of the semi-colon need to be very closely related.  Example: The paper was finally finished; Joe had spent hours working on it.

Try Some. Are these correct or incorrect?  The days in October get cold; since it is becoming close to winter.  Ms. Stitt likes the cold now; she appreciates it more since she didn’t have it in Los Angeles.  In Los Angeles, it was always sunny and 70 degrees; Los Angeles also has many different attractions like Disneyland and Hollywood.  Ms. Stitt’s favorite thing to do in California was to visit national parks; she loved exploring Yosemite, Death Valley, and Zion.  Ms. Stitt will be very sad if the government doesn’t stop the shut down; Ms. Stitt will also be sad if Notre Dame loses any other football games.

Announcements/Reminders:  Next Journals due Friday, Oct 25 th  Next outside reading Monday, Nov 11 th.  Practice the ACT writing component this Wednesday.  Bring Jesse books

Prayer:  Period 6: Jordan,  Wednesday: John, Thursday: Jenni, Monday: Cynthia R.  Period 7: Bulmaro,  Wednesday: Yasiri, Thursday: Jefferson, Monday: Michelle  Period 8: Juan,  Wednesday: Abel, Thursday: Brandon, Monday: Ms. Stitt

SWBAT…  distinguish primary sources from secondary ones  use writing strategies for the ACT

Primary and Secondary Sources: 

Fun Fact: Arthur Miller (author of The Crucible) was married to Marilyn Monroe

The Crucible:  p. 19  Mary Warren  John Proctor  Mercy Lewis  Abigail  Stage Director

ACT Writing How-To You have 30 minutes to write your essay. Each essay prompt is laid out in the same way:  Lays out an issue  Gives brief reasoning for both sides of the issue  Asks YOU to take a stand on the issue, using SPECIFIC examples (from personal experience, what you have heard on the news, what you have learned in school, etc.)

How to Manage Time… Because you have only 30 minutes to do your essay, here is a schedule for how to plan your time: 1 minute: Read the prompt and figure out what it’s asking 2-3 minutes: Outline your paper using a thesis and the main topics of your paper. If you can, jot down ideas for examples to use also. 23 minutes: WRITE 3-4 minutes: Re-read and revise/edit

Sample prompt: Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years? In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about either one of the two points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

ACT Sample Essays This website has examples of student essays and what scores they received. It also explains WHY they received the scores they did. CHECK IT OUT.

HW and Exit:  HW is on the back of your ACT sheet  Exit: Write: What is the difference between a primary and a secondary source?

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources: