Task 2 Review Day 2 May 28

SWBAT finish outlining Task 2 Do Now Quotation: DO the next one in the packet. Reminders: If you want to replace The Crucible essay grade, you have to hand in Task 2 completed by Friday

Thesis Statement Remember the “Although Strategy” is your thesis sentence and it is the last sentence in your introduction. Although hosting the Olympic Games could bring in tourism to the U-S and boost the economy, the negative implications include a huge expensive in building stadiums and arenas and the potential for an increase in crime to the city who hosts the Games.

Body Paragraph A A= Counterclaim Point out the benefits of hosting as you close out of the paragraph. YOU NEED to include a However statement. Example: However, the benefits do not outweigh the negative implications of hosting the games.

Body Paragraph B B= Cost to build the stadiums – Introduce – Cite – Explain *The amount of money that tourism could bring in would not cover the costs of all that has to be built. (I always go back to explaining why hosting is not a good idea)

Body Paragraph C C= Crime Increase – Introduce – Cite – Explain While it might be good for the country to have new visitors and people enjoying what the U-S has to offer, it is hard to control the extreme influx of people and in a time when we are concerned about crime and possibly terrorism, it is not worth the risk.

Conclusion You state why your claim is the best—not to host the Olympics, review your major points and make sure you prove that this is the best argument.

Transition Blue Booklet Go over your answers against the answers on the board. *I need to meet with students about portfolios. If I met with you last week, go and sit in a group together. If I have not discussed my Regents predictor score with you, sit in a circle together.

Multiple Choice Strategies Fiction Theme questions: You must answer these in terms of the whole passage. TRAP: Watch out for answers that are too narrow to fit the whole passage

Author’s Purpose Understanding the author’s tone—his or her attitude toward the subject and audience—will help you understand the purpose and the author’s perspective. Authors convey purpose and perspective through their choice of words and the impression those words create. Author’s purpose questions will usually include one of the following key words: author’s purpose, reason, why, the passage can best be described as. You may also be asked to identify the tone of the passage or the perspective of the author based on his or her words.

Tone it is an emotional mood like angry, whimsical, mocking/ironic, humorous and so on. You have to bring a little bit of emotional literacy/sophistication to this part. Understand what the writer means. Is he or she attacking an idea? Mocking it? Supporting it? Being humorous? Ironic? Being dismissive, contemptuous or aggressive about ideas or people?

Irony the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

Context Clues Definition questions: These will ask you what a word or phrase means “in this context.” TRAP: Remember, if they ask you the definition of a term, it is probably NOT the everyday definition. Check the context. Also remember that “context” includes BOTH what comes before the word AND what comes after it.

Pronoun Questions Pronoun referent questions: These will ask you what other word or phrase in the passage a pronoun like “it” or “which” refers to. Sometimes, this will be varied by asking what a noun refers to. I have seen other types of grammar questions but this is the most common. TRAP: If they ask you what a pronoun (sometimes a general noun) refers to, it is probably NOT the obvious, closest noun.