Today, you need… handouts writing utensil notebook/lined paper

Timed Quick Write Write me a Reader’s Response to Night. Now that you’ve finished the text, how do you feel? Remember, your response should include inferences, evidence, and analysis.

Our next focus… …is on preparing you to write your paper. To do that, we need to talk a little about text structures.

Text Structures Describe the organization of a piece of writing Sometimes called “organizational text structures”—fitting, eh? We’re going to focus on five types: ▫cause(s) and effect(s) ▫chronology ▫description ▫logic ▫problem and solution

Cause(s) and Effect(s) text describes either: ▫one inciting incident/catalyst and the various outcomes OR ▫multiple incidents (examined either together or separately) that lead to the same outcome

Cause and Effect, Signal Words so because since therefore if…then this led to reason why as a result may be due to effect of consequently for this reason

Chronology text details a series of events that are organized by date and/or time

Chronology, Signal Words first second next then before after finally following not long after now soon additionally: specific dates and/or times

Description text provides details that elaborate on one central idea

Description, Signal Words to illustrate for instance in addition and again moreover also too furthermore another first of all

Logic text details the order of events that makes the most sense

Logic, Signal Words first second next then before after finally following not long after now soon

Problem and Solution text outlines either: ▫one issue and the proposals that (could) resolve it OR ▫multiple issues (examined either together or separately) that can all be resolved through one proposal

Problem and Solution, Signal Words question dilemma puzzle to solve this answer reason issue resolution

Your Task/Homework Write a claim; remember, this means you will need to choose one statement from the anticipation guide to center your paper around. Choose a text structure to utilize as you plan and organize your writing. Explain why you’ve chosen to use this structure; don’t just reiterate what the structure is. Be sure to explain how this structure will support your paper.

For example: Prompt: […] take a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies one of these claims. Chosen Statement: As long as you did not hurt Jewish people during the Holocaust, you were innocent. Claim: Throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s, many citizens chose to assume the role of a bystander, believing that their lack of action rendered them innocent of any crime. Through the careful examination of “The Nuremberg Race Laws,” Night by Elie Wiesel, and “Speak Up” by Jay Frankston the reader learns that bystanders are in fact just as—if not more—responsible for the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party than the offenders themslves.

Text Structure: Description Justification: My goal is to elaborate on all the ways in which innocent bystanders are at least equally responsible for the acts of injustice that were committed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Since each facet that I plan to focus on will give more specific information about a central idea (equal responsibility and where that stems from), this structure is the best fit for the focus of my paper.

Your Task/Homework Write a claim; remember, this means you will need to choose one statement from the anticipation guide to center your paper around. Choose a text structure to utilize as you plan and organize your writing. Explain why you’ve chosen to use this structure; don’t just reiterate what the structure is. Be sure to explain how this structure will support your paper.