WR115 An Introduction to College Writing Through Critical Reading: A Community of Scholars Examines Sports in Society Monday, February 25, 2013 Linking Sentences & the Blueprint Embedding quotes and formatting titles

Week 8: Developing the Summary- Response Essay From the Brainstorm to the Blueprint Culling ideas from your brainstorm Linking Sentences Filling in the Blueprint

Reflective Freewrite What has gone most smoothly in writing your brainstorm? Story was cool The first two questions helped me focus Easier to relate to the national anthem Coming up with ideas to incorporate into the essay One of the prompts worked well for me What parts of the process have been most challenging for you? I’m not into sports Some of the prompts were not effective for me Watching sporting events is also about the stories of the athletes Being a fan and enjoying sports with others is a big part of the fun.

Summary-Response Essay Review Blueprint: The Summary-Response Essay Introduction Summary: First sentence states the name of the author, the title of the piece, and the central idea. Major supportive ideas come next. Other ideas and some evidence that you plan to use in your essay can be included in the summary. Include short quotes to make your point. Your thesis serves as the final sentence or two of your introduction, after the summary. Thesis: Your thesis statement is your opinion regarding the issue discussed in the summarized essay. To meet the standard for the course (3), your thesis should minimally state your opinion. To demonstrate advanced mastery (4), your thesis should state your opinion on the issue in the form of a relationship (cause-effect, alternatives, effect-cause, etc.). To demonstrate highly advanced mastery (5), in addition to the above, your thesis should use concession to show two points of view. Body Paragraphs (3 to 4) Topic Sentence states a major point in support of your thesis. For a strong topic sentence, refer to your essay’s thesis by using a snippet from the thesis itself or a synonym for one of the key words in your thesis. Idea Development: Develop your idea by explaining each supportive idea presented in the paragraph. Then support the discussion with quotes from authoritative sources, statistics, examples and scenarios. Do not be afraid to use examples from your own life! Use logic and good solid reasoning to help your reader fully understand your idea development. Stuff appositives into your body paragraphs to add more information. Use conjunctions (FANBOYS, subordinators, concessive words) and transitions to clarify the relationships between your ideas, and make sure that all of your pronouns refer to a specific person or thing. Make sure that the source of your quotes (speaker, site, etc.) is clear. Conclusion Summarize of your major points and a briefly reiterate your thesis. No new information, arguments, or new points should never be presented in a conclusion! Thesis: Make sure that you refer to your thesis in some way or another in your conclusion, but do not repeat your thesis word- for-word.

Peer Review Work with a partner to review each other’s blueprints and/or first drafts. 1.Examine the framework of the essay for unity, testing each topic sentence against the thesis statement. 2.If the writer has developed beginning body paragraphs, systematically check each sentence for unity. 3.Check each paragraph to see if major ideas have been supported with examples, statistics, facts, or authoritative opinions.

Take 5 With Dave Brubeck

Embedding Short Quotes Review This is a classically textbook (p ) case, Scholars!

Phrases A group of related words without both a subject and a verb. Prepositional Phrases Noun Phrase Appositives Verbal Phrases (p ) Take notes, Scholars! Present & Past Participles Infinitives

Dangling Modifiers These can be hilariously funny—and embarrassing, so try to avoid making the dangling modifier error.

Assignment Review Due Wednesday, February 27 th Second Draft Quotation Exercises, p. 388, Ex. 20-1; extra-credit, p , Ex Due Monday, March 4 th Final draft, Summary-Response Essay. We’ll be going to the library on Monday, March 4 th, so try to be on time for class.