1. French Rev Essay

2. Next Step: Prepping for your Essay You will receive a chart that will organize 2 causes of the French Revolution: 1) Peasant Hardships & 2) Enlightenment ideas After you finish filling this graphic organizer out you will receive your essay graphic organizers with sentence frames for each paragraph.

3. Causes- ClaimEvidenceQuoteExplanation Peasant Hardships- What problems did peasants face? What were the short and long term effects of these hardships/ problems? Why would these hardships make people take action to change their government? (how is this a cause of the French Revolution?) Enlightenment Ideas- What Enlightenment ideas did the people of France know about? How did they find out about them? How did it change the way they felt about their government?

4. Causes- ClaimEvidenceQuoteExplanation Peasant Hardships- What problems did peasants face? What were the short and long term effects of these hardships/ problems? Why would these hardships make people take action to change their government? How did this lead the people of France to become violent and start a revolution? Enlightenment Ideas- What Enlightenment ideas did the people of France know about? How did they find out about them? How did it change the way they felt about their government?

7. Claim Sentence Frame: The French Revolution was cause by ____________________________ because____________.

8. Causes of the French Revolution Essay Prompt: What caused the French Revolution? 1. Thesis Statement: Use the sentence stem or craft your own thesis statement. The French Revolution was caused by ____________________ because it led to ________________ which forced the people of France to revolt in order to _____________________________________________. 2. Evidence: Use the info from your Causes of the French Revolution DBQ to select appropriate evidence to support your claim. Include quotes in your answer. 3. Explanation: Say HOW your evidence proves your claim. Answer: How do you know your cause was responsible for making the French Revolution happen?

9. Causes of the French Revolution Essay Prompt: What caused the French Revolution? 1. Thesis Statement: Use the sentence stem or craft your own thesis statement. The French Revolution was caused by Lack of resources because it led to starvation of the peasants which forced the people of France to revolt in order to _____________________________________________. 2. Evidence: Use the info from your Causes of the French Revolution DBQ to select appropriate evidence to support your claim. Include quotes in your answer. 3. Explanation: Say HOW your evidence proves your claim. Answer: How do you know your cause was responsible for making the French Revolution happen?

10. You will now receive your Essay Graphic Organizer

11. Scoring Rubric- C Grade  Thesis Statement  Thesis statement responds to the prompt.  Evidence 1  Detail/Specific 1  Explanation  Writing is Clear and Organized following the Model  Grammar is correct  Uses complete sentences  Typed, size 12 font Double spaced  1 paragraph, Less than 1 page

12. Scoring Rubric- A Grade All of the Proficient criteria Thesis is a Level 2 Thesis- Uses “because” Additional Evidence Additional details and specifics for Evidence Use of quotes or specifics as part of Evidence Quotes are properly cited noting author Explanation connects all pieces of evidence together and to the claim Uses formal academic language Uses proper writing language to indicate cause and effect, examples, explanation and so on.(such as, in order to, etc) Uses complex sentence structure and vocabulary Makes a below the surface connection or an inference. For a B grade on this assignment, do all the C work and some of the A work.

13. Don’t forget Transition Words! Making a claim words: Because On account of Cause/Effect Words: for this reason when...then is caused by so therefore led to resulted in Consequently Explanation Words: because of the reason for in order to so that ___________ happened because of _________. When _______ happened it caused ____________. This in turn led to ________________________. The decision to___________ resulted in a situation where __________ had to ___________ to survive. All of this together resulted in _______________. This was a problem because ____________. _______________ was the reason for ________ because __________. _________________ took action by __________ so that _____________.

14. Using outside sources This is our first “real” essay for this class. This is not just a paragraph this is a 4 paragraph essay. You can absolutely do a great job on this prompt with the information you have from lectures, the dbq and notes from your textbook. However, if you want to use outside sources you are welcome to do so with some exceptions. YOU MUST CITE! Otherwise this is….? You must cite it in the text of your essay (we will go over this in a minute) and you must include a works cited page.

15. Acceptable Sources Before you use a source make sure it is reliable. If you are on a website and can’t find a ‘Who we are’ kind of section: skip it. The information must be corroborated. If you only find it in one place, there is probably a reason for that. Wikipedia: Sorry folks. I know you all love it, I do too but it is NOT a scholarly source. You can absolutely use it to spark some ideas

16. Turnitin.com You will be submitting a hard copy to me in class on the due date as well as a copy to turnitin.com the NIGHT BEFORE. Due dates for turnitin.com will always be 10pm the night before the due date. In this case it will be November 6 th @ 10pm. Hard copy will be due in class Friday November 7 th. Your class code is: 8979421 Your class password is: gosharks WRITE THIS DOWN!

17. Language for referring to a quote from a book primary source: According to ___(Author)______________ in his book _____(Book Title)_________, “____Quote_______”. In his work ____(Book Title)_________, _______(Author)____ discusses the ___(Topic)____ when he writes, “____Quote_______”. Language for referring to a document primary source: The _____(Document Name)_______ clearly stated, “____Quote_______”. Language for referring to a primary source image: In the painting ____(Painting Title)____, the artist ____(Artist Name)___ shows _____(Description of Image)___.

18. Language for referring to a quote from a book primary source: According to JK Rowling in her book Harry Potter and the Sorcerous Stone, “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” In his work Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Comte D’Antraigues discusses the nature of the 3 rd Estate when he writes, “The Third Estate is the People and the People is the foundation of the State; it is in fact the State itself”. Language for referring to a document primary source: The American Bill of Rights clearly stated, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”. Language for referring to a primary source image: In the painting Liberty Leading the People, the artist, Eugène Delacroix, shows a half naked woman leading peasants with a French flag and guns.