1. AP3
You may use any handouts while you write (strong verbs, how to write, etc.) except student essays.
You will have no extra time beyond 50 minutes.
You will have no HW tonight. Vocab will be on Monday instead.
Friday you will have the 2nd in-class essay. You may begin as soon as you arrive in class so the sooner, the better!

2. CA3 Turn in your packets with crossword in the front.
Test today – scantron for MC questions
There is an essay question you will pick up once you turn in the scantron. For this question you will need to use your book.

3. Markings
MARKS WILL BE MADE FOR WHAT STANDS OUT. A LACK OF MARKS MEANS THAT NOTHING IN THAT PART OF YOUR WRITING STANDS OUT AS EFFECTIVE OR INCORRECT.
F=FORCEFUL
C=CORRECT
CN=CONCISE
NF=WEAK
NC=INCORRECT READING OR ASSERTION
NCN=WORDY, VAGUE

4. Feedback Correct: Understanding of text Choice of strategies Forceful:
Strong assertion
Your own diction, syntax, figurative language choices
Concise:
Integration of quotes
Consistent argument

5. What about the conclusion?
The conclusion should NOT be a restating of your thesis or facts from the text.
The conclusion SHOULD be a BRIEF way of recognizing the SIGNIFICANCE of the writer’s approach or the CONSEQUENCES of that approach. This is the time where BE FORCEFUL – end with a bang – can help your essay.

6. Scarlet Letter in the News
But some commentators have renewed an argument that a puritanical American culture overreacts to sexual transgressions that have little relevance to job performance. “Most Americans were dismayed that General Petraeus resigned,” said Mr. Romero of the A.C.L.U.
That old debate now takes place in a new age of electronic information. The public shaming that labeled the adulterer in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” might now be accomplished by an F.B.I. search warrant or an N.S.A. satellite dish