1. Getting ready for the essay
DOL 6
Getting ready for the essay

2. Today Correct a couple of sentences Review for the essay –
Unit Assessment – demonstrate mastery of the unit by answering the writing prompt:
Explain how one of the following archetypes functions to help tell a story: hero, the mentor, companion, object of desire, or villain. This essay should be a compare/contrast of your chosen archetype using examples from either Around the World in 80 Days or The Count of Monte Cristo and The Odyssey or The Curse of the Black Pearl. In your discussion of the archetype, please remember to reflect on how the pattern of the archetype connects to ‘real-life.’

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because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the video games to take to jans house my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents

4. Structure of an essay - Thesis Conclusion Assertion Data Data Data

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because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the video games to take to jans house my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents

6. Essay Structure = ACES or APES
A = assertion – an opinion based on a data cluster
C = citation – quotation or reference from text that supports the assertion
E = explain – 1) explain how the citation supports the assertion, then 2) explain how the assertion supports the thesis
S = shift to the next assertion or the conclusion

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because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the video games to take to jans house my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents

8. Parts of an Essay Introduction Body Conclusion Thesis Assertions
Context
Body
Full ACES or APES for each assertion
Conclusion
Restate Thesis
Recall the rational
Wrap it up

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because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the video games to take to jans house my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents

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because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the video games to take to jans house my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents

12. 6 Corrections
Because you’re late finishing the job, you’ll have to give we us boys the video games to take to Jan’s house. My sister or (She) doesn’t always have time to visit us on our birthdays, but she does send presents.

13. Unit Assessment – demonstrate mastery of the unit by answering the writing prompt:
Explain how one of the following archetypes functions to help tell a story: hero, the mentor, companion, object of desire, or villain. This essay should be a compare/contrast of your chosen archetype using examples from either Around the World in 80 Days or The Count of Monte Cristo and The Odyssey or The Curse of the Black Pearl. In your discussion of the archetype, please remember to reflect on how the pattern of the archetype connects to ‘real-life.’

14. Structure of an essay - Thesis Conclusion Assertion Data Data Data

15. Essay Structure = ACES or APES
A = assertion – an opinion based on a data cluster
C = citation – quotation or reference from text that supports the assertion
E = explain – 1) explain how the citation supports the assertion, then 2) explain how the assertion supports the thesis
S = shift to the next assertion or the conclusion

16. Parts of an Essay Introduction Body Conclusion Thesis Assertions
Context
Body
Full ACES or APES for each assertion
Conclusion
Restate Thesis
Recall the rational
Wrap it up

17. Next Class – You will have time to write
Bring your notes
Bring your questions
Bring a computer to write on if you want to
BTW – do you have your turnitin account set up?