1. Warmup
Read the paragraph on Texas A&M
Identify the unifying idea of the paragraph
Identify any off topic information.

2. FOCuS: Edit your text for unity around the prompt and around a central idea.

3. Save The Last Word (10 points)
Student selected at random to give a quote with no context. (10 points)
Two class commentators (10 points)
Make a connection to the rest of the chapter
Why was the quote significant
Student who gave quote gets last word.

4. Topic Sentence: (big idea or understanding)
Basic info, Cuckoo’s Nest. Where we pick up
“Nurse tactic, fight…” (Kesey 303).
D: The language tactic fight
A: Kesey is trying to show us the battle isn’t over
I: I know this because …
E: In conclusion, this adds to my bigger understandin of the nurse as a warlike character
Overall in the book….

5. Unity The paragraph has a clear focus directed by the prompt
There is no off topic information

6. READING FOCUS: UNITY Coming to a large university like A & M after attending a small rural high school may present students with a number of problems. When coming to a large university, they may feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices available. They may have trouble adjusting to a system that expects them to be proactive about course schedules, degree programs, and graduation requirements–things that aren’t usually an issue in the insulated world of a small high school. Likewise, students making the leap to a major university may have to work at making friends, since they’re unlikely to know many people on campus. Undergraduates often make poor decisions about money management. A & M needs to reach out to students from small rural high schools to help ease their transition to college life.

7. Unity around the Prompt
Choose a quotation from between pages 205 and 214 that represents a significant moment in the book. Include:
An introduction that give context for where we are in the book
Your formally cited quotation
Your interpretation of the quotation (DAIE)
the implications of the quotation to the immediate passage or chapter
the larger implications of this quotation on the text as a whole.
Character Plot or Theme

8. Determine the UNIFYING CONCEPT

10. Read your draft
Edit your text for unity around each piece of the prompt.
Edit your text for unity around a single idea.