1. Reminders 8/23/17
Bring your Things Fall Apart book every day through Friday Sept. 1
Collaborative Synthesis Essay – due via Google Drive Friday, 8/25
Be sure your document is in the correct folder – block and assignment
Name your document the last names of those in your group EX: SpruillTydingsSalam
Othello will start the Tuesday after Labor Day – have your copy. No excuses! We will read together.

2. Voice Lesson #3
Musicians have voice, too.
Like visual artists, musicians make conscious choices in order to create an effect.
Musicians choose the kinds of instruments they will use, how fast or slow the music is, and whether it is high or low, loud or soft.

3. Samuel Barber, composer
You will listen to a portion of Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber. Think about its voice while you listen.

4. Write about it…
What kind of voice does this music have? Pretend the music is a kind of self-portrait. Write two statements that capture the voice of this “self-portrait.”
I am…
I feel…
What evidence can you find in the music to support your statements? Write down the details that support your thoughts. Be specific. Remember that the composer had choices, and he made conscious decisions.

5. Unit test review & discuss

6. Writing intros & conclusions

7. Introduction – Purpose?
Transition your reader from his/her everyday life to the context of your topic
Provide a ‘road map’ for your paper (there should be no surprises in your paper)
Engage your reader – make him/her want to read the rest

8. Introduction: Options for Hook
Introductions should catch the reader's attention with a hook
Begin with an intriguing example
Begin with a fact or statistic.
Begin with a provocative quotation from the text or from a related topic.
Begin with a puzzling scenario
Begin with an anecdote, a brief story that is related to the topic; this anecdote should be vivid and maybe even unexpected.
Begin by telling why the subject is important.
Begin with a generally accepted belief.

9. Ingredients of an Introduction
Hook
Transition (make connection) from hook to the background
Background/Context of topic
Reference to claims
Thesis

10. Writing a Developed and Detailed Conclusion
Conclusions wrap up what you have been discussing in your paper. After moving from general to specific information in the introduction and body paragraphs, your conclusion should begin pulling back into more general information that restates the main points of your argument. Conclusions may also call for action or overview future possible research. The following outline may help you conclude your paper:

11. Writing a Developed and Detailed Conclusion
In a general way,
Restate your topic and why it is important, (use FRESH langauge) 1-2 sentences
Summarize your thesis and claims, (remind the reader of how the evidence you’ve presented has contributed to your proving your thesis) 2-3 sentences (Depending on your claims)
Provide a general warning of the consequences of this violation if it continues (1-2 sentences)
Remember that once you accomplish these tasks, you are finished. Done. Complete. Simplicity is best for a clear, convincing message.

12. Things Fall Apart
Mini-Quiz (next slide)
Proverbs in Things Fall Apart (3.2)
Analyze proverbs to gain insight into the culture of a people.
Determine an author’s purpose for including proverbs in a novel.
If time…write your own! 

13. Explain the controversy of Okonkwo’s Death. Use 5 or fewer sentences
Explain the controversy of Okonkwo’s Death. Use 5 or fewer sentences. Be sure to address the following.
How did he die?
Why does he die?
What are the white people asked to do?