1. Thursday, April 7, 2016 Do Now: Pick up a Chromebook.
Open up to your intro and first body on Google Classroom.
HW:
Finish typing second body paragraph and conclusion for tomorrow.

2. Define unfamiliar terms?
Review the following. . .
Did you:
Define unfamiliar terms?
When mentioning the phases, symptoms, or stages, you should have defined or explained what it was BEFORE moving on to the story connection:
Primarily, Charlotte suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. Constant cleaning and organizing “even if things are already perfect” are common symptoms(Reedus 2).
What is missing here?

3. Better: Review the following. . .
Primarily, Charlotte suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. Better known as OCD, this illness is an anxiety disorder in which people have “unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something” (Reedus 1). Constant cleaning and organizing “even if things are already perfect” are common symptoms(Reedus 2).

4. Quote blending using a COLON
FIRST→
If you have a quote that is a full sentence, AND it comes right after your own full sentence, then a colon is needed to blend it.
For instance:
The narrator is trying to convince somebody that his senses were heightened: “ I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Poe 1).

5. Use your own words before the quote!
Quote blending!!
No ‘AUTHOR’ writes→
Use your own words before the quote!
For instance:
When he waits in the room, Poe writes, “ And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work ” (Poe 4).
When he waits in the room, the narrator wants to kill the old man, but he can’t because “I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work ” (Poe 4).

6. While we are talking about quotes. . .
What is up with citation format????
” (Poe, 5)
.” (Poe 5).
,” (Poe 5)
!” (Poe 5)
,” (Poe, page 5).
pets” (Dahl 4).

7. No author? No problem! Use the title in the citation.
If a short story or article, use quotation marks:
(“Schizophrenia” 2).
If a novel/book title, underline:
(Gun Violence 52).

8. Last but not least. . .Explanations!
After you use a quote, you need to explain how it proves/shows whatever you are writing about
BUT
You should not begin the explanation with
This shows. . .
This quote shows. . .
This proves. . .

9. Share with a partner
Your partner should be able to answer YES to each question:
T= Is it clear to the audience what I want to prove?
Is nonfiction evidence clearly defined (would someone who didn’t read the article understand?) Is there a BLENDED quote w/ citation here?
Is there evidence from the story, starting with a TRANSITION, that shows how the character exhibits the symptom? Is there a BLENDED quote w/ citation here?
Does explanation explicitly tell HOW character has this symptom?
Does the paragraph has a non-repetitive closing sentence?
Are there properly formatted citations?
(Horowitz 232) OR (“Schizophrenia” 1)

10. Before you leave...
Conclusion Paragraphs- remind the reader of your purpose and best ideas to really convince them.
Restate thesis (using different words)
Reiterate your best reasons
Clincher--leave the audience thinking about the topic
remember you can create a ‘full circle’ ending by referring back to your hook

11. Conclusion
Throughout the science fiction short story, “Flowers for Algernon,”Charlie Gordon shows both the dangers and benefits of increasing one’s intelligence; however, now that the technology is possible in the near future, it is obvious that the events in Daniel Keyes’ fictional story could happen. Natalie Wolchover’s article, “What If Humans Were Twice as Intelligent” about the future of human intelligence proves that those with higher IQs struggle to keep relationships, thus diving into their work to help future generations, just like Charlie. Though the prospect of having a higher intelligence is enticing, it is also frightening to think of humans who no longer communicate with each other. What an isolating world that would be.

12. Now, WRITE Go back and fix first body paragraph
Start second body paragraph
Remember:
Use my samples
Refer back to old writings--DO NOT MAKE the SAME MISTAKES
Use your reference sheets in your binder
Look at my website if you can’t find reference sheets
*See kaplanskids.weebly.com for essay packet if you don’t have one in your binder.