Sit next to your partner Monday, November 23rd, 2015 Sit next to your partner AP English Language and Composition

Writing Workshop Materials: Notebook Pen/pencil/highlighter Blank printer paper & colored pencils/markers Unit 3 Synthesis Essay assignment sheet Basic Essay Structure sheet

Anticipatory Set 7 minutes! Work together with your partner to create the BEST sandwich you can imagine. Be descriptive. Draw it on a piece of printer paper – use markers or colored pencils! 7 minutes!

Gallery Walk Put your sandwich picture on your desk Come get a star sticker from me Walk around and look at sandwiches Put your star sticker on your favorite!

Mini-Lesson **An essay is like a sandwich Take notes in your journal or on your “Basic Essay Structure” sheet!! Mini-Lesson **An essay is like a sandwich Both have a beginning, a middle, and an end Structure Both have a central “idea” Content Both can be enjoyable or awful, depending on how they are constructed!! Structure AND Content

Body Paragraph Structure AND Content both matter!! Take notes in your journal or on your “Basic Essay Structure” sheet!! Body Paragraph The purpose of a body paragraph in an essay is to substantiate a manageable “chunk” of the thesis Topic Sentence Transition + direct quote + citation Summarize/analyze Concluding Sentence Structure AND Content both matter!!

Unit 3 Synthesis Essay Structured work time! Verify thesis Directly answer the prompt Create an outline Structure + content!! Select 3+ sources Identify 2 or more quotes to use from each source Craft topic sentences Topic Sentence : Body para. Thesis : Essay

Partner Journal **Together with your partner, on the back of your sandwich picture: In your own words, define “synthesis essay” Identify one element of synthesis writing that you and your partner both struggle with (weakness) Identify one element of synthesis writing that you and your partner both succeed with (strength) Extension: create a real-world scenario in which a person would need to synthesize information. Describe this scenario.

Unit 6/7 Synthesis Essay Review essay prompt Identify 3-5 texts from your Unit Rubric to use in your essay Annotation texts OPTIC visual texts Current Event articles Write a “working” thesis statement Create a pre-write and make an outline **Content: answer the prompt / substantiate your thesis **Structure: “basic essay structure sheet”