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

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

3. 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!

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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!!

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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”