1. October 27, 2015
Please view the wall outside the classroom and make sure you have the correct answers for the bell ringers!

2. Today’s Objectives
You will create a concluding paragraph the presents a concession and rebuttal as well as a call to action to provide a powerful ending to your essay
You will revise and edit your rough draft in order to portray a working plan to a successful score 3 or 4 essay
You will read and annotate for plot “The Tell-Tale Heart” in order to create a storyboard presentation in preparation for script writing another story

3. Today’s Objectives
You will create a concluding paragraph the presents a concession and rebuttal as well as a call to action to provide a powerful ending to your essay
You will revise and edit your rough draft in order to portray a working plan to a successful score 3 or 4 essay
You will view a video interpretation of “TTH” and write a compare/contrast paragraph about the story, your plot images, and the video so that you can develop ideas for creating your own script

4. Conclusion Model
Copy and Watch as I write the conclusion for our shared topic using the t-chart from pre-writing
*remember ethos will be present in my grammar, spelling, organization & focus, as well as when I make my concession & rebuttal/counterargument*

5. Your turn!
With the same partner with whom you wrote your body paragraphs, you will write the conclusion of your essay
Remember to use your T-chart!
You have 10 minutes

6. Theme Hook The number one type of hook used in AP essays is the THEME
Create a theme for your essay based on what you have written
Remember a theme is
Universal truth: The theme is usually something everyone goes through, a statement or a lesson about life.
General: The theme expresses the author's opinion or about human nature or the meaning of human experience. (not specific to story or person)
Represents what you want the reader to learn/agree with
You have 10 minutes to develop your hook

7. Revise & Edit Rough Draft
Next, I will show you how to revise & edit your rough draft in 10 minutes or less!
First off, check the spelling of any words of which you are unsure
Secondly, upgrade your vocabulary
You need at LEAST 3 higher level words from the back wall (writing vocabulary)
Thirdly, check your transitions
Do you have at least six?
Fourth
Fix your contractions: Academic essays do NOT contain contractions because they are considered slang

8. Compare & Contrast
Fill out the chart as we view the video
You will have 7 minutes to fill it out after the video in order to help you write your compare/contrast paragraph

9. Compare and Contrast Paragraph
Comparison shows similarities between persons, places, things, ideas, or
situations.
Contrast points out the differences between persons, places, things, ideas, or
* You may write it in either block or point-by-point method (choose your preference)
In a compare and contrast paragraph, you write about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, things, or ideas.
The following words can help you to write a good compare and contrast paragraph:
Helper Words:
Similarities Differences while
is similar to the other hand unlike
both however
also but
too in contrast
as well differs from