1. Contextualize Evidence
For Proficient
Contextualize Evidence

2. Tell what is happening in the story; flesh out with details

3. Holden wants to be a “catcher in the rye” so he can save the innocence of children and keep them from falling off the cliff of adulthood.

4. Example: minimal context

5. After Phoebe presses Holden about what he wants to do with his life, he explains to her that he wants to be a “catcher in the rye” in a mistaken reference to the Robert Burns poem. He explains that he has a vision of little children playing in a field of rye which is situated next to a cliff. His job, as Holden envisions it, is to protect kids from falling over the cliff as they play.

6. Example: good context

7. For High Proficient
Build ethos in introduction with a hook that explains an outside source

8. One dictionary definition does not support ethos—it’s a start, but it doesn’t attain high proficiency

9. Ingredients of a Proficient Body Paragraph

10. Topic sentence
Contextualize Catcher
Summarize/quote Catcher
Analyze Catcher
Maybe one connection to outside source

11. INTEGRATE multiple sources
For Advanced
INTEGRATE multiple sources

12. At least 2; one may be a movie— maybe (if there is enough good material provided by other source)

13. Do NOT…
One and Done

14. One reference to a source is not enough

15. Integration requires weaving the source into your entire argument

16. Source should appear in body and conclusion (not just the intro)

17. Do…
Contextualize Source

18. • Build ethos of source • Summarize relevant information in source

19. Example: Brene Brown, PhD
Example: Brene Brown, PhD. is a sociologist who spent six years conducting research on human connection.

20. Build ethos of source

21. Example: Robbins references two experiments: the Asch and Berns experiments. In the Asch experiment, researchers…. The Berns experiment reached similar conclusions, but researchers used brain imaging technology to support their findings. They found….

22. Summarize relevant information in source

23. highlight important sources
Do…
highlight important sources

24. Plato and Aristotle are more important than John Green

25. Erikson and Freud are more important than the textbook writers

26. Separate Sheet of Paper
Ingredients of an Advanced Body Paragraph

27. Topic sentence
Contextualize Catcher
Summarize/quote Catcher
Analyze Catcher
Contextualize secondary source (if needed)
Summarize/quote secondary source
Connect to Catcher

28. SECONDARY SOURCE MAY BE INTRODUCED IN INTRO

29. SECONDARY SOURCE WILL BE REFERENCED IN BODY MORE THAN ONCE

30. SECONDARY SOURCE WILL BE TIED UP IN CONCLUSION