1. Cold Read
Read and annotate the excerpt from The Third Wave and “In The Wave, ex-teacher Ron Jones looks back.” Write an argumentative essay that argues the following statement: Ron Jones’s experiment proved that it is human nature for the villagers to react the way they did in “The Lottery”, and for the people of Germany to react the way they did during the Holocaust. Use examples from all texts to support your thesis. Thesis: Ron Jones’s experiment proved that it was human nature for the German population to accept the actions of the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. Paragraphs: 1. Body (Hook, detail, thesis) 2. Paragraph with cited proof arguing that it is human nature the villagers reacted the way they did (2 pieces of evidence, 2 explanations) 3. Paragraph with cited proof arguing that it is human nature the Germans reacted the way they did (2 pieces of evidence, 2 explanations)f 3. Conclusion (Restate thesis, detail, wrap-up)