Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Houses 2H Assignment
Deadline: 9/29/15
FA/TWPrompt:
Inwhat
waysisLeopardMannotaconformist?
Cite
textualevidencetosupportyourclaim.
Do/WhatPromptAnalysis(Whatisthepromptasking?Whatarethespecificwritingtasks?):
1. First,createatchartwithDoonthetopleftandWhatonthetopright.
2. Next,
circledirectivewordsintheprompt
(verbslikeevaluate,analyze,infer,comp/cont)(
Reminder:notall
verbsinagivenpromptgivedirections/assignwritingtasks&sometimesverbsare
implied
),andthen
add
themtotheDocolumnofthetchart.
3. Now
underlinewhattheDoverbsareaskingthemtoperform
(i.e.youcircledanalyze,nowyoull
underlinewhattheyresupposedtoanalyze),thenaddtheunderlinedportiontotheWhatcolumnofthetchart.
4. Finally,youcountthetasksthatthepromptisaskingyoutoperform(sometimesoneDo,sayanalyze,will
includemultipletasks:analyzesettingandcharacterization)
(Idea:drawboxesforeachtaskandthenputacheckineachboxasyoucomposeyourthesisstatementstoensureyou
addresseachtask.)
DOWHAT
ExplainWaysLMisnotaconformist
CiteTextualevidenc3
TomLeppard
(shownabove)
Part 2: Preview & Read the ERWC Text (Thursday, finish for HW)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Whatdotheimagesabovebringtoyourmind?Whatareyour
firstimpressions
oftheLeopardMan?Whydo
youthinkhesdonethis?(answerthesequestionsinyourMIND)
Step1ofthe
AnnotationGuidelines
askusto
Identifyauthor,title,publisher/source,&publicationdateonthetop
ofpage.Letsdothatfirst.
Doyour
1stRead
ofthetext(providedintheblueERWCPacket).Theparagraphsarealreadynumberedfor
you,sojust
readit
AND
boxunknownwords
(definethemtoo!).
Nowdivebackintothetextforyour
2ndRead
(focusedskimming).Circlekeyterms/concepts&underline
5.
mainideas/claimsWITHAPENCIL!NOHIGHLIGHTING!
Onceyouvefinished,brieflyanswerthesequestionsbelow(takeonlyafewminutesonthis...justjotdownyour
thoughts...nothingfancy!):
Whataboutthisguysurprisedyou?
Thefacthewouldgethisentirebodytattooed,andlivealone.
Whatdoesthisauthorthinkaboutpeoplewithtattoosandpiercings?Whydoeshehavethese
opinions?
Hethinksthattheysaytheydontneedpeoplesapprovalbuttheylongforitasmuchasanyoneelse.
HowisLeopardMandifferentfromothertattooedandpiercedpeople?
Hedoesitforonlyhim,andbecausehelikesitandhelivesalone.
AccordingtoFeys,whatkindofpeopledoessocietyfear?Why?
Theyfearlonersbecausetheydontseektheapprovalofothersandtheyonlycareaboutwhatmakes
themhappy.
Atthispoint,whatareYOURopinionsoftheauthorsmainpointsofar?Whatpartsconfuse
you?Why?
Iagreewithhimaboutpeoplewhosaytheydontcareaboutsocietywantingattentionmorethan
anyone.
Revisityourannotationsfromyour
1st&
2ndRead
.Comparewithyourtablemates&debateaccuracy!
2.
Nowletschunk&writeinthemarginswiththese
specific
instructions:
*LeftMargin
:beforewritingasummarystatementontheleft(asyour
HSS/ELAAnnotationGuidelines
suggest),
Ineedyoutofirst
CHUNK
thetext
basedon
thefollowing.LABELthechunktoshowwhatishappeninginthat
chunk&THENsummarizeit.Hereareyour5CHOICES:
introduction
issueorproblembeingaddressed
authorsmainarguments
authorsexamples
conclusion
*RightMargin:
foreachchunk,writeyourthoughtsandreactionstowhattheauthorissaying
(agreeordisagree)andwhatyoupersonallythinkabouttheinformationinthetext
BereadytoCOMPAREwithyourtablemates!
3.Onthetopofyourarticle,decidewhatthe
LanguageFunction/Purposeo
fthistextwasandlabelit.
*Step10willbedonelateronaspartofaseparatelesson
1.
TOGETHER,youaregoingtoANALYZEthethreepersuasiveappealsusedinthistextbyansweringthe
questionsbelowforeachappeal.Wewillsplituptheanalysisandshareouttotherestoftheclass.
Questionstoanswerabouthis
LogicalA
ppeal(
LOGOS)
Whatarethemajorclaimsorassertionsmadeinthisreading?Doyouagreewiththeauthorsclaimthatpeople
whotrytolookdifferentarereallylookingforattentionandapprovalfromsociety?Explainyouranswer.
Mostantisocialfreaksintheirobsessionwithdisplayingtheirfreakishnessarejustasdependentonothersopinions.I
agreetoanextentnoteveryonebutyoumuststillwantsocietytoatleastnoticethemeveninabadway.
Doanyclaimsappeartobeweakorunsupported?Whichones?Whatmakesyouthinktheyareunsupported?
HisclaimaboutLeopardManbeinghappywithhislifestyle.Hegaveaquoteandthenjustmovesonwithoutevengoing
intoitreally.
Whatcounterargumentsdoestheauthornotconsider?
(counterarguments,remember,arewhentheauthorpresents
theothersidesviewpointsinordertothendisputethem)
Hedoesntconsiderthepeoplewithtattoosthatactuallydodoitforthemselvesonlynotsociety.
Doyouthinktheauthorhasleftsomethingoutonpurpose?Explain.
Yes,heleftouttheminorityofpeoplewhodoitonlyforthemselvesbecauseitwouldruintheauthorsarguments.
Questionstoanswerabouthis
EmotionalA
ppeal(
PATHOS
):
Howdoesthispieceaffectyouemotionally?Explain.(thismaybeanindividualresponse)
ItdoesntreallyaffectmeatalleitherwaybecauseIdontreallyhavefeelingstowardsconformists.
Doyouthinktheauthoristryingtomanipulatethereadersemotions?Inwhatways?Atwhatpoints?
Hestryingtomanipulatethereadersbygivinghisownopinionsinveryextremeways.
Doestheauthorusehumor?Howdoesthataffectyouracceptanceofhisideas?
Hedoesntreallyusehumor,itmakesyouaccepthisideasbetterandmoreserious.
Questionstoanswerabout
Credibility(
ETHOS
):
Istheauthorknowledgeableonthissubject?Howdoyouknow?
Hedoesntseemknowledgeablebecauseallofhisclaimsareopinionatedandbiased.
Whatdoestheauthorslanguagetellthereaderabouthim?
Thathedoesntknowtoomanyfactsaboutthesubject.
Doestheauthorseemtrustworthy?Whyorwhynot?
Hisopinionbasedargumentsdiscreditedhim.
Doestheauthorseemserious?Inwhatways?
Histoneseemslikehesserious,howeverhisopinionssortofruinit.
Nowthatweveread,annotated,discussed,andanalyzedthisexpositorytext,wearereadytowriteaboutit.
Thenextpartofourunitwillhelpyoul
earnhowto
writeanE
FFECTIVETHESISSTATEMENT
.
Carefully
ripoutthearticlefromyourERWCpacketandkeepitwiththispacket.Youllturnitallinsoon.
Ifyoudont,theguybelowisgoingtocomeafteryou)
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