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EWRT 1A Class 8
AGENDA Ice Breaker
Vocabulary Test: (Chapters 5-9)
Discussion: Ngo and Toufexis
Essay #3: The Concept Essay
In-Class Writing
Breaking the Ice
The Game: NEW TEAMS TODAY• With your new team, discuss the words on
the next slide for five or so minutes and prepare to compete
Vocabulary Words
Swathe
You have 15 minutes
The Concept Essay
Ngo: “Cannibalism: It
Still Exists”
Get into groups of three or four to discuss this essay and answer questions.
Take 10 minutes• First, briefly summarize the story
• What is the concept about which Ngo writes?
• Which extended anecdote does Ngo use to hook his readers and to help explain the concept?
• What is his thesis?
• How does he classify his concept?• Categories?• Types?
• How does he define his concept?
• Find examples of each his classified concepts.
Brief Summary and Concept
Extended Anecdote
Hook: Extended Anecdote
Thesis and Classifications
Definitions
ExemplificationEndocannibalism Exocannibalism
Survival: Vietnamese boat refugees Ate people as they
died on the boat Dietary: Miyanmin (both
types really) Eat their own dead
and catches outsiders Religious/Ritual: African
tribe of the Bimin-Kuskusmin Eat parts of genitalia
to enhance reproductivity
Survival: Japanese troops’ supply lines cut Sacrificed Arapesh
people to feed troops Dietary: Leopard people;
Alligator people Hunt victims
Religious/Ritual: Bangalas and South American Tribes To honor those held in
high-esteem, they sacrifice slaves and captives
Ngo has written a concept
essay about cannibalism
Use this essay as a model for you own!
Toufexis: “Love: The Right
Chemistry” In your
groups, discuss this essay and answer the questions on the next slide.
Take 10 Minutes to Answer These
Questions First, summarize the story. How does Toufexis “Hook the
Reader”? How does Toufexis focus her plan? How does she create a logical plan?
Summary
Hooking the Reader What does Toufexis do to
catch Readers’ attention? The title: “Love: The Right
Chemistry” The epigraph quoting Greta Garbo’s
line from the film Ninotchka. The conversational tone of the essay
Using “O.K.” and “Let’s” rather than the more formal “let us.”
Focusing the PlanWhat She Does
What She Does Not Do
She focuses on certain scientific aspects of romantic love, specifically the evolutionary biology and neurochemistry of love between adult human heterosexual mates.
By keeping to her focus, she is able to present information that is unfamiliar, and therefore interesting, to her readers.
Because she wants to emphasize love as a tool to promote reproduction, she does NOT include same-sex love, or nonsexual love between friends and family members
She does NOT discuss views on love by various religions or cultures.
A Logical Plan
Introduction of topic
Thesis Forecast Transitions
She provides clues for the reader
Introduction of Concept: Paragraph 1: She announces that she is writing about “romantic love,” a concept that she will address with “scientific precision.”
Thesis: Paragraph 2: What seems on the surface to be irrational, intoxicated behavior is in fact part of nature’s master strategy—a vital force that has helped humans survive, thrive, and multiply through thousands of years”
Forecast: In paragraph two: “Love rests firmly on the foundations of evolution, biology, and chemistry.”
Toufexis also uses transitions to let the readers know when she is leaving one topic and going to another: here is the transition from biology to neurochemistry:
The Concept Essay Topic: Write an essay
about a concept from The Hunger Games that interests you and that you want to study further. When you have a good understanding of the concept you have chosen, explain it to your readers, considering carefully what they might already know about it and how your essay might add to what they know.
In-Class Essay #33-5 pages
125 points possibleYou may use a page of
notesYou must have a
Dictionary or other defining source and at
least two quotations that exemplify your concept
from The Hunger Games.
Equality, Legal, Skill, Hunger, Cold, Friendship, Safety, Justice,
Fair play, Class, Game, Play, Power, Identity, Strength,
Competition, Sacrifice, Spectacle, Schadenfreude
(happiness derived from others’ misfortunes), Fear, Privilege,
Topics to Consider:
In-Class Writing: Choose a quote from The Hunger Games
that reveals something meaningful to you about one of your four concepts.
Write two to four paragraphs that explain: Why you chose the quote, The context of the quote in the novel, How the quote demonstrates your concept,
and How the context of the quote in HG mirrors
something in our society or your life
Homework Read: HG through chapter 19;
SMG 148-163, “Thesis Statements” in the Course Links on the course home page.
Post #9 Finish and post your in-class writing; include the quote you chose to write about in your post
Bring: SMG to Class Study: Vocabulary Chapters
10-13