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EWRT 1AClass 19
Due : Essay #2 and we start
anew!
New teams today!
Vocabulary practice
Discussion: Ngo
Ngo: focused concept: definitions;
classifications
Writing, if time permits!
AGENDA
Form new teams of 4 or 5 members
You must change at least half of your team after each essay.
You may never have a new team composed of more than 50% of any prior team.
Raise your hand if you need help forming a complete team
The Game
Discuss the words on the next slide for three minutes and prepare to compete
Each team will send one member to the board in rotation. Everybody must take a turn in rotation.
I will read a definition. The first team member to write the correct definition on the board scores a point for their team.
Teams earn participation points for each correct answer Today we will carry points forward to the discussion
portion of class. The team with the highest score at the end of the class earns not only the glory of winning but also five additional participation points.
Ngo: “Cannibalism: It Still Exists”
Discuss this essay with your
teammates (5-7 minutes)
and answer the following
questions.
First, briefly summarize the story
What is the concept about which Ngo writes?
Which extended anecdote does Ngo use to
help explain the concept?
What is his thesis?
How does he define and classify his concept?
Which are Categories? What are the
Types?
Find examples of each of his classified
concepts.
How does he define his concept?
Brief Summary and Concept
Extended Anecdote
Extended Anecdote
Thesis and classification: categories and types
Thesis and Classifications
Definitions
Definitions
Exemplification
ExemplificationEndocannibalism Exocannibalism
• Survival: Vietnamese boat refugees o Ate people as they died on the
boat
• Dietary: Miyanmin (both types really)o Eats their own dead and catches
outsiders
• Religious/Ritual: African tribe of the Bimin-Kuskusmino Eat parts of genitalia to enhance
reproductivity
• Survival: Japanese troops’ supply lines cuto Sacrificed Arapesh people to feed
troops
• Dietary: Leopard people; Alligator peopleo Hunt victims
• Religious/Ritual: Bangalas and South American Tribeso 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!
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.
Essay #3
3-5 pages
125 points possible
MLA-style formatting and
citations
Works Cited page must
include three entries: The
Hunger Games, A
Dictionary or other
defining source, and a
book or article from a
credible source.
Consider two topics from The Hunger
Games for your essay.
Hunger, Cold, Friendship, Safety, Justice, Fair play, Class, Game, Play, Power, Identity, Strength,
Competition, Sacrifice, Spectacle, Schadenfreude (happiness derived
from others’ misfortunes), Fear, Privilege, Equality, Legal, Skill, or?
Write paragraphs
for those concepts,
sketching out what
you already know!
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Read: HG through chapter 17
Study: Vocab (10-18)
Post # 21
Finish and post your concept paragraphs.
find two different definitions for one of your
concepts.
Your Friday class will focus on other concept
essays!