Monday, January 26, 2015

Please Do Now:• Take out your midterm study packet; open

up to the charts. With your partner, review the stories you are most worried about.

HOMEWORK:Study for all exams!Study your charts and essay format!

Objective: I will identify the main parts of the exam, how to organize my essay and how to study most effectively.

Review 1. How many different sections on the English midterm?

– 3!! Two readings and 1 Essay

2. What do you have to do for the fiction reading comprehension part?1. Read and annotate2. Write a paragraph with 2 examples (2 REXs)

3. What do you have to do for the nonfiction reading com part?3. Read and annotate4. Write a paragraph with 2 examples (2 REXs)

4. What is the topic of the essay you are going to write about?You don’t know yet! Whatever the central theme of the exam is!!!

5. What do you have to study for the English exam and WHY?– The literature charts so that I can remember all names

and events!

Nonfiction ParagraphIn Elise Solé’s “Man Who Walked Miles With 'Need

Kidney 4 Wife' Sign Finds a Donor,” Larry Swilling shows that he is a determined individual. To begin, when his wife, who was born with one kidney and always knew there might be the possibility of needing a transplant, went into kidney failure, Larry did not wait to see if his wife would be lucky enough to find a donor. Instead, he wrote a sign on a sandwich board that said “Need kidney 4 wife" (Sole 2). Wearing the sign, Larry walked 15 miles on his bad knee on a 97 degree day, causing a news network to cover his story. Larry was so determined to get his wife help that he didn’t wait for donors to arise or volunteer; he got up and did something about it, even though it was painful for him. Furthermore, when Larry received over 2000 calls but did not find a donor match, Larry kept on trying. A few days later, he put his sign back on and walked for “an astonishing 54 miles in one day” (Sole 3). It was this that finally got the attention of a woman who became his wife’s donor. If Larry had not worked so hard to draw attention to his wife’s need for a kidney, she might have never found a donor and most likely would have died. Therefore, Larry is obviously a loving husband, but more than that, he is a determined man who would not let his wife die without a fight.

Fiction Paragraph• The overall message in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Long Walk to

Forever” is definitely never give up. To begin, Newt goes AWOL in order to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man. Specifically, as Catharine and Newt go for a walk, she informs him of her upcoming wedding, but Newt already knows about it; in fact, that was the reason he was there. He admits to her that he did not get permission to leave the army in order to come see her. Shocked, she asks him why he would do such a thing, and he responds with “Because I love you” (Vonnegut 6). Newt left the army with full knowledge that he would get in trouble, most likely “Thirty days in the stockade” (Vonnegut 6). Even though he will most certainly get punished, Newt has no remorse. He is willing to suffer in order to get Catharine to be with him. Additionally, even when Catharine rejects him, Newt does not give up trying to persuade her to love him. As they walk, Newt doesn’t take no for an answer because he knows that Catharine loves him. He even kissed her a second time “because she wanted him to” (Vonnegut 7). Catharine puts up a good fight though; she continues to reject his love and even his marriage proposal. Another man would have given up, but Newt did not. When they begin walking away from each other, he turns one last time and calls out to her; she is unable to deny her feelings, and “ She ran to him, put her arms around him, and could not speak” (Vonnegut 9). Newt should have given up since Catharine not only was marrying somebody else, but she kept denying her feelings for him. However, his perseverance paid off, and he ends up with the woman he loves. Obviously, after reading this story, the reader learns that one should never give up trying when something means so much.

REMEMBER. . .

There is a famous saying, “Love is a powerful force.”

• In a well-written essay, explain how the saying relates to the stories read in class this semester as well as the stories in the exam packet.

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

REMEMBER

Eng. Example:The Giver

Eng. Example:“WWTCH”

Choice Example:“Man Who Walked…”

•Jonas changes his plan to escape the community, which really puts him in jeopardy, because he knows that Gabe will be released and he doesn’t want that to happen.

• The Giver helps Jonas escape even though his life will be harder without Jonas because the old man wants Jonas to have more than what he was able to have.

•Murphy accepts the part of the dunce because his crush Tiffany asked him to be in the play- even though he has stage fright.

•Mikey is truly a good friend to Murphy because he helps Murphy practice for the play, he goes to support him before and during the show, and even runs on stage to give him the Heimlich maneuver.

•After long days of work, Larry walked all over with a sign to find his wife a kidney donor.

After brainstorming, decide:

• How can I organize my examples? • What order should I put them in? • Can I group them, or should I put

them in separate body paragraphs?

• There are a few ways you can organize them…

BRAINSTORM:Stories that relate to “Love is a

powerful force.”Eng. Example:The Giver

Eng. Example:“WWTCH”

Choice Example:“Man Who Walked…”

•Jonas changes his plan to escape the community, which really puts him in jeopardy, because he knows that Gabe will be released and he doesn’t want that to happen.

• The Giver helps Jonas escape even though his life will be harder without Jonas because the old man wants Jonas to have more than what he was able to have.

•Murphy accepts the part of the dunce because his crush Tiffany asked him to be in the play- even though he has stage fright. •Mikey is truly a good friend to Murphy because he helps Murphy practice for the play, he goes to support him before and during the show, and even runs on stage to give him the Heimlich maneuver.

•After long days of work, Larry walked all over with a sign to find his wife a kidney donor.

Organize by Stories:• 5 paragraph essay (1 story per paragraph)– Intro paragraph– Body #1: The Giver– Body #2: “What’s the Worst that Could Happen” – Body #3: “Man Who Walked Miles…”– Conclusion

• Thesis: The characters in The Giver, “What’s the Worst that Could Happen,” and a real life person in “Man Who Walked…” all go to great lengths due to love.

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Organize by Stories:

• 1-1-1-1 Split (1 story per paragraph)–Essay formatted like this:

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Intro T: Giver shows loveREX: Jonas’s love for GabeIcon:

T: “WTWTCH” shows loveREX: Murphy’s actionsIcon:

T: “Man Who Walked…” shows loveREX: Larry worked hard to get wife kidneyIcon:

Concl:

Organize by StoriesEng. Example:The Giver

Choice Example:“Man Who Walked…”

•Jonas changes his plan to escape the community, which really puts him in jeopardy, because he knows that Gabe will be released and he doesn’t want that to happen.

• The Giver helps Jonas escape even though his life will be harder without Jonas because the old man wants Jonas to have more than what he was able to have.

•After long days of work, Larry walked all over with a sign to find his wife a kidney donor.

Organize by Stories

• 4 paragraph essay (2-1 split)Intro– Body 1: 2 REXs from The Giver– Body 2: 1 from “Man Who Walked…”Conclusion

• Thesis: The characters in The Giver, and a real life person in “Man Who Walked…” all go to great lengths due to love.

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Organize by Stories • (2-1-1 split)

Essay formatted like this:

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Intro ¶ Body 1T: The Giver shows loveREX 1: Jonas’s love for Gabe

REX 2: The Giver’s love for JonasIcon:

Body 2T: “Man Who Walked” shows love

REX 3: Larry Swilling’s actionsIcon:

Conclud. ¶Jonas, the Giver, and Larry all showed love…

Easy Intro

• 1. Quote/Statement• 2. Put it in your own words• 3. LL statement – This is true in life

and in literature.• 4. Thesis

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Practice using “Love is a powerful force”

• 1. Quote/Statement– Love is a powerful force.

• 2. Put it in your own words– This famous phrase means that some people

feel such a deep love that they will do very extreme things for love

• 3.LL statement – – This is true in life and in literature.

• 4. Thesis– Specifically, the characters in The Giver,

“What’s the Worst that Could Happen,” and “Long Walk to Forever,” all do crazy things for the ones they love.

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Practice using “Love is a powerful force”

Love is a powerful force. This famous phrase means that some people feel such a deep love that they will do very extreme things for love. This is true in life and in literature. Specifically, the characters in The Giver, “What’s the Worst that Could Happen,” and “Long Walk to Forever,” all do crazy things for the ones they love.

Obj: identify ways to brainstorm for an essay and organizing my REXs

Body Paragraph Sample

Love was definitely the force behind why Jonas kidnapped Gabe and risked his life. To begin, Jonas was already planning on running away from the community in order to give every community member all of the memories so that they could live better lives. However, once he found out that his father was going to release Gabe, he changed his plan at once. Instead of waiting to be more prepared with both food and the necessary memories, he left and unfortunately did not have the supplies that he needed. Jonas did not care though; what was important to him was saving the little boy who lived with him for over a year and who he had shared memories with. Since he was the only person, besides the Giver, who was able to feel real love, he couldn’t let this Gabe die. It was his love that saved Gabe’s life, and most likely, saved his as well. Therefore, Gabe survived his impending death through the power of Jonas’s love.

Your turn!

On your loose-leaf, complete the following:– Brainstorm the statement• Try to do more than one example per

novel/story when you can!

– Create your thesis statement–Write a “easy” intro

Where there is a will, there is a way.