“The Age of Responsibility”

ERWC MODULE 3

CP ENGLISH 3-4

MRS. BYRON

CALENDAR: 3/24-3/28

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Due: “Lamb to the Slaughter”

New SSR book for One Pager F

AoW #8

CW: Age of Responsibility

SSR AoW Assigned Read article

Finish reading/ annotating article

SSR Precis

Collect & Discuss AoW

HW: SSR/AoW SSR/AoW SSR/AoW SSR

March 24, 2014

• DUE: “Lamb to the Slaughter”

• STANDARD: RL.9-10.6—Analyze a cultural experience reflected in a work from outside the U.S.

• OBJECTIVE: By the end of the period, I will know the legal ages of several responsibilities to teenagers in the U.S. and I will determine my own opinion of their appropriateness.

• DO NOW: – Update weekly calendar

Rites, Rights, Responsibility

– Rites • Ceremonial act or procedure to symbolize

change/growth – Bar Mitzvah, Quincenera

– Rights • Moral, legal entitlement to act a certain way or

obtain something – Freedom of speech, education

– Responsibility • Answerable or accountable to something, having the

capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable for one’s actions. – What are you responsible for? List at least 5 things.

QUICKWRITE

Think of a time when you were told that were not old enough to do something. How did you feel? Did you have any influence or say in the decision? Did you agree or disagree with the decision and reasoning behind it? Why?

How Old?

DIRECTIONS:

• Fill out the “guess” column

• In groups of 3-4, research the answer for the US & CA. Be prepared to report back.

• Complete the last column—your responses.

March 25, 2014

• DUE: SSR book for One Pager F

• OBJECTIVE: By the end of the period, I will be able to identify and explain the main claim in “The Age of Responsibility”

• DO NOW:

– Calendars Out

– SSR

MAKING PREDICTIONS

1. Read the first two paragraphs and the last paragraph. Predict what the article will be about.

2. Will the article take a strong position on the issue? Briefly explain your answer.

FIRST READING

Read with the grain for understanding:

1. Highlight the ideas you are confused about.

2. Underline the points that seem to be main ideas.

3. Left margin:

– What is the author saying?

– Key words to help you remember the content of each paragraph.

March 26, 2014

• OBJECTIVE: By the end of the period, I will annotate the right column of Greenblatt’s article in order to discover his argument and purpose.

• DO NOW: After reading Greenblatt’s article once through, what points does he make that are new to you and that challenge your thinking? Paraphrase and include paragraph number.

SECOND READING

With a partner, annotate the right margin:

• Right margin:

– What is the author doing?

– Use power verbs to describe.

– What are your questions/comments?

March 27, 2014

• OBJECTIVE: By the end of the period, I will have a rhetorical précis written for Greenblatt’s article.

• DO NOW:

– Calendars out

– SSR

Rhetorical Précis

Directions:

• Write a rhetorical précis of the article.

• A précis is a concise summary of what you’ve read including both what the text says and what the text does rhetorically.

• In other words, a précis presents the what, how, why and who of a writer’s argument.

• Please make use of the précis template provided.

Rhetorical Précis

TEMPLATE SENTENCE 1: Introduce the name of the author, the title of the work, and a rhetorically accurate verb that describes the intent of the author (“claims,” “argues,” “suggests); and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or controlling idea of the work. SENTENCE 2: Explain how the author supports or develops their argument. In other words, cite the kind of evidence or method the author uses to advance their claims rather than the details of the work. Sentence 3: State what you think the author’s purpose is including either in the beginning or at the end an “in order to” phrase. Sentence 4: Describe the intended audience and/or the relationship.

Template Sentence One

In his/her ________ (type of work),

“______________” (title of work),

_______________ (name of author)

_______________ (a rhetorically accurate verb)

that ________________________________ (the

author’s assertion, argument, position, etc.). In her article "Who Cares if Johnny Can't Read?" (1997), Larissa MacFarquhar

asserts that Americans are reading more than ever despite claims to the

contrary and that it is time to reconsider why we value reading so much,

especially certain kinds of "high culture" reading.

Template Sentence #2

_______________ (author’s last name)

develops/supports this

___________ (change the rhetorical verb to noun)

by/with ____________(reveal author’s technique).

MacFarquhar supports her assertion about American reading habits with

facts and statistics that compare past and present reading practices, and

she challenges common assumptions by raising questions about

reading's intrinsic value.

Template Sentence #3

__________’s (author) purpose is to

___________(reveal author’s purpose)

in order to ________________(what author wants reading audience to react to, feel and/or do).

Her purpose is to dispel certain myths about reading in order

to raise new and more important questions about the value of reading and other media in our culture.

Template Sentence #4

_________ (author) uses

_________ (description of tone) with

his/her _________ (describe author’s audience).

Variation from template: She seems to have a young, hip, somewhat irreverent audience in mind

because her tone is sarcastic, and she suggests that the ideas she opposes are old-fashioned positions.

Follows template strictly:

He establishes an informal relationship with his audience of college students who are interested in learning to write "with conviction" (55).

#1. In his/her ________ (type of work), “______________” (title of work),

_______________ (name of author) _______________ (a rhetorically accurate verb)

that ________________________________ (the author’s assertion, argument,

position, etc.).

#2. _______________ (author’s last name) develops/supports this

___________ (change the rhetorical verb to noun) by/with ____________

(reveal author’s technique).

#3. __________’s (author) purpose is to ___________ (reveal author’s purpose) in

order to ________________ (what author wants reading audience to react to, feel,

and/or do).

#4. _________ (author) uses_________ (description of tone) with

his/her _________ (describe author’s audience).