Regents Task 2 essay--Factual Reading/Report

*See pages 11-12 in The Crucible essay packet for an actual outline and help

Okay, usually the hardest of the essays for students. This part asses many of the skills you use to do research. It requires that you interpret and analyze information, and then compose a clear argument based on sound interpretation of relevant details. You have to write in order to inform and/or persuade. You must use both documents to support your thesis---so again, this must be your first step.

In short:
*Explain what the issue presented is
*Your side you're on/why
*Support your position with examples from the article and chart
*Explain/Analyze why the information you've chosen is significant

Use the SOAPSTone method **and (ethos, logos, pathos) for persuasion

Four Modes of Discourse (Methods of Writing/Purpose)

Argument/Persuasion--writer presents a position and hopes the audience will accept it
*Ask yourself--are there words used that are abstract/subjective-could someone else see this differently?
Description--writing that appeals to the 5 senses (see, hear, taste, touch, smell)
*Ask yourself--can I visualize this? Are there lots of adjectives?
Exposition--writing that explains or informs
*Ask yourself are these just facts/instructions?
Narration--tells a story
*Ask yourself, are there characters, a setting, a plot evident?


*Don't get this confused with determining the ethos, logos, and pathos, in Argument/Persuasion! Those are appeals. These are methods/purpose.

Examples for writing one of each:
Subject: Black Friday
Arg/Pers: If you do not go shopping on Black Friday you are stupid. You will get the best deals of the season. Even though the crowds are rough, they are really not as bad as people say. It is indeed the most fun shopping experience you will have in your life.
Descr: The freezing air was biting my red nose. The man behind me was so close I could barely breathe. The fluorescent lights came on and from the darkness came an old man dressed in a blue Wal-Mart smock. The tired crowd became a stampede.
Expo: Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. On this day, stores have sales in which they drastically reduce regular prices. Many people will camp outside or go out very early in the morning to get these deals.
Narr: Last year, my best friend and I went to Wal-Mart at 3:00 am to get Black Friday deals. She kept telling me how angry at me she was for dragging her out in the darkness, all just for a new television. I reassured her it would all be worth it in the end. After we braved the crowds and emerged victoriously with our new LCD, we went to breakfast--and of course went home to bed!

Critical Lens Practice

Copy each of the quotes below into your notebook. Leave a space. Below each, explain what the quotes means in your own words, and how The Crucible, mainly Proctor, can relate to this quote.
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1. "It is in the moment of decision that our destinies are changed." ---Tony Robbins

2. "In literature, evil often triumphs, but never conquers."---unknown

3. "To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything."--Bernadette Devlin

1st Critical Lens Draft--The Crucible

ESSAYS ARE NOT FORMULAIC-meaning, they do not have to go in an exact order, as long as all the information is there. It just needs to make sense and move from one idea to the next in an organized way.
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Yes you do have to copy this: If you do not have these done, I will not accept it.

For you essay you must:
*Use characterization, external conflict, and internal conflict to describe the struggle of John Proctor
*Explain how the literary term is portrayed in the story USING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (not specific quotes, since you won't have it with you--but you can say Proctor denies the presence of God in Salem, rather than "God is dead").
*CONNECT the use of this term/example to the lens (how does it help the author display this point).
*Have an introduction that outlines the essay with a clear, definite thesis statement
*Have paragraphs with topic sentences and transitions
*HIGHLIGHT-in two separate colors-in one color:examples from the text
-in another color: your analysis (for emailing use italics and underlining)
*Star or underline your thesis statement
*Use at least 2 unit vocabulary words
****FINAL COPY, HIGH-QUALITY WORK ONLY---DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO TURN IN ANYTHING ELSE

Characterization--Using Examples to Prove Your Answers

Today I want us to practice our characterization. We are going to look at the characters of John Proctor and Judge Danforth. For each person, give at least 2 adjectives that would describe him, at least 1 specific example from the story for each (dialogue is good)that proves it, and what that example shows. This should be review for you.

Hw/ Test for The Crucible

Test:
Short Answer (tragedy, tragic hero, tragic flaw)
Quote identification and explanation
Vocabulary matching
critical lens essay: On The Crucible only---know characterization, internal and external conflict, and setting for the play

Hw Questions #4 The Crucible (Act III)

A foil is a character who provides a striking contrast to another character. Rev. Hale and Rev. Parris are foils. They are both Puritan ministers, but Parris is paranoid, self-centered, and refuses to change his mind, while Hale is calm, collected, and is disturbed by true evidence and eventually doubts the whole thing.
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1. Why do you think Mary Warren changes her testimony in the end of Act III?
2. Why does Elizabeth Proctor lie to Danforth about John and Abby's affair? What do you think would have happened if she didn't?
3. How would you explain the change in Rev. Hale since Act I? (Think about his initial comments on witchery).
4. How are Abby and Elizabeth foils? (Think personality, values, feelings for Proctor)