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Directions for students in Mrs. Spillane's English classes. Once a week we are practicing writing argument based on the independent reading we are doing. The reading journal directions column (left side) gets pasted in the front cover of your reading journal. The argument prompts for quarter one should be pasted on the page following your table of contents. Entries are reviewed weekly on Tuesdays.
Directions for students in Mrs. Spillane's English classes. Once a week we are practicing writing argument based on the independent reading we are doing. The reading journal directions column (left side) gets pasted in the front cover of your reading journal. The argument prompts for quarter one should be pasted on the page following your table of contents. Entries are reviewed weekly on Tuesdays.
Directions for students in Mrs. Spillane's English classes. Once a week we are practicing writing argument based on the independent reading we are doing. The reading journal directions column (left side) gets pasted in the front cover of your reading journal. The argument prompts for quarter one should be pasted on the page following your table of contents. Entries are reviewed weekly on Tuesdays.
The reading journal is a place to practice writing
connected to a text you have chosen to read. What
does that mean exactly? It means that you will put a passage from your book on the left side of a two- page spread in your journal and write about that passage on the right side of the two-page spread in your journal. Note book information at the top of the page in MLA format like so: Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. NY: NY: Penguin, 2014. Get the passage you will use a jumping off point into your journal by photocopying it, photographing it, typing it, writing (part or most) of it or printing it (from online).
Left Side Right Side -Note the book information. -Glue in a passage or scene. -Annotate the passage show evidence of your active reading. -Make a claim about the passage/book at the top. -Write body paragraphs citing textual evidence to support your claim. -Cite page numbers in parenthesis for evidence you pull from the book.
Weekly Requirements: Read up to or beyond your weekly page amount goal. Record your pages read on our Reading Record (shared Google Document). Write one piece per week (2 pages in length). Paste/copy the text on the left. Annotate the passage. Write a claim about the text/passage on the right. Write body paragraphs to support your claim. Cite textual evidence in each paragraph. Include citation information at the top of the page. Quarter 1: ALL ABOUT ARGUMENT 1. Note claims made by characters in the book you are reading and analyze the value of the characters position. Was he or she right in her thinking or actions? Why or why not? 2. Judge the evidence a character uses to justify his or her position on an issue. Is the character thinking or acting logically? Why or why not? 3. Examine how characters use logical appeals (ethos, logos and pathos) to persuade others. What argument is the character making? Are the appeals successful? Why or why not? 4. Location might be everything in real estate but context is everything when it comes to argument. Context includes beliefs about gender, history, politics, religion, economics, entertainment (pop culture) and more. Dig into the context in which your book is set. Research it and write to explain what you learned. 5. Choose a topic from the passage and take a position on the topic. Write a claim and support your claim using evidence from the text and from your own background knowledge, research or experience. 6. Pretend to be a character from a book youve read and write an argument between two characters on a topic from the text. 7. Take a position on the value of the book you have read. Was it a good read? Why or why not? Write a review of the book you could post on GoodReads or Amazon. 8. Analyze the position the book takes on an issue. Does, for instance, John Green take a realistic approach to falling in love in The Fault in Our Stars? Justify the claims you make by citing evidence from the book, your experience and or research on the topic.