Wednesday, May 4 "Poker Flat" and Task 3 essay

Learning targets:
I can write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
I can use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence.
I can establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Essential question: How does the author employ an effective literary device to develop the theme or controlling idea of his short story?

In class: Task 3 essay. Please refer to your well-annotated short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte. This will be collected at the close of class tomorrow. Remember that you also have your vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Review today in class.

Once we have finished the power point review of this week's vocabulary, please clear your desk, with the exception of your short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and the graphic organizer from yesterday. If you were not here yesterday, please just take out your story. 


Please remember to maintain a test atmosphere. There  is to be no talking, and once the Task 3 essay is passed out, we cannot answer any questions.  Please read the directions carefully.

New York State Education Department suggests the following times for the 3 hour Common Core ELA Regent Exam on Tuesday, June 14.  As we have used a longer text than the 1000 words you should expect on the actual exam, as well as taken class time to annotate the text, all essays will be collected at the close of class tomorrow. Those who receive extra time will have theirs delivered to their resource teachers for completion.

SUGGESTED TIMES
Part 1:  Reading Comprehension               60 minutes
Part 2: Writing from Sources                      90 minutes
Part 3: Text Analysis Exposition               30 minutes

NAME________________________________

In class Task 3 essay. Please refer to your well-annotated short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte. This writing assignment will be collected at the close of class tomorrow.

Directions:  Write a well-developed, text-based response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, identify a central idea in the text and analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea.

 Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. Do not simply summarize the text. 

 Guidelines: Be sure to: • Identify a central idea in the text • Analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. Examples include: characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone, etc. • Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis • Organize your ideas in a cohesive and coherent manner • Maintain a formal style of writing • Follow the conventions of standard written English. 

Organize your essay with a brief outline, before writing.

  Genre, author, title: _______________________________________________________

  Theme or controlling idea:__________________________________________________

  One writing strategy use to develop the controlling idea:____________________________

MLA heading

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