Using Models to our Advantage

The Goal: Examine the rhetorical structure of a two-chunk paragraph and how each sentence contributes to the overall argument of the paragraph.

The Plan:

1. Read!
2. Review a text-analysis paragraph using a model
3. Start working on your new two-chunk paragraph assignment using your English Journal and Socrative to brainstorm.

Reviewing a Model Paragraph

You will receive a piece of paper (that you will turn in to me) that will act as notes and practice for understanding the structure of a text-analysis paragraph.

New two-chunk paragraph assigment

Tomorrow, you will work with a partner (that I will assign to you) to write one two-chunk paragraph in response to the following prompt:

Prompt: Examine the way in which Cisneros uses literary devices to reveal aspects of Esperanza's identity?  For this two-chunk paragraph, you will be using the vignette "Four Skinny Trees."

Today, we will work together to practice brainstorming and writing a thesis statement.

Homework:

• Read pages 84-89
• "Minerva Writes Poems" - How is the window portrayed asa symbol for Minerva? How are Minerva and Esperanza alike/different?
• "Bums in the Attic" - What is the shift that Esperanza is showing toward Mango Street? What realization does she come to in this vignette?
• "Beautiful and Cruel" - What has Esperanza decided in this vignette? 
• Quiz tomorrow on pages 76-89 of The House on Mango Street
• Vocab Root Test on Friday
• Don't forget about your independent reading book.