Writing Today, Sub Tomorrow

Today in Class

Earlier, many of you wrote an in class essay about the scofflaw. For those of you who missed out today, I'll have you make it up on Thursday. You can never escape the timed-write (even if you have someone break your writing hand, as was suggested by a couple of sadistic students in my fourth period).

Class Tomorrow

Bring your ERWC texts with you to class. Here's a rundown of what you will do:

• Read the article "Many Kids Called Unfit for Adult Trial" by Greg Krikorian
• Annotate: 
• Circle the thesis statement and 
• Underline all evidence that supports the thesis
• Write in the margins
• On the right
• Questions
• Comments
• Reactions
• On the left
• Identify the Introduction
• Identify each section of the body of the essay
• Split into sections
• Give the subject of each section
• Identify the conclusion

The sub will have a handout for a rhetorical precis template. It's slightly different from the one we've used in the past, but it's more helpful. Don't write your precis in the template; use it as a template. Save it for the following three articles in this module.

After you have read closely, annotated with marginalia, and written the precis, please staple and turn in to the basket.

This will probably take you all period, so be prepared. I'll see you on Thursday, when I will collect your outside reading assignment. Take care!