Wednesday,+October+14

= Essential Question = How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our sense of self worth?

Standards
CCSS RI 12-1 Students will draw inferences from the text and support with text evidence. Synthesizing ideas from multiple sources to form an argument

Bell Work: [[file:englishalley/bellwork opening adjectives.docx|Opening Adjective]]
In the model, identify the opening adjectives. Next, combine the list of sentences to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify any opening adjectives.

MODEL: Dark, velvety, the beauty of his mustache was enhanced by his strong clean-shaven chin.

-Toni Morrison, Beloved

a. His cautionary steps were slow.

b. His cautionary steps were weary.

c. His cautionary steps were caused by something.

d. The cause was the surrounding overexcited horses.

Putting It All Together
Use your texts from this unit, thoughts from our class discussions, and your own experience to carefully complete the graphic organizer. How would you put an essay together that responds to the prompt:

How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our personal identities and sense of self worth?

Mini-Lesson: Writing the Perfect Detail/Evidence Sentences
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Drafting
Work on your first draft. Your body paragraphs should use that PEE format. Make sure to use embedded quotations and signal phrases for your evidence sentences!