EVALUATING CLAIMS USING ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
In this unit, you will learn how to read a writer's article with a critical eye. You will evaluate an author's claim, the evidence and author uses to make that claim, and determine whether or not an author has made a valid argument. You will do this by using a "Rhetorical Precis" this is a graphic organizer that will help you to collect important information from a document and to discuss your findings using academic language. This practice will make you a better...
It is time for you to evaluate an article about teenage celebrity using Academic Language.
1. Choose an article from the list below.
2. Annotate the article using the annotation guidelines given to you.
3. Create a Precis based upon an article about teenagers and celebrity.
4. Use the Precis to complete your rough draft.
5. Use at least two quotes from the original article in each body paragraph of your essay.
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ARTICLE 1...Is Celebrity Culture Corrupting our Society?
ARTICLE 2...Fame is a Dangerous Drug: A phenomenological glimpse of celebrity
ARTICLE 3...Childhood Fame : The Downside.
ARTICLE 4...Media is fueling eating disorders, say psychiatrists...
ARTICLE 5...Celebrity: Hollywood, seen through the smoke...
ARTICLE 6...Taylor Swift accepts being a role model, but do celebs influence teens' health?
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Rhetorical Preci...
Annotation Instructions...
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UNIT 7 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT...
USE THE INFORMATION YOU GATHERED, AND THE LANGUAGE FROM YOUR PRECIS TO CREATE AN ACADEMIC ESSAY ABOUT YOUR TEXT., USE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO CREATE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT...
QUOTE & PARAPHRASE OUTLINE...
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH GRAPHIC ORGANIZER...
ESSAY OUTLINE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER...
USE THE INFORMATION YOU GATHERED, AND THE LANGUAGE FROM YOUR PRECIS TO CREATE AN ACADEMIC ESSAY ABOUT YOUR TEXT., USE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO CREATE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT...
QUOTE & PARAPHRASE OUTLINE...
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH GRAPHIC ORGANIZER...
ESSAY OUTLINE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER...
Read Chapter 3 Pages 34-41...
Summary & Reflection Worksheet...
HOMEWORK
Finish Precis & Quote Outlines
Summary & Reflection Worksheet...
HOMEWORK
Finish Precis & Quote Outlines