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Friday, March 15 (see all slides!) Did someone say that all the answers were here for those who take the time to check? I can identify and analyze elements of argument in a text. I can analyze the thesis (or claim), audience, purpose, and occasion of a text. New strategy: SOAPSTone (see slides & pages 133-134)

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Friday, March 15 (see all slides!) Did someone say that all the answers were here for those who take the time to check?

• I can identify and analyze elements of argument in a text.

• I can analyze the thesis (or claim), audience, purpose, and occasion of a text.

• New strategy: SOAPSTone (see slides & pages 133-134)

Friday-Homework: Complete SOAPSTone (133-34)

•Bell Ringer Topic:

•Take a moment to think about the logical, fact based pros and cons---then and only then, choose your position.

•Should 7th graders be able to sit anywhere in the cafeteria?

•See the next slide for underlining elements

Step 2 for Bell-Ringer- Argument paragraph

• Underline all of your transitions.

• topic sentence: claim

• (transition) reason

• Commentary

• (transition) counter-argument

• (transition) rebuttal

• (transition) concluding sentence

Preview the reading- the text and added information and questions --

Preview:You did this last night for homework, so you already know SOAPSTone. Just in case, we went through the information and highlighted and underlined key words and phrases Preview:1. Look at the pictures2. Read the text aids & added information3. Review expectations following reading

Helpful techniques when reading nonfiction.

Completed through class discussion/instruction Today’s Preview:

1. Number the paragraphs

2. Think essay structure/format

I. Intro. Paragraph(s)---what type of hook? Underline claim

II. Body Paragraphs (topic sentences)

III. Conclusion Paragraph

***Turn the title into a question: Why is “America Not-So Beautiful”

Who is the author? Writing style-tone?

• From 1978 to 2011, Andrew (Andy) Rooney was a television commentator on the program 60 Minutes. He wrote more than 800 essays, which he presented on television or in a national newspaper column. His essays which are sometimes humorous and sometimes controversial, earned him three Emmy awards.

Watch the author in action.

BE AN ACTIVE READERSetting a Purpose for Reading

(page 130 + items from class discussion-see previous slides)

• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by suing context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.

• Second Read: As you read the text “America the Not-So-Beautiful,” use metacognitive markers and underline interesting ideas. PLUS…

Setting a Purpose for Reading(page 130 + items from class

• Before reading: 1.

• preview all text aids & added information First Read: Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by suing context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.

• Second Read: As you read the text “America the Not-So-Beautiful,” use metacognitive markers and underline interesting ideas.

Learning Targets

• I can identify and analyze elements of argument in a text.

• I can analyze the thesis (or claim), audience, purpose, and occasion of a text.

• New strategy: SOAPSTone

Introducing SOAPSTone

• The letters in SOAPSTone stand for subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, and tone. The acronym gives you a helpful tool for analyzing text by breaking it down into separate parts.

Working From the Text

6. Use the SOAPSTone strategy to analyze Andrew Rooney’s argumentative essay. Think about how the idea that “throwing things out is the American way” influences individuals to act as if Earth was a huge trash dump.

Subject

• What is the topic?• Analysis:

• American people and companies are “trashing” the Earth.

• Textual Support: • “Throwing things out is the American way” (Rooney Page #).

• “… we’ve run out of places to throw thing… the things we’re throwing away are poisoning the Earth…” (Rooney Page #).

Occasion

• What are the circumstances surrounding this text?• Analysis:

• Rooney acknowledges that he is just as guilty as other Americans of heedlessly following the pattern of buying and throwing away.

• Textual Support: • “There’s something satisfying about discarding almost anything” (Rooney Page #).

• “Prosperity in the United States is based on using things up as fast as we can, throwing away what’s left, and buying new ones ” (Rooney Page #).

Audience

• Who is the target audience?• Analysis:

• Americans (adult and companies) who are destroying the planet.

• Textual Support: • “We don’t know how to fix anything, and anyone who does know how is too busy to

come, so we throw it away and buy a new one” (Rooney Page #).

Purpose

• Why did the author write this text?• Analysis:

• Rooney’s purpose is to convince wasteful Americans that their trash is a serious problem that they should cut back on their wastefulness before it is too late to save the planet.

• Textual Support: • “…some of the things we’re throwing away are poisoning the Earth and will eventually

poison all of us and all living things” (Rooney Page #).

• “If 5 billion people had been living on Earth for the past thousand years as they have been in the past year, the planet would be nothing but one giant landfill” (Rooney Page #).

Speaker

• What does the reader know about the writer?• Analysis:

• Rooney cares about the future of our Earth and wants us to change our culture’s wasteful ways and our relationship with the planet. Rooney wants us to know that he relates to his audience: he candidly admits that he has also been guilty of this destructive behavior.

• Textual Support: • “My idea of a good time is to load up the back of the car with junk… and take it to the

dump…”

• “I have 2 pint bottles of insecticide with 3% DDT in them in my garage.”

Tone• What is writer’s attitude toward the subject?

• Analysis: • Rooney’s tone shifts: he begins and ends his piece with a glib tone intended to mirror

his audience’s indifferent attitude toward the Earth, but he contrasts this with a serious tone in the body of the text.

• Textual Support: • Flippant, humorous, sarcastic.

• “Next to saving stuff I don’t need, the think I like to do best is throw it away” (Rooney Page #).

• The best solution may be for all of us to pack up, board a spaceship, and move out” (Rooney Page #).

Craft & Structure

1. What details form the text help you understand the author’s point of view about throwing things away.

Details include “some of things we’re throwing away are poisoning the Earth and will eventually poison all of us and all living things,” “The problem is staggering,” and “how long will it be before we trash the whole Earth” (Rooney Page #).

Key Ideas & Details

2. What does the author mean by “Throwing things out is the American way” in paragraph 2? What details in the text make you think that?

• The author means that it is commonplace in the United States to throw things away instead of fixing things. He also implies that throwing things away is essential for the U.S. economy. He states that “prosperity in the United States based on using things up as fast as we can, throwing away what’s left, and buying new ones” (Rooney Page #).

Craft & Structure3. In paragraph 4, Rooney says “The more civilized a country is, the worse the trash problem.” What does he mean by civilized in this sentence?

• Rooney uses the term civilized to mean “wealthy” or “prosperous,” but it is used somewhat ironically since he argues in the same paragraph that civilized countries have a worse trash problem and that “poor countries don’t have the same problem because they don’t have much to discard” (Rooney Page #).

Key Ideas & Details

4. What reasons does the author provide for why he sees trash as a problem?

According to Rooney, trash is a problem because dangerous chemicals seep into underground water supplies and poisoning living things. Landfills are filling and taking up too much space (Rooney Page #).

Craft & Structure

5. How does Rooney use humor in the last paragraph of his essay? What is the effect?

Rooney uses humor to soften the delivery of a somewhat grim message and to keep readers engaged in hopes they may make changes or become more aware.

Working from the Text

8. Write a clear and concise claim for Andrew Rooney’s essay. Use information from your SOAPSTone analysis. Reread the text as needed to write the claim.

Americans need to cut back on wastefulness in order to save the planet.