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- 1. Class 19 EWRT 1A
- 2. Essay #2: Pass it in!
- 3. AGENDA Due: Essay #2 and we start anew! Vocabulary practice Discussion: Ngo Ngo: focused concept: definitions; classifications Writing, if time permits!
- 4. The Game Discuss the words on the next slide for three minutes and prepare to compete Each team will send one member to the board in rotation. Everybody must take a turn in rotation. I will read a definition. The first team member to write the correct definition on the board scores a point for their team. Teams earn participation points for each correct answer Today we will carry points forward to the discussion portion of class. The team with the highest score at the end of the class earns not only the glory of winning but also five additional participation points.
- 8. Ngo: “Cannibalism: It Still Exists” Discuss this essay with your table mates (5-7 minutes) and answer the following questions.
- 9. First, briefly summarize the story What is the concept about which Ngo writes? Which extended anecdote does Ngo use to help explain the concept? What is his thesis? How does he classify his concept? Categories? Types? Find examples of each of his classified concepts. How does he define his concept?
- 10. Brief Summary and Concept Extended Anecdote
- 11. Extended Anecdote Thesis and classification
- 12. Thesis and Classifications Definitions
- 13. Definitions Exemplification
- 14. Exemplification Endocannibalism Exocannibalism • Survival: Vietnamese • Survival: Japanese troops’ boat refugees supply lines cut o Ate people as they died on the o Sacrificed Arapesh people to feed boat troops • Dietary: Miyanmin (both • Dietary: Leopard people; types really) Alligator people o Eats their own dead and catches o Hunt victims outsiders • Religious/Ritual: • Religious/Ritual: African Bangalas and South tribe of the Bimin- American Tribes Kuskusmin o To honor those held in high- o Eat parts of genitalia to enhance esteem, they sacrifice slaves and reproductivity captives
- 15. Ngo has written a concept essay about cannibalism Use this essay as a model for you own!
- 16. • Topic: Write an essay about a concept from The The Concept Hunger Games that Essay interests you and that you Essay #3 want to study further. 750-1200 words When you have a good 125 points possible understanding of the MLA-style formatting and concept you have chosen, citations explain it to your readers, Works Cited page must include three entries: The considering carefully Hunger Games, A what they might already Dictionary or other know about it and how defining source, and a your essay might add to book or article from a what they know. credible source.
- 17. Writing: Consider topics from The Hunger Games for your essay. Choose two different possibilities to consider.
- 18. Hunger, Cold, Friendship, Safety, Just ice, Fair play, Class, Game, Play, Power, Identit y, Strength, Competition, Sacrifice, Sp ectacle, Schadenfreude (happiness derived from others’ misfortunes), Fear, Privilege, Equality, Legal, Skill Topics to Consider: Choose Two
- 19. Write a paragraph for that concept, sketching out what you already know!
- 20. Read: HG through chapter 17 Study: Vocab (10-18) Post # 21 coopcatalyst.wordpress.com Finish and post your concept paragraph find two different definitions for your concept. One can be from a dictionary. Your distance course will focus on other concept essays!