9th+Gd.+-+Synthesis+Paragraph

= The Synthesis Essay Paragraph = ** PROMPT: ** Write a multi-paragraph essay (900-1500 words) single body paragraph (of 9 – 12 sentences) in which you explore what several texts have to say about one of the following essential questions:  1. What is a person’s responsibility when another's human rights are being violated?  2. To what extent are a person’s belief’s affected in the face of adversity?  ** A SUCCESSFUL ESSAY WILL **:  ** Focus! ** You cannot adequately explore all of the questions above in a single, short essay paragraph. You will need to select one area on which to focus your exploration.
 * Focus on specific aspects of the selected guiding question and discuss how ** at least three texts ** help to answer those questions.
 * Select all texts from the required materials for the unit
 * Select texts that represent ** at least two **of the genres listed below
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Fiction (novels and short stories are the same genre!)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Memoir
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Poetry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Other non-fiction (newspaper article, essay, biography, history, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Movie
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Synthesize ideas **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> presented in the texts by discussing how each text responds to the ideas presented in the others (How would the author of Source A react to the ideas in Source B?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Explore your own questions about and/or responses to the selected texts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Demonstrate effective writing skills (sentence fluency, voice, word choice, and conventions)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Use correct MLA format throughout your paper, including the Works Cited page

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">STEPS TO COMPLETION: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Review the questions and select the question on which you’d like to focus your synthesis essay paragraph.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Review the required unit texts (Night by Elie Wiesel) and consider what each says about your topic (your Essential Questions Think Sheet should help you with this). Which texts offer the most varied insights into answering your guiding question? Select at least three texts to use in your essay, making sure to follow the guidelines for text selection listed in above.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Write a question IN YOUR OWN WORDS from the selection above potential thesis using your Essential Questions Think Sheet and Socratic seminar notes as a guide. Since the thesis exists to tell the reader your purpose and your purpose is to explore, simply identify the question you will explore and the main points within that question addressed by your selected texts. Then, write a brief answer to your question. This would be your thesis – if you were writing a full essay.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Complete a prewrite for your essay. (Day 1: homework) You may choose to use the organizer provided for you, or you can use the method of your choosing. Either way, you ** must ** identify the main points of your essay ** and ** which details you will use from each source to explore those main points.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Write the first rough draft of your essay. (Day 2: in-class & homework) This draft must be typed and double-spaced. Bring this draft to class for peer review (on block-day) and feedback on your content and organization.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Revise your first draft as needed in response to peer feedback and your own insight into areas in need of improvement.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bring typed second draft to class and complete SOS. Revise as needed to improve sentence fluency.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bring typed third draft to class for final peer editing groups (on Friday). These will focus on final suggestions for improving fluency, voice, word choice, and conventions, including MLA formatting. You should also read this draft aloud yourself to edit for problems with word choice, voice, and conventions. Correct all errors and type up final draft.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Submit final draft to [|www.turnitin.com] on