The Exemplification of Identity & Jingoism

In all classes today, we continued forward with our exemplification work - brainstorming multiple examples for an abstract noun, selecting the top 4 examples that exhibit variable subjects and, hopefully, maturity (remember the suggestion of Caleb Fick = look into the history of Pol Pot so Hitler can be left in the past where he belongs). After those 4, it is all about the range - what would be best for the hook (something that does not need as much explanation), what would be the next 2 to further the exemplification, and what would be the best finale for the rebuttal. With all of these practices, I suppose that means we will have have an exemplifying argument in the very near future. However, before we get there, we have a little group exemplification work. In groups, you brainstormed, selected, and ranged examples for "identity" or "jingoism." Each person in the group has an example to write a body paragraph on for tomorrow's class, which means you have that starting subclaim (topic sentence), specific example, and warrant (concluding sentence).

If you happened to be absent from class, you should select either "identity" or "jingoism" for your abstract noun, brainstorm a list of examples, and then choose the best one to compose a body paragraph. If you don't have this completed for class, you will not have the opportunity for peer review, which I think many of you would like to have for validation or answering any questions or queries.

While third hour finished with the exemplification, first and fifth hour completed their third MC practice from the packet. Make sure to time yourself and take the MC if you were not here today - these practices are very important because we have a full test next week and its best to figure out your strengths and weaknesses now.

And remember while I'm not in class tomorrow, that you have the Proxy Penguin, the Gianini Giraffe, the Omniscient Owl, and the Zenith Zebra to guide you in the right direction and support your writing and MC work. The plan is for you to be with your abstract noun team (absent people will have their own teams) for peer review and sharing of strongest paragraphs and then have time for another MC practice. Next week will be moving into essay work (come on - we haven't had a full essay yet this quarter - you know we will be quite busy the last 2 weeks) and continuing with MC practices and tests.