Expository essay

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Expository essay

• Black Boy
• Miss Stronks

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Black Boy Expository Essayprompt

• The 1950s and the 1960s were years of turmoil and
  change, especially for minorities. In a five
  paragraph expository essay discuss some of the
  various historical events that were occurring
  during Richard Wrights lifetime. Using the two
  documentaries we watched in class, Viva La Causa
  and Childrens March, analyze how minorities were
  treated during the 1950s and 1960s. In one of
  the body paragraphs, list evidence from Black Boy
  (at least two quotes), that show how Richard was
  treated unjustly.

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• Introduction
• Hook-(pg. 20)
• Introduce Black Boy (mention author), La Causa,
  and Childrens March. Tell something common about
  all three (dealing with your prompt)
• Thesis-what are you going to argue throughout the
  whole essay? (restate part of prompt-This needs
  to be your focus in the entire essay!- pg. 29)
• 2. Body Paragraph 1
• Topic sentence-first point to argue (must refer
  to your Thesis (pg. 18).
• Example/Evidence (quote/proof to prove your
  topic)
• a. analysis 1(explain the quote/evidence)
• b. analysis 2 (explain the quote/evidence)
• (possibly use another quote/evidence and explain)
• Closing sentence/Transition sentence
• 3. Body Paragraph 2- (Use the same structure as
  body paragraph one)
• 4. Body Paragraph 3- (Use the same structure as
  body paragraph one)
• 5. Conclusion-
• Restate thesis
• Argue one or two points from the body paragraphs.
• One last general statement that encompasses
  (uses) your own opinion.
• Works Cited!

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Introduction

• Hook-(pg. 20)
• Introduce Black Boy (mention author), La Causa,
  and Childrens March. Tell a little about each
  piece. Tell something common about all three
  (dealing with your prompt)
• Thesis-what are you going to argue throughout the
  whole essay? (restate part of prompt-This needs
  to be your focus in the entire essay!- pg. 29)

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Example
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2. Body Paragraph 1

• Topic sentence-first point to argue (must refer
  to your Thesis (pg. 18).
• Example/Evidence (quote/proof to prove your
  topic)
• a. analysis 1(explain the quote/evidence)
• b. analysis 2 (explain the quote/evidence)
• (possibly use another quote/evidence and explain
  significance)
• Closing sentence/Transition sentence

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Example
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Body paragraph 2

• Topic sentence-first point to argue (must refer
  to your Thesis (pg. 18).
• Example/Evidence (quote/proof to prove your
  topic)
• a. analysis 1(explain the quote/evidence)
• b. analysis 2 (explain the quote/evidence)
• (possibly use another quote/evidence and explain
  significance)
• Closing sentence/Transition sentence

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Example
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Body paragraph 3

• Topic sentence-first point to argue (must refer
  to your Thesis (pg. 18).
• Example/Evidence (quote/proof to prove your
  topic)
• a. analysis 1(explain the quote/evidence)
• b. analysis 2 (explain the quote/evidence)
• (possibly use another quote/evidence and explain
  significance)
• Closing sentence/Transition sentence

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Example
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5. Conclusion-

• Restate thesis
• List three points from the body paragraphs,
  proving your thesis.
• One or more last general statements that
  demonstrates (uses) your own opinion.

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Works Cited pg.36-37

• the Works Cited section is located at the end of
  your paper, and lists all of the sources you
  cited in your text. For every entry, you must
  determine the Medium of Publication. Most entries
  will likely be listed as Print or Web sources,
  but other possibilities may include Film, CD-ROM,
  Radio or DVD. Writers are no longer required to
  provide URLs for Web entries. However, if your
  instructor or publisher insists on them, include
  them in angle brackets (lt gt) after the entry and
  end with a period. For long URLs, break lines
  only at slashes. For more details in setting up
  your Words Cited page, please refer to pages 36
  and 37 in your District Writing Handbook.

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Example
http//www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm

• Works Cited
• "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate
  Action." EnvironmentalDefense Fund. Environmental
  Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
• Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin.
  Clinton on Climate Change. New York Times. New
  York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
• Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission Saving
  the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22
  May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
• Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An
  Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim.
  rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June
  2006. Web. 24 May 2009.
• GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007.
  Web. 24 May 2009.
• Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction
  Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of
  Sustainability." International Journal of
  Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1
  (2007) 27-36. Print.
• An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim.
  Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD.
• Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming Myth Or Reality?
  The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York
  Springer, 2005. Print.
• Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and
  Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial
  Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4
  (2006) 63. Print.
• Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto Alternative
  Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American
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