ELA Exam: Part 3

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ELA Exam Part 3

• Review Modeling
• Captivity

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Of Mice Men Review Class

• Thursday, Dec. 19
• During homeroom
• 215
• We will review major aspects of the novel to
  prepare for the Unit Test.

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Student Prep Procedures

1. Upon arrival in class, please pick up the pink
   Part 3 packet on the front desk.
2. Focusing on the subject of captivity, read
   Passage 1 (Fred Douglass) and Passage 2
   (Sympathy).
3. Please read for understanding and interpretation
   as to how captivity is working in the passages.
4. Note how long it takes you for the reading
   selections for exam purposes.

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Post-Review of Part 3, 26

• Examine the instructor comments on your previous
  26 analysis of oppression.
• Based upon that feedback and class discussion on
  tips, share your insight with a partner on
• where you had difficulty
• what you specifically need to do to improve the
  next 26 writing task

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Review of Oppression 26

• Example of Controlling Ideas
• Oppression can be felt through darkness and
  isolation, but fought against with light and
  connectivity.

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Review of Oppression 26

• Example of using Critical Analysis of the
  Controlling Idea (oppression)
• breaking through the wall. This shows that
  oppression comes from an external source because
  the hands, which represent power, are able to
  break through itshows the speaker is able to
  break through the wall that he did not create.

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Student Clarity of Poems

1. What is captivity?
2. Does everyone probably experience some feelings
   of captivity in their lives at times?
3. Consider a time when you felt captive to
   something. How did you feel? What action did
   you take to change your position?
4. Discuss whats going on in each passage? Share
   the storyline to ensure collective understanding.

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Question 26 Controlling Idea Evidence

• Write a well-developed paragraph in which you
  use ideas from both passages to establish a
  controlling idea about _____. Develop your
  controlling idea using specific examples and
  details from each passage.
• (1 full page)

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Concept of Controlling Idea

• Controlling Idea is formulated from where these
  two concepts overlap in thematic meaning

Passage 1
Passage 2
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Creating a Controlling Idea

• 1. How is _____ thematically working
  in/effecting Passage 1?
• How is _____ thematically working in/effecting
  Passage 2?
• Controlling Idea One sentence that argues the
  thematic overlap of _____ in both passages.
• Share with a partner and offer constructive
  feedback on complexity.

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Using the 3 Es
Example This is any piece of evidence from the
text, whether it is in the form of an example or
quoted line. Select only strong examples that
really prove your purpose and that you can
discuss well. Explanation This is the critical
analysis that explains how your selected example
relates to the controlling idea. It proves your
point of argument for the theme of the
controlling idea. Element Determine which
literary elements the author has used within it.
Be sure to fully explain and analyze how the
author uses that literary element to create more
meaning. Easiest elements conflict, theme,
symbolism, imagery
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Using Evidence Argument Effectively

• Passage 1
• Find 2 key examples that prove your CI argument.
• What is the best way to write each one?
• Insightfully argue how each example proves the CI
  and ensure it has depth and complexity.

• Passage 2
• Find 2 key examples that prove your CI argument.
• What is the best way to write each one?
• Insightfully argue how each example proves the CI
  and ensure it has depth and complexity.

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Question 27 Examining Literary Elements

• Choose one specific literary element and
  technique used by one of the authors. Using
  specific details from that passage, in a
  well-developed discussion, show how the author
  uses that element to develop the passage.
• (1 full page)

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Question 27 Suggestions for Elements

• Does not have to relate to the
  Controlling Idea subject from 26
• Choose one specific literary element that has
  multiple examples within the passage. For
  example, consider
• conflict discuss different types
• theme analyze multiple themes
• imagery discuss different types