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Common App 2016/17 prompts
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PASSION PROJECT FINAL
FINAL Due APRIL 22/ CLEAN COPY WITH MLA CONVENTIONS
HAND FINAL DRAFT IN
WITH ALL MATERIALS in manila folder
200 POINTS POSSIBLE
_______ All Materials: Six resource sheets, peer editing checklist,
reflection on SAS Curriculum Pathways Writing Analysis, thesis revision, Case
study, rough draft(s)
_________Conventions of MLA are completely met,
including in text citations, front page, page numbers, and work-cited page.
_________Thesis is compelling, strong, arguable,
specific, challenging of assumptions or common misconceptions.
________Essay is clearly organized so that ideas are
presented and developed in a way that makes it easy to follow.
________Essay includes and thoroughly addresses the
following elements:
Historical
Context
Multi or
Global Perspectives
Counter-argument(s)
Visual
Rhetoric
________Patterns of development (at least three) are
used throughout (narration, compare/contrast....)
________At least three sources are used to inform
essay effectively, supporting and bolstering the argument
________Figurative language is used to convey ideas
in new ways. For example
________Prose is grammatically correct, complex, varied,
and effective
No run-ons
or fragments
Varied in
length
Varied in
sentence openings
Active
voice is preferred
Strong
verbs rather than weaker ones such as is/are/has...
NO
redundancy or wordiness
________The introduction clearly conveys the issue,
its scope, who it affects, why it is important,
and engages the reader right away.
_______ The conclusion is not a summary; it forces
the reader to contemplate SO WHAT? What about this issue demands we pay
attention and how might it directly
or indirectly have a bearing on us, the audience?
________ The essay is so compelling, readers are
inspired to reconsider their ideas about this and perhaps even change their
minds.
Synthesis Essay Activity Prompt and Instructions
Read the Synthesis Essay prompt and in groups (six groups)
The prompt: do you favor zero tolerance for school misbehavior/violence or are you on the side of addressing the root causes of misbehavior and violence and enacting an alternative plan to make schools safer and fight-free.
Group A: Find Historical Context for prompt
Group B: Find visual rhetoric that addresses the issue on the pro-- zero sum side of the issue
Group C: Find statistics for MN that show current rates of suspension district by district, race and gender.
Group D: find information on other countries' ways of approaching issues of school discipline
Group E: Find an opinion piece concerning topic-- pro- zero tolerance
Group F: Find opinion piece conerning topic-- pro-root cause
Each group fills out source sheet
The prompt: do you favor zero tolerance for school misbehavior/violence or are you on the side of addressing the root causes of misbehavior and violence and enacting an alternative plan to make schools safer and fight-free.
Group A: Find Historical Context for prompt
Group B: Find visual rhetoric that addresses the issue on the pro-- zero sum side of the issue
Group C: Find statistics for MN that show current rates of suspension district by district, race and gender.
Group D: find information on other countries' ways of approaching issues of school discipline
Group E: Find an opinion piece concerning topic-- pro- zero tolerance
Group F: Find opinion piece conerning topic-- pro-root cause
Each group fills out source sheet
AP English
Language and Composition
Reading Time: 15 minutes
Suggested Writing
Time: 40 minutes
[The MN legislature is currently grappling with several
bills that address how students should be disciplined in MN schools. Currently,
there is a very wide gap between who gets suspended; students of color are
suspended at more than twice the rate of white students. Some claim this
perpetuates the learning gap and the school to prison pipeline. Others argue
that schools are seeing an upswing in violent behavior, teachers being
assaulted, and misbehaving students not being removed from schools via
suspension or expulsion. Some legislators prefer zero tolerance while others
feel the root cause of misbehavior is poverty and other social inequities and
the way to address discipline is by addressing the root cause.
Source
Author (last name, first name). “Title of Article.” Name of Site.
Date of Posting/Revision.
Name of institution/organization
affiliated with the site (sometimes found in
copyright statements). <electronic
address>
[A sentence or two in italics introducing the source
material]
[Paste selected
source content here]
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