english 51

ENGLISH 51Monday, February 27, 2013Melissa Gunby

A NOTE ON PROGRESS REPORTS There are slips of paper in each folder telling

you what your current percentage in the class is, as of Monday.

I have noticed that some of you are only doing half of the homework from Ender’s Game. The requirement is vocabulary AND reading journal; not either/or. You are losing 50% credit every week if you’re only doing one of these assignments.

Yes, you can make up homework, but it may be docked points for being late.

There is still plenty of time to bring up your grade.

FREEWRITE If you lived 2000 years ago, which would be

the best to own: a horse, a cow, or a dozen chickens? Why?

AGENDA FOR TODAY Introduction to essay topic and

pre-writing/brainstorming activities Sentence combining (yes, finally, for real!):

using FANBOYS, SUBs, and Trans

ESSAY 1: ADVERTISINGPage 149 Texts and Contexts

THE ASSIGNMENT (PG 149) Write an essay in which you examine a

selection of advertisements from a magazine you read, whether one you read frequently or infrequently. Examine ten full-page ads, preferably ones in color. Try to figure out which of Fowles’ fifteen appeals is working in each ad. Come to a conclusion about how advertisers see the readers of the magazine.

WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR A definition/categorization of the type of

magazine, and it’s particular audience (who reads it).

Descriptions of the ads being analyzed Classification of the ads into each of Fowles’

15 appeals A conclusion based on the above in which

you decide how the magazine’s publishers view their readers.

REQUIREMENTS Minimum of 3 pages. Ideally, I think this

should be about 4 pages. MLA formatting (see reference sample I gave

you). No outside sources, though quoting from

Fowles article will probably be necessary to support your points. You will need to include a works cited page

Due dates: Rough Draft: Monday 3/4. THIS IS NEXT MONDAY! Final Draft: Wednesday, 3/13, though I may change

this

Fowles writes “an advertisement communicates by making use of a specially selected image…which is designed to stimulate” and get our attention in some way (137).

Fowles, Jib. “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals.” Texts and Contexts: A Contemporary Approach to College Writing. Robinson, William S and Stephanie Tucker, eds. 7th Ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. Print.

QUESTIONS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT?

PRE-WRITING/BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY

For homework, I asked you to read Fowles’ article, and to bring in a magazine of your choice.

With a partner or small group, choose an ad from each of the magazines you brought in.

Using Fowles’ article and your notes/summary of it, identify the appeals being used in the ads. You may discuss each ad together, or work separately and compare notes (this is the pre-writing activity on page 149).

When you’re done, we’ll take a look at some of them as a class and start looking at what conclusions we can draw, which will help you get started in putting your essay together.

SENTENCE COMBININGFANBOYS, SUBs, and Transitions

INDEPENDENT CLAUSES (IC) Independent clauses have a subject and

verb, and can stand alone as a sentence She ran He spoke He spoke fluent English

DEPENDENT CLAUSES (DC) CANNOT stand alone as sentences, though

they will also contain a subject and verb When she ran Although he spoke fluent English

SANTA CLAUS

HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE Independent clauses will sound complete. Dependent clauses will begin with a

connecting word, and won’t sound complete. Although When And Because After While Since

Santa Claus is a fat man in a red suit with a white beard.

WHY IT MATTERS Knowing the differences between the types

of clauses will help you to identify and correct your mistakes. Some of the most common errors (run-ons and fragments) are caused by joining clauses incorrectly.

FANBOYS = COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONSForAndNorOrYetSo FANBOYS coordinate Star Trek conventions

HOW THEY WORK FANBOYS are used to link independent

clauses (IC) together.

IC, FANBOYS IC

SUBS = SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS When you start a sentence with a SUB, it

won’t be complete. Although Because When If While

USING SUBS SUBs help us connect DCs to ICs. The punctuation depends on the order of the

sentence.

DC, IC

IC DC

You only need a comma if the DC comes first

TRANSITIONS Transitions work like SUBs and FANBOYS in

combining sentences, but they require extra punctuation to be grammatically correct.

Transitions will combine ICs. IC; trans, IC

Common words: However, therefore, thus, moreover, then,

also

REVIEW! With a partner, complete “Jim the Consumer”

on page 163-164

HOMEWORK Rough draft of essay assignment Ender’s Game chapters 10-11

Vocab Reading journal