Accountable Talk and Annotations
Parts of a Paragraph
Texts
Summarizing and Editing and Revision
Logical Fallacies
100
What part of our personality does accountable talk try to avoid using?
Our emotions.
100
What do you call the first sentence of a non-fiction body paragraph?
Topic sentence.
100
What was the name of the chief that John Smith met?
Powhatan.
100
How long should a summary be?
1/3 to 1/2 the length of the original document.
100
My name is Eli Manning, and I believe Throwsies are the best toy football out there!
Testimonial.
200
Give one example of a positive accountable talk phrase.
[answer varies; check with teacher]
200
In a body paragraph, what goes after a supporting detail?
Commentary.
200
Who wrote "What is an American?"
Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur.
200
How can we determine what details MUST be in the summary?
If the summary doesn't make sense without the detail, it must be there; if it does, you can leave it out.
200
Mom! I don't deserve to be grounded! I was only late because some bullies tried to beat me up on my way home. Luckily, I ran away...
Appeal to pity.
300
We all know that accountable talk means speaking respectfully, but what flipside does it also involve?
Accountable listening.
300
What are the two parts of a topic sentence?
Topic and controlling thought.
300
William Bradford and the pilgrims left England for what reason?
Religious freedom.
300
What is the difference between editing and revision?
Editing is small-scale issues (spelling, grammar, etc), whereas revision is about fixing ideas.
300
You really can't trust what Jon has to say about medical care. Do you know that he doesn't even know how to tie his shoes?
Ad hominem.
400
Why do we annotate? (Give one of four possible reasons.)
-active reading -elaboration -explanation -vocabulary
400
Why do we need to include commentary?
We need to show our own perspective on the data we are giving.
400
Why does Margaret Cho say that she wants to be white?
She wants power.
400
When we revise a document, what kinds of things are we looking to fix? [pick one]
Organization, rhetorical power, ease of understanding, structure of ideas.
400
It's like this: you're either a winner, or you're a loser.
Either-or thinking.
500
Give one example of how to annotate.
-underline/highlight key passages -write marginalia -use symbols
500
List all four parts of a body paragraph.
-topic sentence -supporting details -commentary -concluding thought
500
How does Crevecoeur define Americans? [pick two qualities]
-hard-working -mixture of races -leaders of industry, arts, sciences, technolgy -religiously free -pay low taxes
500
Why is it important that we edit and revise our rough draft? [give at least two reasons]
[answer varies; check with teacher]
500
Everybody who's anybody knows that you don't wear corduroy shorts. Aren't you cool?
Bandwagon.
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