Bell Ringer Quote day First put the quote
Bell Ringer Quote day: First, put the quote in your own words. Second, e “The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress” (Joubert. )
Objective! Today, we will practice claim, cite, clarify in order to support claims with text evidence.
LET’S REVIEW
CLAIM The claim is where you ANSWER the question. If it’s asking you to take a stance, TAKE A STANCE. Let’s look at a bad example. Why is this no good? In paragraph 6, the author describes the situation as a game. Why does he choose to make this sort of comparison? MY CLAIM: He makes it a game because they lost stuff.
Cite Use a piece of evidence from the text or your research that PROVES your claim. DO NOT USE A RANDOM QUOTE. It must relate to your claim. USE PROPER FORMATTING OR I WILL TAKE OFF POINTS. Cite: The author writes It seemed as if he had taken all of his mother’s strength—had left nothing for those that might come after him. ”
Clarify Explain your quote and how it relates to your claim. This can be one sentence or 4 depending on how much you need to explain in order to make your point. Do not be redundant. The narrator describes it as a game because it’s like they have been playing something but they’re losing what they’re playing. They are losing their hopes and dreams. They are not winning the game.
RUBRIC 3 2 1 Claim Introduce the subject, probably the author/artist or work in question. It is likely you can identify this in the question itself and explain how (s)he/it answers the question; this should be expressed in a complete sentence. Refers to the question, but does not “claim” with specific word choice--may refer to “it” or “them” assumes the reader will re-read the question to make meaning for the writer. Still written in a complete sentence. Attempt at answering the question is vague and needs more clarification--unclear whether or not the question was understood, or may not be a complete sentence. Cite Use a transition word or phrase to set up your quotation or description. This is where you are providing evidence from the reading or viewing that supports your claim. Does not transition, but puts in a quotation or description. The evidence is provided, but it may not be the most convincing choice to support the claim. No transition, may summarize, but not in a convincing manner. Little attempt to connect to the evidence. Clarify Explain how your quotation or description supports your claim. This is connecting your answer back to the question and really clarifies that you understand what is being asked so the reader has no questions. Very little clarification is given as to how the quotation or description supports the claim. In some cases this may be missing altogether if the claim and cite are more convincing-- A ”quote bomb” assumes the reader will make meaning. No attempt at clarification. Response falls off after the evidence is attempted. Reader left to make their own meaning.
Let’s look at a good example Prompt: In paragraph 6, the author describes the situation as In chapter 14 of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair describes Jurgis and Ona’s situation as a game because they feel like they are always striving to do better, but they keep losing. For example, the narrator discusses their hopes and dreams, stating, “They had dreamed of freedom; of a chance to look about them and learn something; to be decent and clean, to see their child grow up to be strong. And now it was all gone--it would never be! They had played the game and they had lost” (Sinclair 2). One can see how their dreams have been crushed by reality. Sinclair uses this metaphor because they keep playing the “game” of life, working at these awful places, paying their rent, and following all the rules society has given them for success. However, in this game, they have come to realize they, as immigrants, will never be the winner and their hopes for a good future are dead.
Prompt: In paragraph 6, the author describes the situation as In chapter 14 of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair describes Jurgis and Ona’s situation as a game because they feel like they are always striving to do better, but they keep losing. For example, the narrator discusses their hopes and dreams, stating, “They had dreamed of freedom; of a chance to look about them and learn something; to be decent and clean, to see their child grow up to be strong. And now it was all gone--it would never be! They had played the game and they had lost” (Sinclair 2). One can see how their dreams have been crushed by reality. Sinclair chose this metaphor because the reader can see that Jurgis and On a keep playing the “game, ” working at these awful places, paying their rent, and following all the rules they have been given. However, in this game, they have come to realize that they, as immigrants, will never be the winner and their hopes for a good future are dead. CLAIM CITE CLARIF Y
Text Dependent Questions 1. Why does Jurgis drink? 2. Why does Jurgis resent his family at times? 3. Who does the narrator describe as the most fortunate member of the family? why? 4. What metaphor is used in the final paragraph? Why?
Your turn! Write a Claim, Cite, Clarify answering this question. You can ask for help as you do this today! GUESS WHAT? you’ve already written your claim + cite, so now you just need to clarify. Choose ONE of the TDQ’s from yesterday and rewrite it in paragraph form (like mine) and go on to clarify at the end of the sentence.
Let’s discuss • What is your claim? • What evidence did you choose? • Why did you choose this? • How does it support your claim? • How can we tell if a claim, cite, clarify is effective?
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