Turn in Antigone Study Guide and Writing You

Turn in Antigone Study Guide and Writing You need your blue book!

Literary Term Hubris= extreme pride Add to your vocabulary notebook

Objectives �To apply Kohlberg’s moral reasoning to characters in Antigone. �To find textual evidence in Antigone to support opinion. �To review elements of an introduction and proper organization.

Review Kohlberg’s Levels of Moral Development

Apply Kohlberg to Antigone �Page 334 in Springboard

Common errors in Persuasive Essays • • • No thesis Weak attention getter No background/too short Unclear argument Not listing authors/titles

Purpose of the Introduction 1. Engage the reader 2. Explain the issue at hand 3. Establish your point of view

Where does your thesis go?

Attention Getter What type of attention getter could you use rather than a question? Get out attention getter sheet.

Practice Introduction Prompt: Choose one of the characters from Antigone and use text evidence to justify what level of Kohlberg’s levels of moral development he or she fits under? Remember: No “you” or “I” in formal writing.

Checklist �Is your thesis the last sentence of your paragraph? �Do you have a strong attention getter? �Do you use a question as your attention getter? �Is your introduction a sufficient length? �Did you introduce the title of the play as well as the author?

Sentence Combining/ Sentence Variety �This is on the unit four test! �Directions are on the sheet. �Turn in when finished.