Honors English 3September 19, 2013

The business of progress

Bellringer – Choose and Explain (ACT Strategy)

The antara has its origins in the Incan civilization, once the more richer and more powerful empire in South America.

a.No Change

b.one of the richest and most

c. the richest and most

d.the richer and more

Time is short…so get to know Simeon’s ACT English Strategies!

•Stop/Go

•Look Left

•Go Short

•Be Active, Not Passive

•Exaggerate the Pause

•The One “S” Rule

•Omit/Delete is LOVE

•Thumb Rule

•3 and 1

•ACT Hates –ing!

Agenda•Bellringer

•Quick Write - Moral Responsibility

•Excerpt from The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair

•Connect back to ethos/pathos/logos

Skills/Standards•Connecting with text themes and ideas

•Active reading - annotation

•Citing textual evidence to support an argument

•Analyzing a writer’s use of rhetoric

Quick Write (keep until end of lesson)

•Should businesses have a moral obligation to make responsible decisions in regards to how they run their business?

•Can you think of any businesses who have gotten into trouble because of their actions/decisions?

Chicago Union Stock Yards, circa 1903

Look familiar?

At its largest size, The Yards covered nearly 1 square mile (3 km2) of land, from Halsted Street to Ashland Avenue and from 39th (now Pershing Rd.) to 47th Streets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards store room, circa 1890

Union Stockyards Gate: present day…have you seen it before?

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair

•Written in 1906

•Author’s purpose was to expose working conditions in Chicago’s meat-packing industry

•Author believed that business owners, if left to themselves, would fail to act responsibly.

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair•Read and annotate: What details does Sinclair use to achieve his purpose?

•Headlines: What is each paragraph discussing? (main idea) – Write in margin

•Answer the 5 “Questions to Consider” on the first page of your packet. (On quick write paper)

•#6: In a paragraph, discuss how Sinclair uses ethos/pathos/logos to communicate his message. Use specific text details…and EXPLAIN how they support the argument.