Tuesday, 10.28

Turn in your grammar packet from yesterday.

All missing/late work is due this week.

Common Sense – Thomas Paine

SOAPSTone

Guiding Questions Answer

S- Speaker

Who is telling this story? What is the view point is the document using?

Thomas Paine is a patriotic male, rebel colonist, and a strong speaker.First Person

O- Occasion

When and where was this document created? What caused the document to be written?

January 10, 1776Thomas Paine wrote this while revolutionaries were trying to break free from the British. It occurred at the start of the Revolutionary War and the Intolerable Acts of King George caused Thomas Paine to write this.

A- Audience

Who is the document meant for?

This pamphlet was meant for the people of the Continental Congress and for the people in power of the colonies

P- Purpose

What is the purpose or reason of the text? Why was it written? What for?

His purpose is to convince the high power officials that they need to gain independence from British government for freedom.  He titles is common sense to appeal to the logical side of this argument.

S- Subject What is the topic of this document?

Independence, government, liberty, representation, colonies, rebels, Britain, American freedom

T- Tone What is the author’s attitude towards the subject/ content?

The tone of this speech is powerful, judgmental, independent, and proud.

Common Sense Annotating

• Identity Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Analogy, Antithesis, Allusion

•Summarize EACH paragraph in your own words in the margins

Partner MEL-Con• Manage time• 1 – 2 sentence summary, 2 – 3 sentence ANALYSIS• Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or

substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it

• Tomorrow responding to one of your questions• Going to be peer-graded

• Homework = Write three discussion questionsIn Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” he states, “ .” Why?