AP studs did the following today:
Wrote a brief paragraph on Socrative on the following prompt:
"Write a brief paragraph on an issue about which you are passionate."
Then you watched a dated, albeit fascinating, video, "William's Doll." If you missed this video (or would like to watch it again, please click the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lshobg1Wt2M
We then listed the pros and cons of William receiving a doll, with a view to applying these factors to structures of arguments tomorrow.
Please remember that your writing on the scoop-it article "Hip Hop Speaks to Guns," by Ta-Nehisi Coates is due tomorrow on or before 11:59 p.m. A link to this very article appears below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/opinion/coates-hip-hop-speaks-to-the-guns.html?_r=2&
Please also recall that your writing on this article must take the shape pursuant to the following requirements:
First paragraph - a short précis containing the following: author's name, article's title, publication's name, and the author's thesis, which you will highlight in yellow.
Second paragraph - a summary of the argument with at least one embedded quote, which you will highlight in pink.
Third paragraph - your opinion of the article with a concession and rebuttal highlighted in green.
Your piece must be at least 500 words in length.
Have a wonderful night! I'm off to the opera!
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