Class 19

EWRT 1A

Essay #2: Pass it in!

Due: Essay #2 and we start

anew!

Vocabulary practice

Discussion: Ngo

Ngo: focused concept: definitions;

classifications

Writing, if time permits!

AGENDA

The Game

Discuss the words on the next slide for three minutes and prepare to compete

Each team will send one member to the board in rotation. Everybody must take a turn in rotation.

I will read a definition. The first team member to write the correct definition on the board scores a point for their team.

Teams earn participation points for each correct answer Today we will carry points forward to the discussion

portion of class. The team with the highest score at the end of the class earns not only the glory of winning but also five additional participation points.

Ngo: “Cannibalism: It Still Exists”

Discuss this essay

with your table

mates (5-7 minutes)

and answer the

following questions.

First, briefly summarize the story

What is the concept about which Ngo writes?

Which extended anecdote does Ngo use to

help explain the concept?

What is his thesis?

How does he classify his concept?

Categories? Types?

Find examples of each of his classified

concepts.

How does he define his concept?

Brief Summary and Concept

Extended Anecdote

Extended Anecdote

Thesis and classification

Thesis and Classifications

Definitions

Definitions

Exemplification

ExemplificationEndocannibalism Exocannibalism

• Survival: Vietnamese boat refugees o Ate people as they died on the

boat

• Dietary: Miyanmin (both types really)o Eats their own dead and catches

outsiders

• Religious/Ritual: African tribe of the Bimin-Kuskusmino Eat parts of genitalia to enhance

reproductivity

• Survival: Japanese troops’ supply lines cuto Sacrificed Arapesh people to feed

troops

• Dietary: Leopard people; Alligator peopleo Hunt victims

• Religious/Ritual: Bangalas and South American Tribeso To honor those held in high-

esteem, they sacrifice slaves and captives

Ngo has written a concept essay

about cannibalism

Use this essay as a model for you own!

The Concept Essay

• Topic: Write an essay about a concept from The Hunger Games that interests you and that you want to study further. When you have a good understanding of the concept you have chosen, explain it to your readers, considering carefully what they might already know about it and how your essay might add to what they know.

Essay #3

750-1200 words

125 points possible

MLA-style formatting and

citations

Works Cited page must

include three entries: The

Hunger Games, A

Dictionary or other

defining source, and a

book or article from a

credible source.

Writing:

Consider topics from The Hunger

Games for your essay.

Choose two different possibilities to

consider.

Hunger, Cold, Friendship, Safety, Justice, Fair

play, Class, Game, Play, Power, Identity, Strength, Competition, Sacrifice, Sp

ectacle, Schadenfreude (happiness derived from others’

misfortunes), Fear, Privilege, Equality,Legal, Skill

Topics to Consider: Choose Two

Write a paragraph for that

concept, sketching out what you

already know!

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Read: HG through chapter 17

Study: Vocab (10-18)

Post # 21

Finish and post your concept paragraph

find two different definitions for your concept. One

can be from a dictionary.

Your distance course will focus on other

concept essays!