Introduction to Analytical Writing 100Z
Friday, October 4, 2013
Bell Ringer: What does the abstract ladder
look like? Write your own example of an
abstract ladder.
Essential Outcome
Students will interpret words and phrases as
they are used in a text and analyze their
development.
Vocabulary:
25. kowtow – (verb, noun) 1. to kneel or
the act of kneeling and touching the
forehead to the ground in expression of
deep respect, worship, or submission, as
formerly done in China 2. To show
servile deference:
A. Because everyone on staff was
afraid of being laid off, they all
kowtowed to their strict boss.
B.
26. laissez faire (also spelled laisser faire)
– (noun, adjective)1. an economic
doctrine that opposes governmental
regulation of or interference in
commerce beyond the minimum
necessary for a free-enterprise system
to operate according to its own
economic laws 2. Noninterference in the
affairs of others (French for let people
do as they choose)
a. He supported laissez faire and
was furious when the government
imposed new regulations for the
stock market.
Agenda
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Bell Ringer: The Abstract Ladder
Vocabulary
Collect College Admissions Essays
Keep your appointments.
Hand back/review comma splice quiz.
Hand back/review open notes quiz.
“Paraphrase x 3: Opening Up the
Meaning of Words”
1. Recast the following sentence
three times to better understand:
“A study of the history of opinion is
a necessary preliminary to the
emancipation of the mind.”
- John Maynard Keynes
Assignment
Review & Choose: Exercise 1.9 or 1.10
Complete with partner. In class work day
Monday. Power Point, Prezi, or Haiku Deck
Presentations on Tuesday.
Homework
1.5 and 1.8 revised copies due at the start
of class on Monday.
Closure
Begin assignment brainstorming with your
partner – note activity and first notes on
orange sheet.