PPT-What is commentary?

An overview through an Approaches to Learning Lens Writing commentary What does it mean Giving an opinion Interpretation Insight Analysis Explication Personal reaction Feelings Evaluation . BLUE TOUR COMMENTARY IN A CHOICE OF 12 LANGUAGES Buses on the Blue Tour display a blue sign next to the driver THE GREEN LINK Buses on the Green Tour display a green sign next to the driver RED BLUE TOUR Commentary IN a choice of 12 languages BUSES By: Katelyn, Zoe, Justin, Megan, and Paige. Modified by: Jennifer Kelly . Assertion, Evidence, and Commentary is used when writing a persuasive essay.. Assertion. A statement that answers the guiding question.. Aesop’s Fables and Academic Commentary. Alex Mueller. English Department. The City Mouse and the Country Mouse. A city mouse once happened to pay a visit to the house of a country mouse where he was served a humble meal of acorns. The city mouse finished his business in the country and by means of insistent invitations he persuaded the country mouse to come pay him a visit. The city mouse then brought the country mouse into a room that was overflowing with food. As they were feasting on various delicacies, a butler opened the door. The city mouse quickly concealed himself in a familiar mouse hole, but the poor country mouse was not acquainted with the house and frantically scurried around the floorboards, frightened out of his wits. When the butler had taken what he needed, he closed the door behind him. The city mouse then urged the country mouse to sit back down to dinner. The country mouse refused and said, "How could I possibly do that? Oh, how scared I am! Do you think that the man is going to come back?" This was all that the terrified mouse was able to say. The city mouse insisted, "My dear fellow, you could never find such delicious food as this anywhere else in the world." “Acorns are enough for me," the country mouse maintained, "so long as I am secure in my freedom!" 
. [50] [52] Commentary February 2005on solidarity, and on compromise between em-er, with its grandiose yet undistinguished buildingsin Brussels and Strasbourg, its shameless feather-bedding and extrava Critical Terms. Topic Sentence (TS). Concrete Detail (CD). Commentary (CM). Chunk. Ratio of CDs to . CMs. (1:2+). Commentary (CM). Commentary. means any word that has connotations, or feelings.. For example: . Choose an opinion below based on your own personal feelings regarding the documentary:. PRO . SIDE: . America had a positive impact on the “Lost Boys” identities.. CON . SIDE: . America had a negative impact on the “Lost Boys” identities.. LESSON EIGHT:. IN SEARCH OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN. Genesis . 18:19. “For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord . by doing righteousness and justice. Goal- Students will learn strategies for commentary.. Students will apply commentary strategies to an effective central idea paragraph. . What is commentary. Commentary is your explanation, ideas and comments within your writing. . Adapted from a lesson designed by Pat . Gaggliani. All examples are taken from student answers to the Timed Writing question about George Bernard Shaw's letter concerning his mother's cremation.. The quality of your commentary is THE main factor in determining whether you get a high or a middle score on the AP essay questions. If you don’t have genuine commentary, you will get a low score.. Topic sentences, concrete details, commentary!. WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT:. Take out your Leopard Man article and thesis statement work. . Every paragraph you write needs to contain:. Topic . Sentences . Read over your comments. 1. Look on the close reading. 2. Look on the outline. 3. Look on the paper and at the end of the paper. .. When you are done, answer the following question in your comp book:. Dominant-effect thesis statement driven Commentary. 11 Days To Our Exam. WHAT’S A COMMENTARY AGAIN?. Commentary=close reading and interpretation of a passage presented in essay form. You will demonstrate. Review background info, social context, literary terms (frame tale, characterization, social commentary, allusion). Key Literary Devices. Frame Story. : . Narrative technique in which a main story is written to organize a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story.. AU AND ASSOCIATES, AMY SCHOLL, JULY 2016. (ADAPTED FROM NATIONAL . COUNCIL OF . TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AND RACHEL COOKE OISE UOFT). es Education Solutions/Lindsay McWaters/July 2016. Learning goals. To review the minds on, action, consolidate structure.