Target: to practice scoring a Synthesis essay
1. By group assignment, re-read one of the sources from the Practice Synthesis essay prompt 2007.
2. Each group will discuss
- the main argument/purpose of the text
- the author's credentials
- key diction, details that you might have used (or would use) in your essay
- what other texts in the packet this one "talks to" (either as support or a refutation)
3. Report out and Fill out the graphic organizer together
Pro Con Response
4. Read sample essays, from High to Low on ap central
Discuss in your group: why did each paper receive that score?
5. Now take a look at random student essay. Score it.
6. Get your paper back. Do you agree with the score? Write a defense or a challenge for that particular score. Staple it to your paper and return to me.
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