Introduction (see/read examples here):
- Hook
- Anecdote
- Description
- Quotation
- Allusion
- Startling Statement
- Claim: Schools do not fulfill the goals of a true education.
Body:
Below is paragraph
two for our in-class synthesis essay.
Annotate the model
paragraph for the following:
- underline two appositive phrases
- underline two compound sentences
- identify each sentence for the type of information
o
signal phrase and evidence
o
commentary
o
counterclaim
o
rebuttal
Another reason why
schools are not fulfilling the goals of education lies within the fault of the
system.1 In his essay
entitled “Learning to Read,” Frederick Douglass, a former slave owned by the Huld family, reiterates this belief as he
retells how he self-taught himself, along with the help of the Mistress Sophia
and the “poor white boys,” for the system of that time often failed to teach everyone, as does the system continue to fail today.2 Some
say, though, that with the popularity of young adult literature and teachers
being trained in Literacy Lab type models, more students are reading
full-length novels than ever before.3 Despite this, however, many students still do
not know on what reading level they read, some graduating several grades below
grade level.4 Another way the school systems fail, as portrayed in
the poetry in the “School Life” chapter in Poems
by Adolescents and Adults, stems from administrators not supporting the
teachers, as narrated in the poem “My Class – Fifth Grade.”5 While teachers may have the heart for their
students, in some districts, leaders issue mandates regarding limits of care
for students; consequently, students suffer due to the loss of food, security,
and emotional support.6 This
idea is also portrayed in the poem relating how teachers and administrators use
the “discipline of the desk” to maintain control of the classroom atmosphere,
again illustrating how many teachers prefer to drill the skills rather than
support the genius.7 Thus,
schools, those institutions of learning, remain at fault for the many methods
used day after day to the pure boredom and detriment of the students.8
Conclusion (see/read samples here):
- Look the Future
- Challenge the Reader
- Pose a Question
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To-Do List
- Use vocab words
- Use compound sentences punctuated in two ways
- Check the No-No List
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