The Sociology of a Leopard Man

Houses 2H Assignment

Deadline: 9/29/15

Part I: Dissect the Prompt (Thursday)

FA/TWPrompt:

Inwhat
waysisLeopardMannotaconformist?
Cite

textualevidencetosupportyourclaim.

Do/WhatPromptAnalysis(Whatisthepromptasking?Whatarethespecificwritingtasks?):
1. First,createatchartwithDoonthetopleftandWhatonthetopright.
2. Next,
circledirectivewordsintheprompt
(verbslikeevaluate,analyze,infer,comp/cont)(
Reminder:notall
verbsinagivenpromptgivedirections/assignwritingtasks&sometimesverbsare
implied
),andthen
add
themtotheDocolumnofthetchart.
3. Now
underlinewhattheDoverbsareaskingthemtoperform
(i.e.youcircledanalyze,nowyoull
underlinewhattheyresupposedtoanalyze),thenaddtheunderlinedportiontotheWhatcolumnofthetchart.
4. Finally,youcountthetasksthatthepromptisaskingyoutoperform(sometimesoneDo,sayanalyze,will
includemultipletasks:analyzesettingandcharacterization)
(Idea:drawboxesforeachtaskandthenputacheckineachboxasyoucomposeyourthesisstatementstoensureyou
addresseachtask.)

DOWHAT
ExplainWaysLMisnotaconformist
CiteTextualevidenc3

TomLeppard
(shownabove)
Part 2: Preview & Read the ERWC Text (Thursday, finish for HW)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Whatdotheimagesabovebringtoyourmind?Whatareyour
firstimpressions
oftheLeopardMan?Whydo
youthinkhesdonethis?(answerthesequestionsinyourMIND)
Step1ofthe
AnnotationGuidelines
askusto
Identifyauthor,title,publisher/source,&publicationdateonthetop
ofpage.Letsdothatfirst.
Doyour
1stRead
ofthetext(providedintheblueERWCPacket).Theparagraphsarealreadynumberedfor
you,sojust
readit
AND
boxunknownwords
(definethemtoo!).
Nowdivebackintothetextforyour
2ndRead
(focusedskimming).Circlekeyterms/concepts&underline

5.

mainideas/claimsWITHAPENCIL!NOHIGHLIGHTING!
Onceyouvefinished,brieflyanswerthesequestionsbelow(takeonlyafewminutesonthis...justjotdownyour
thoughts...nothingfancy!):
Whataboutthisguysurprisedyou?
Thefacthewouldgethisentirebodytattooed,andlivealone.

Whatdoesthisauthorthinkaboutpeoplewithtattoosandpiercings?Whydoeshehavethese
opinions?
Hethinksthattheysaytheydontneedpeoplesapprovalbuttheylongforitasmuchasanyoneelse.

HowisLeopardMandifferentfromothertattooedandpiercedpeople?
Hedoesitforonlyhim,andbecausehelikesitandhelivesalone.

AccordingtoFeys,whatkindofpeopledoessocietyfear?Why?
Theyfearlonersbecausetheydontseektheapprovalofothersandtheyonlycareaboutwhatmakes
themhappy.

Atthispoint,whatareYOURopinionsoftheauthorsmainpointsofar?Whatpartsconfuse
you?Why?
Iagreewithhimaboutpeoplewhosaytheydontcareaboutsocietywantingattentionmorethan
anyone.

Part 3: Learn about Ethos, Pathos, & Logos (Thursday HW)

Watchthe
video
(postedonGoogleClassroomtoo)inordertoreviewthesethree
persuasiveappeals
.Theremaybea
miniquizinclasstomorrowcoveringthesethreeappeals...

Part 4: Re-Read It & Annotate Further (Friday)

1.

Revisityourannotationsfromyour
1st&

2ndRead
.Comparewithyourtablemates&debateaccuracy!

2.

Nowletschunk&writeinthemarginswiththese
specific
instructions:

*LeftMargin
:beforewritingasummarystatementontheleft(asyour
HSS/ELAAnnotationGuidelines
suggest),
Ineedyoutofirst
CHUNK
thetext
basedon
thefollowing.LABELthechunktoshowwhatishappeninginthat
chunk&THENsummarizeit.Hereareyour5CHOICES:
introduction
issueorproblembeingaddressed
authorsmainarguments
authorsexamples
conclusion

*RightMargin:
foreachchunk,writeyourthoughtsandreactionstowhattheauthorissaying
(agreeordisagree)andwhatyoupersonallythinkabouttheinformationinthetext

BereadytoCOMPAREwithyourtablemates!

3.Onthetopofyourarticle,decidewhatthe
LanguageFunction/Purposeo
fthistextwasandlabelit.

*Step10willbedonelateronaspartofaseparatelesson

Part 5: in-Class Scholarly Group Discussion (Friday)

1.

TOGETHER,youaregoingtoANALYZEthethreepersuasiveappealsusedinthistextbyansweringthe
questionsbelowforeachappeal.Wewillsplituptheanalysisandshareouttotherestoftheclass.

Questionstoanswerabouthis
LogicalA
ppeal(
LOGOS)

Whatarethemajorclaimsorassertionsmadeinthisreading?Doyouagreewiththeauthorsclaimthatpeople
whotrytolookdifferentarereallylookingforattentionandapprovalfromsociety?Explainyouranswer.
Mostantisocialfreaksintheirobsessionwithdisplayingtheirfreakishnessarejustasdependentonothersopinions.I
agreetoanextentnoteveryonebutyoumuststillwantsocietytoatleastnoticethemeveninabadway.

Doanyclaimsappeartobeweakorunsupported?Whichones?Whatmakesyouthinktheyareunsupported?
HisclaimaboutLeopardManbeinghappywithhislifestyle.Hegaveaquoteandthenjustmovesonwithoutevengoing
intoitreally.

Whatcounterargumentsdoestheauthornotconsider?
(counterarguments,remember,arewhentheauthorpresents
theothersidesviewpointsinordertothendisputethem)
Hedoesntconsiderthepeoplewithtattoosthatactuallydodoitforthemselvesonlynotsociety.

Doyouthinktheauthorhasleftsomethingoutonpurpose?Explain.
Yes,heleftouttheminorityofpeoplewhodoitonlyforthemselvesbecauseitwouldruintheauthorsarguments.

Questionstoanswerabouthis
EmotionalA
ppeal(
PATHOS
):
Howdoesthispieceaffectyouemotionally?Explain.(thismaybeanindividualresponse)
ItdoesntreallyaffectmeatalleitherwaybecauseIdontreallyhavefeelingstowardsconformists.

Doyouthinktheauthoristryingtomanipulatethereadersemotions?Inwhatways?Atwhatpoints?
Hestryingtomanipulatethereadersbygivinghisownopinionsinveryextremeways.

Doestheauthorusehumor?Howdoesthataffectyouracceptanceofhisideas?
Hedoesntreallyusehumor,itmakesyouaccepthisideasbetterandmoreserious.

Questionstoanswerabout
Credibility(
ETHOS

):
Istheauthorknowledgeableonthissubject?Howdoyouknow?
Hedoesntseemknowledgeablebecauseallofhisclaimsareopinionatedandbiased.

Whatdoestheauthorslanguagetellthereaderabouthim?
Thathedoesntknowtoomanyfactsaboutthesubject.

Doestheauthorseemtrustworthy?Whyorwhynot?
Hisopinionbasedargumentsdiscreditedhim.

Doestheauthorseemserious?Inwhatways?
Histoneseemslikehesserious,howeverhisopinionssortofruinit.

Nowthatweveread,annotated,discussed,andanalyzedthisexpositorytext,wearereadytowriteaboutit.
Thenextpartofourunitwillhelpyoul
earnhowto
writeanE
FFECTIVETHESISSTATEMENT
.

Carefully
ripoutthearticlefromyourERWCpacketandkeepitwiththispacket.Youllturnitallinsoon.
Ifyoudont,theguybelowisgoingtocomeafteryou)

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