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Writing Workshop 5 (continued)
SOAPSTone
Speaker:
What does the reader know about the writer?
Occasion:
What are the circumstances surrounding this text?
Audience:
Who is the target audience?
Purpose:
Why did the author write this text?
Subject:
What is the topic?
Tone:
What is the writer’s attitude toward the subject?
The writer is critical of wealthy people who do not share their wealth.
“I teach geometry, humanities and film to a wonderful, ethnically and economically diverse public high school in New York City.”
“In all of my classes, I push my students to develop a sense of social justice. I ask them to consider how resources can be distributed fairly in our society and what responsible citizens can do to give back.”
“. . . many people haven’t yet realized the power they have to change lives.”
“On the way home from school I noticed the front page of the Daily News. Derek Jeter had just signed a $189 million contract to play baseball in the Bronx.”
“When I see the profound impact education has on the lives of my students and, by extension, the larger social fabric, I wonder why those who have so much don’t do more for our kids.”
“I’m sure that Mr. Jeter has lots of demands on his money. . . But I wonder if he realizes that if he wanted to, he could build a new public school. . . He could change the lives of the thousands of Bronx kids who root for him. . .”
Analysis
Sample responses:
The writer teaches school in a public school in New York City.
4 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 8
Check Your Understanding
In order to create his argument, Lupinacci spends a great deal time providing us anecdotal evidence from his teaching career. Is this effective? What other evidence could he have provided to strengthen his claims?
Textual Support
His students ask him why wealthy people do not give back more.
All people, but particularly wealthy people such as wealthy sports figures.
The writer read in the news that an athlete got a big paying contract.
Why wealthy people do not give more to help those people not wealthy.
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