Constructed

Response

CDC

METHOD

C.D.C.CLAIM DATA

COMMENTARY

CLAIM• A statement you want to prove.

OR• An inference from the text.

OR • A direct answer to a question.

DATA

TEXTUAL SUPPORTEVIDENCE

INFORMATIONFROM THE

TEXT PROOF

COMMENTARY•original thought or analysis•Commentary begins with your data, but combines it with your thoughts or interpretation•Think of commentary as how you spin your data.•Commentary should be original – it should be your new ideas. This is the hardest part because…

You have to actually think!!!!

• Demonstrate that you know the answer to the question.

• Demonstrate that you can incorporate textual textual support with your answer.

• Demonstrate that you can blend the answer, your support with your idea/analysis

Let’s Try It Out!

Author: Beyonce KnowlesText: “Upgrade You”

I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudesThey call shots, I call audiblesJacob the jeweler, baubles, Lorraine Schwartz sorta dudeIt's big balling baby when I'm courting youI'm talking spy bags and fly pads and rooms at the BloombergAnd rumors you on the verge of a new merge'Cause that rock on ya finger is like a tumorYou can't fit ya hand in ya new purseIt's humorous to me they watchingand we just yachting off the island hopping offAmalfi coastMafioso, oh baby you ever seen SaturnNo, not the car but everywhere we areYou sure to see stars.This is high level not eye level,My bezzle courtesy of AudemarsI order yours tomorrow now look at the time I saved youMama let me upgrade you

&WHAT SHOULD YOU

DO FIRST ?

1. READ THE PASSAGE2. MAKE SENSE OF WHAT

YOU KNOW3. TRY TO FIGURE OUT

THE MEANING OF THEPASSAGE

Author: Beyonce KnowlesText: “Upgrade You”

I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudesThey call shots, I call audiblesJacob the jeweler, baubles, Lorraine Schwartz sorta dudeIt's big balling baby when I'm courting youI'm talking spy bags and fly pads and rooms at the BloombergAnd rumors you on the verge of a new merge'Cause that rock on ya finger is like a tumorYou can't fit ya hand in ya new purse

I’m the dope boy that got into the corporate world. The corporate guys may call shots, but I call plays on the field like a quarterback. Allusion

to high end jeweler

Allusion to high end jewelry

When he’s dating her he’s going to be spending a lot of money on her.

Examples of expensive things

He has bought her an engagement ring so big that her hand can’t fit in her purse

Metaphor (rock = diamond)

Simile (like a tumor)

Author: Beyonce KnowlesText: “Upgrade You”

I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudesThey call shots, I call audiblesJacob the jeweler, baubles, Lorraine Schwartz sorta dudeIt's big balling baby when I'm courting youI'm talking spy bags and fly pads and rooms at the BloombergAnd rumors you on the verge of a new merge'Cause that rock on ya finger is like a tumorYou can't fit ya hand in ya new purseIt's humorous to me they watchingand we just yachting off the island hopping offAmalfi coastMafioso, oh baby you ever seen SaturnNo, not the car but everywhere we areYou sure to see stars.This is high level not eye level,My bezzle courtesy of AudemarsI order yours tomorrow now look at the time I saved youMama let me upgrade you

Pretend we’ve completedthe passage

Remember a claim is just something that you know. Anything you have :• Inferred from the

text• Identified as a

literary device• Know the text to

mean

NEXT…Hmmmmmmmm

…

• Jay Z’s verse describes what he can do for a woman.

• Jay Z went from being a drug dealer to being a business man.

• Jay Z makes quick-on the fly decisions.

• Jay Z is willing to spend a lot of money on a woman.

• This verse uses figurative language such as allusions, metaphors and similes.

NEXT…

All of

this is

data

Claim Data Commentary

Jay Z went from being a drug dealer to being a business

man.

“I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudes”

No longer is he a small time drug

dealer, now he is a multimillionaire

businessman that is very successful.

+ +

Jay Z went from being a drug dealer to being a business man. In verse one he states, “I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudes.”No longer is he a small time drug dealer, now he is a multimillionaire businessman that is very successful.

Jay Z went from being a drug dealer to being a business man. In verse one he states, “I be the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudes.”No longer is he a small time drug dealer, now he is a multimillionaire businessman that is very successful.

Be sure

to

introduc

e your

data

Claim

• This verse uses figurative language such as allusions, metaphors and similes.

You Try One: Provide the “Data” and “Commentary”

for this claim

This verse uses figurative language such as allusions, metaphors and similes. For example, he alludes to and “Jacob the jeweler, baubles, Lorraine Schwartz …..” Jacob the Jeweler is a famous jeweler for the stars. Many rappers mention him in their raps as being the source of their fancy chains. Lorraine Schwartz is a high priced luxury jewelry store located in New York. Jay-Z is saying that he is the kind of guy that buys these types of extravagant jewelry.

How’d you do?