Breaking Down a Prompt

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The Jabberwock – Lewis Carol

• Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

• "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood awhile in thought

• And as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back.

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

1.

• Read it!...More than once!

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

2.

• Break it!–Arrange the

prompt so you understand it

• …• …• …

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

• Analyze• Oppression• Give Examples

• I need to write about how the cartoon shows oppression then I need to come up with examples about it that show why.

3.

• Identify it!... what the question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

• State facts – the questioner already knows the cartoon shows oppression, so I don’t have to convince them

4.

• Direct it! ……who will be reading your answer and why?–Gear your

answers and tone toward your audience

VS.

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

• Who will be reading this and why?–My teacher! I better

use my best student vocabulary, because she will be wanting to see that I know what I’m talking about

5.

• Plan it!–Make an outline

and jot some notes

• Beginning – restate the question

• Middle–Detail/Example– ICE–Detail/Example–…

• End – restate the question

Wait! What’s ICE again?? So glad you asked

• I = introduce• C = Cite• E = Explain

• Analyze this political cartoon. How is this artist representing oppression? Give specific examples from the cartoon to support your answer.

• Beginning: This political cartoon represents oppression by showing how the government can sometimes disturb the peaceful protests.

• Middle:– (ICE oppression definition) and tell how it

shows oppression because oppression means something that is unjust treatment by authority

– The soldier’s faces are angry and the dove’s face looks scared

– The dove is a symbol of peace and the soldiers are symbols of authority

• End: This shows that the artist is representing how governments can sometimes disturb peace.

6.

• Write it!– Now that you’ve

broken down the prompt and planned your answer, you’ll be able to answer the questions clearly without getting lost in your own thoughts.

Your Turn!

• Analyze this article. Explain the type of oppression being discussed in this article. Give examples from the text to support your answer.

1.

• Read it!...More than once!

2.

• Break it!–Arrange the

prompt so you understand it

• …• …• …

3.

• Identify it!... what the question is asking me to do

• Argue my opinion?• State facts?• Respond with my

feelings?

4.

• Direct it! …who will be reading your answer and why?–Gear your

answers and tone toward your audience

VS.

5.

• Plan it!–Make an outline

and jot some notes

• Beginning – restate the question

• Middle–Detail/Example– ICE–Detail/Example–…

• End – restate the question

Wait! What’s ICE again?? So glad you asked

• I = introduce• C = Cite• E = Explain

6.

• Write it!– Now that you’ve

broken down the prompt and planned your answer, you’ll be able to answer the questions clearly without getting lost in your own thoughts.

• ICE