Should Jackie go to juvenile hall? Analyze and prove your opinion.

Show your analytical writing skills by making a claim about Jackie's innocence (or lack thereof).  Prove that you are right with cold, hard evidence.  Use the Analytical Structure.

Your claim should come in the form of:
Jackie ______ the most responsible for the theft because _____________________________.  
Then, prove that you are right using the evidence from the testimonials and witness report.

Facts from Jackie's case

Analytical Paragraph Structure (11-14 sentences)

Example for analyzing the theme/meaning of a text

      -Claim (Clearly this text is about              because             )

        Set up the evidence

      -Evidence (a quote, word, or phrase from the text is a clue to the text’s meaning)

-Explanation (what does the evidence mean in your own words, how does it fit into the overall text?)

-Analysis (how does your example prove that the text is about what you say it’s about?)

  Transition to next piece of evidence

      -Evidence (a quote, word or phrase from the text is a clue to the poem’s meaning)

-Explanation (what does the evidence mean in your own words, how does it fit into the overall text?)

Analysis (how does your example prove that your text is about what you say it’s about?)

 Transition to next piece of evidence

      -Evidence (a quote, word or phrase from the text is a clue to the text’s meaning)

-Explanation (what does the evidence mean in your own words, how does it fit into the overall text?)

-Analysis (how does your example prove that your text is about what you say it’s about?)

-Concluding Statement (Connect all main points of the paragraph back to the claim)

Here are a couple sentence stems for examples that your group might find helpful:

In line (paragraph, page, etc.) # ____, the author used the word (or phrase) __________ .

            The author chose to use words like ___________ which are often associated with

__________.                                    

     (topic)

When the author chose to use words like _______, she/he clearly wanted the reader to think about __________.

             (topic)

Phrases and words to use in analysis sentences:

            This proves that this text is about __________ because…

            This demonstrates that the author wanted the reader to think about __________

while reading this text because ____________…

The author obviously intended for the reader to think/feel __________because…

indicates            illustrates            demonstrates            proves            signifies                    reflects

implies            refers to            suggests                  reveals                        means (careful!)       shows