Unscrambling a Précis

Goal: Learn how to create a rhetorical précis.

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress Update
Learn what a rhetorical précis is.
Play unscramble the précis

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Rhetorical Précis:
"A Rhetorical Précis, pronounced (pray-see), is a summary or abstract of a work. The Rhetorical Précis has a rigidly specific format.... It is important that you follow the format carefully. This is not an easy task. But it is a crucial step towards building critical reading ability...." (Oregonstate.edu)

Unscrambling a Precis: 

1. Use THIS LINK to get a copy of a doc with a rhetorical précis. (Do not share it.)
2. The sentences on this doc are out of order. 
3. Rearrange them until you have a correct précis. 
4. Note: Our example chart has FOUR sentences, but the précis you will unscramble has FIVE. Decide which two sentences should be combined and re-write them into one sentence. 
5. Copy and paste your CORRECTED précis into your English Journal. (You will need it as an example for writing one on your own soon.)

Reminders: 

• Be sure your corrected précis is pasted into your English Journal, dated 12/10/18.
• Keep reading. You should be on Book #5 by now.