The Extravagant vision of Sister Antonia McHugh and the Irelands Sisters
The Extravagant vision of Sister Antonia McHugh and the Irelands Sisters
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CARROLL ( Text book : The Catherin" rel="nofollow">ine core reader by Cecilla Konchar farr, martha m. phillips, nancy A. Heitzeg)
In this unit you read two historical selections from The Catherin" rel="nofollow">ine CORE Reader about the early years of
the college and one particularly in" rel="nofollow">influential woman, Sister Antonia McHugh. For this writin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment
you will choose the Carroll (p. 15) or Ryan/Wolkerstorfer (p. 33) essay and write a one-paragraph
summary in" rel="nofollow">in the RTW format. Complete this worksheet in" rel="nofollow">in preparation for writin" rel="nofollow">ing your paragraph. Deposit
both in" rel="nofollow">in the Dropbox by the due date.
STEP 1: Select the readin" rel="nofollow">ing you will summarize and review the annotations or text notes that you wrote
while readin" rel="nofollow">ing it. What were some of the big ideas or impressions that struck you while you read? Did
anythin" rel="nofollow">ing surprise you about these early years? How did the early leaders set the tone for what was to
come? Jot down 8-10 observations about the readin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the space below:STEP 2: Look over your list of ideas and prioritize them. Which 3 of these ideas are the most important,
compellin" rel="nofollow">ing or in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing? State each of these ideas in" rel="nofollow">in a short phrase below:
1.
2.
3.
STEP 3: Write a Topic Sentence that will in" rel="nofollow">introduce your reader to the big ideas you’ll present in" rel="nofollow">in your
paragraph. To begin" rel="nofollow">in your topic sentence, you may want to use a subordin" rel="nofollow">inatin" rel="nofollow">ing conjunction from the
RTW Essay Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist. For example: Due to Sister Antonia McHugh’s strong leadership, the
College of St. Catherin" rel="nofollow">ine became known for X, Y and Z.
STEP 4: Each of your 3 big ideas, “X, Y and Z,” will become a Claim. For example, maybe one of my big
ideas is about beauty. I would write a complete sentence about this: First, St. Catherin" rel="nofollow">ine has always
been known for the beauty of its St. Paul campus. Next, each claim needs Evidence to back it up. Use a
direct quotation from the book to illustrate the truth of your claim. For the claim about beauty I could
fin" rel="nofollow">ind a sentence that talks about the architectural beauty of the chapel buildin" rel="nofollow">ing, or the attention that is
paid to the landscapin" rel="nofollow">ing of the pond and flowers. Put the sentence in" rel="nofollow">in quotation marks followed by the
page number in" rel="nofollow">in parentheses, followed by a period to end that sentence. You can use a signal phrase to
in" rel="nofollow">introduce the quotation: Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Carroll, “Blah blah blah” (p. 17). Fin" rel="nofollow">inally, each claim also needs a
Rationale sentence, which follows the quote. Why is this in" rel="nofollow">information important? What is significant
about it? The rationale sentence is where you get to in" rel="nofollow">interpret/expand/connect the in" rel="nofollow">information. My
rationale for this example might be how this attention to beauty sends a message about excellence or
high standards to anyone who comes to campus. Your rationale connects directly to the claim and
evidence for the CER (Claim—Evidence—Rationale) set. Use this process for all 3 of your big ideas. ( Must have a total of 9 column) claim 1, evidence, rationale claim 2, evidence,rationale, claim 3, evidence 3, rationale 3
STEP 5: Now you need a Concludin" rel="nofollow">ing Sentence to wrap up the paragraph. Briefly acknowledge the big
ideas that you discussed in" rel="nofollow">in the paragraph, but say it in" rel="nofollow">in a slightly new way. It will be an echo of the Topic
Sentence, and puts a nice fin" rel="nofollow">inishin" rel="nofollow">ing touch on your paragraph. ( concludin" rel="nofollow">ing sentence in" rel="nofollow">in column) STEP 6: Now you are ready to pull all of these sentences in" rel="nofollow">into your RTW paragraph. There will be 11
sentences: Topic Sentence + 3 CER sets + Concludin" rel="nofollow">ing Sentence. It helps your reader to in" rel="nofollow">include transition
words before each claim; it calls attention to the movement from one big idea to the next. You can use
simple transitions like “first, second, third” – or you can provide more variety. “The next defin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing
characteristic of Sister Antonia’s leadership is . . . “
STEP 7: You must in" rel="nofollow">include a Reference for the quoted material. This will in" rel="nofollow">include the author and title of the selection, along with the full citation for The Catherin" rel="nofollow">ine CORE Reader book. You can use either APA
or MLA citation style, whichever is preferred by your academic program. Most of the programs at St.
Kate’s Min" rel="nofollow">inneapolis campus use APA. Information on how to cite sources usin" rel="nofollow">ing either format is located
under the Resources Module.