1. What do you say when you are
comforting a grammar Nazi?
EWRT 2
Class 2

2. There, their,
they’re. It will all be
ok….
What do you say
when you are
comforting a
grammar Nazi?

3. AGENDA
Vocabulary Test #1
A few haiku
Discussion: A Game of Thrones
Arguing with FREECASH
In-class writing
Contest: Content
How to write a QHQ

4. VOCABULARY TEST #1
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE EXAM
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
amethyst
bailey
baluster
barbican
caparison
coffer
coif
crannog
crenel
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
crofter
cursory
damask
deft
doublet
doughty
eyrie
gibbet
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
W.
X.
Y.
Z.
gorget
hauberk
hummock
Insipid
islet
lithe
pommel
puissant
rondel

5. STUDENT HAIKU
Using your sister
To gain the power to rule;
Evil within love
Fur as white as snow
on an emblem of gray hide;
The outcasted Ghost.
The King’s Hand is Dead
A Poisoned Drink Could it Be?
Cersei’s Depraved Plot
For the family,
I will marry creepy gold.
Winter is coming.

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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
Can you
support
your
ideas and
opinions?

7. EDDARD STARK
Clear, cold,
summer ends.
Father does his
tyrant job.
Bran learns his
lesson.
The cold
approaches.
Dead bodies litter
the ground.
The Others are
here.

8. WHAT DO YOU SAY?
Is it right (honorable, moral, fair) that Eddard Stark
cuts off Gared’s head?

9. JON SNOW
His name is Jon
Snow
The book uses the
term bastard
Ghost is his dire
wolf.
Roaring flames,
young squires
Drunken
summerwine chatter;
O! The Bastard’s life!

10. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Is it fair that Eddard Stark brings Jon home to be raised by his
wife, Catelyn?
Some would argue taking responsibility for Jon is honorable.
Some might say he dishonors his wife.

11. ARYA STARK
Arya loathes her
summer sewing
circle -- yet
covets her needle.
Oh tomboy Arya,
Back to your needle
and thread!
Swords are not for
girls.

12. Is it fair that Arya is forced to do needle
point when she really wants to practice
with the boys?

13. SIBLINGS AND SEX
Bran knows a secret
Does not allow him
to see
Wanted dead or
alive?.
Awake the dragon
The dragon’s sister calls
him
The throne room calls
him
The blood line is pure,
but the heart is
corrupted.
It needs salvation.

14. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Jaime and Cersei have a sexual relationship.
Daenerys assumed she would marry her brother.
Is incest wrong?

15. ARGUING: IT IS MORE THAN AN OPINION
When you argue a position, you need to give reasons and
support for your opinion.
Think of reasons as the main points supporting your opinion. Often they
answer the question “Why do you think so?” For example, if you assert among
friends that you value a certain movie highly, one of your friends might ask,
“Why do you like it so much?” And you might answer, “Because it has
challenging ideas, unusual camera work, and memorable acting.”
Similarly, you might oppose restrictions on students’ use of offensive language
at your college because such restrictions would make students reluctant to
enter into frank debates, because offensive speech is hard to define, and
because restrictions violate the free-speech clause of the First Amendment.
These “because phrases” are your reasons.
Adapted from The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing

16. GENERATING “REASONS” WITH
FREECASH
Often, we know how we feel, but sometimes we don’t know exactly why we feel
the way we do. This makes it hard to come up with reasons to support our
opinions. Sometimes, when we think about an issue, we realize that we have
an opinion that someone else gave us, or an opinion that is popular because it
is traditional.
Generating reasons by investigating an issue helps us understand how or why
we support an opinion. It helps to keep an open mind while doing this exercise.
If nothing else, arguing both sides helps us understand other opinions so we
can argue against them.
FREECASH is a tool that can sometimes help us think through an issue

17. FREECASH
 F= Freedom, Fairness, Legality, Human Rights,
Social Justice
 R = Religion, Morality, Ethics
 E = Economics, Monetary Issues, Finances,
Expenses
 E = Environment (types of environments = natural,
rural, urban, workplace, home, school, etc.)
 C = Convenience, Comfort
 A = Appearance, Aesthetics
 S = Safety, Security
 H = Health, Well Being (types of health =
individual, societal, mental, physical, emotional,
or spiritual.)

18. IS IT RIGHT (HONORABLE, MORAL, FAIR) THAT
EDDARD STARK CUTS OFF GARED’S HEAD?
Yes, Stark should have
cut of f his head!
 F: It was fair: Gared knew the
consequences of deser ting
his post
R:
E
E
C
A
S: Gared was responsible for
the safety and security of
the people of the kingdom.
He failed to do his duty.
H






No, Stark had no right
to cut of his head.
 F: Gared should have been
free to choose to leave the
night’s watch.
 R: It is morally wrong to
deprive a person of life
E
E
C
A
S
H

19. IN-CLASS WRITING:
Pick an issue to brainstorm with
FREECASH
You may use one of those we discussed
in class, or you may pick another topic
that suits the writing exercise.

20. FREECASH
1. Is it right (honorable, moral, fair) that
Eddard Stark cuts off Gared’s head?
2. Is it fair that Eddard Stark brings Jon
home to be raised by his wife,
Catelyn?
3. Is it fair that Arya is forced to do
needle point when she really wants to
practice with the boys?
4. Is incest wrong?

21. FREECASH
 F= Freedom, Fairness, Legality, Human Rights,
Social Justice
 R = Religion, Morality, Ethics
 E = Economics, Monetary Issues, Finances,
Expenses
 E = Environment (types of environments = natural,
rural, urban, workplace, home, school, etc.)
 C = Convenience, Comfort
 A = Appearance, Aesthetics
 S = Safety, Security
 H = Health, Well Being (types of health =
individual, societal, mental, physical, emotional,
or spiritual.)

22. CONTEST #2
Q 1 . What happens to Will, the point of view
character from the prologue?
a. He eats a poisonous mushroom and
hallucinates the rest of the book
b. He is killed by snow zombies
c. He becomes a high school Spanish
teacher and begins a glee club
d. Trick question! His name isn’t Will
Q 2. What is the Stark family’s symbol?
a. Direwolf
b. A crest with a lion, eagle, badger, and
snake inter twined around an H
c. Sparrow
d. Crow
Q 3. What is Needle?
a. Brain surger y that they give Bran while
he’s in a coma
b. The tower that Bran falls from
c. Bran’s direwolf
d. The sword that Jon gives Ar ya
Q 3. Who tells Bran that “winter is
coming”?
a.Jaime—right before he throws
Bran from the tower
b.Aslan, in warning of the coming
of the White Witch
c. A three-eyed crow while he’s in a
coma
d.Eddard, in reference to Bran’s
maturing
Q 4. When do the dragon eggs
hatch?
a. When King Rober t order s an
assassinati on on Daener ys
b. When Daener ys burns Mirri alive
c. When Hagrid puts them in the
fireplace
d. When Daener ys sits on them to
keep them warm

23. THE QHQ
Thinking
about
writing

24. H OW D O I K NOW WH AT I TH INK UNTIL I SE E WH AT I SAY ?
- - E .M . FORST E R
Each text we study will provide material for response writing called a
QHQ (Question-Hypothesis-Question). The QHQ requires students to have
second thoughts, that is, to think again about questions that arise
during their reading and to write about questions that are meaningful to
them.
Begin your QHQ by formulating some question you have about some
aspect of the reading. The first question in the QHQ may be one
sentence or longer, but its function is to frame your QHQ writing. A
student might start with a question like, “Why does Gared run away
instead of returning to the wall? Or, “Why is Catelyn so mean to Jon?” A
student might even write, “Why am I having so much trouble
understanding this story?”

25. After you pose your initial question, focus on a close reading of
the text in search of a hypothesis. This hypothesis section
comprises the body of your text. The student who asked about
Gared might refer to passages about the wall in the text,
comparing and contrasting them to other instances of fear or
desertion with which he or she is familiar. The student who asked
about Catelyn might connect passages associated with her
relationship to Eddard. The student who struggled to understand
the text might explore those passages whose meanings were
obscure or difficult to understand, connecting them to other
novels and/or cultural texts. Use textual evidence to demonstrate
why you believe you have found an answer.
After carefully exploring your initial question (250-400 words), put
forward another question, one that has sprung from your
hypothesis. This will be the final sentence of your QHQ and will
provide a base for further reflection into the text.

26. The QHQ is designed to help you formulate your response to the texts we study
into clearly defined questions and hypotheses that can be used as a basis for
both class discussion and longer papers. The QHQ can be relatively informal
but should demonstrate a thoughtful approach to the material. While your
responses need to be organized and coherent, because you will sharing them
in class, the ideas they present may be preliminary and exploratory.
Remember, a QHQ is not a summary or a report—it is an original, thoughtful
response to what you have read. All QHQs should be posted on the website the
by 5 pm the evening before the class for which they are due. This will give both
me and other students time to ponder your ideas and think about appropriate
responses. Moreover, this sharing of material should provide plenty of fodder
for essays. Even though you have posted your QHQ, you should bring a copy of
it to class in order to share your thoughts and insights and to stimulate class
discussion.

27. HOMEWORK
Read: A Game of Thrones through page
200.
Post #2: Use the ideas you generated with
the FREECASH method to write
paragraphs about two (or more) sides of
one issue.
Post #3: QHQ: A Game of Thrones: from
pages 0-200
Study Vocabulary (Test next class)