Imbedding Quotes in Academic Writing
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 10
Lesson Length: 1 hour
Keywords/Tags: Embedding Quotes, Embedding Evidence, Embedding, Quotes, Evidence, Writing
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will practice imbedding quotes in their academic writing through the I.C.E method. This lesson will include a YouTube video for students to watch as well as follow up questions regarding the I.C.E method and examples for students to practice weaving their quotes with.

  • Other Learning Intention: Students will imbed evidence in their academic writing in order to support their overall claim through grammatically correct and appropriate citations while maintaining their voice as a writer.
Video : How to integrate quotes into an essay: I.C.E Method
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Resources : I.C.E Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Quiz : I.C.E Method
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

The "I" in the I.C.E method stands for... 

Question #2

The "C" in the I.C.E method stands for... 

Question #3

The "E" in the I.C.E method stands for... 

Question #4
True or False: Your evidence is the core of your argument. 
Question #5
Is this example completed correctly using the I.C.E Method? By refering to him as "Ronnie," Thatcher honors Reagan and shapes his legacy. The use of the nickname shows the close working and personal relationship the two has, thus bolstering Thatcher's credibility to deliver the eulogy of the late American president. 
Reading : Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

[1]      I met a traveller from an antique land
          Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
          Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
          Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
[5]     And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
          Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
          Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
          The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: 
          And on the pedestal these words appear:
[10]   ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
           Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
           Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
           Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
           The lone and level sands stretch far away.” 

Quiz : Ozymandias
Instructions: Read and annotate Ozymadius. Then, answer the guiding questions in order to reveal the theme of Shelley's poem. On the final question, write a constructed response in which you argue the theme of the poem, imbedding at least two pieces of evidence from the poem.
Question #1

Part A: Which statement best epresses the theme of this poem?

Question #2

Part B: Which section from the text best develops the theme identified in Part A?

Question #3

What is the effect of the speaker hearing about this statue from someone else as opposed to seeing it with his own eyes? 

Question #4

For what purpose did the author inclue the inscription on the statue, "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" (Line 11)

Question #5
How does the author use irony to develop the theme of the poem? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.