English 9 (Pd 1 & 3):
Act 3, Sc 4, lines 208-382 reading quiz at the start of class. If you missed today’s class and your absence is excused, email me ASAP to set a time to make up an alternate quiz next Tues. If you missed class and your absence is NOT excused, you have earned a zero for this assessment.
Read Act 5, sc 1 in TN.
Note taking: 5 paragraph essay. Students will be preparing essay outlines in class on Tues and writing the in-class essay next Thurs (Jan 15) as the final assessment for our Shakespeare unit. If you missed today’s class, ensure you copy the notes below into your book so you can use them to help you when you write your essay next week.
How To Write a Literary Essay:
The purpose of literary essays is to argue and prove a point about literature (sometimes using one piece of text, sometimes synthesizing two or more texts).
The argument itself is expressed as a THESIS STATEMENT and the proof lies in the body of your essay.
Step 1: Introductory Paragraph
What should it do?
1) engage the reader
2) give a context for your topic – state title(s) and author(s), some background to the literature and some background to the topic
3) express thesis statement
Step 2: Body Paragraphs
Body paragraph ONE: What should it do?
1) start with transition sentence
2) develop first proof in chronological order for thesis statement; give background, state your point in a topic sentence, introduce example, integrate quotation from the piece and relate BACK to thesis statement
3) conclude paragraph
Body Paragraph TWO: What should it do?
1) start with transition sentence
2) develop second proof in chronological order for thesis statement; give background, state your point in a topic sentence, introduce example, integrate quotation from the piece and relate BACK to thesis statement
3) conclude paragraph
Body Paragraph THREE: What should it do?
1) start with transition sentence
2) develop third proof in chronological order for thesis statement; give background, state your point in a topic sentence, introduce example, integrate quotation from the piece and relate BACK to thesis statement
3) conclude paragraph
Step 3: Concluding paragraph
What should it do?
1) start with a transition sentence
2) discuss the logical conclusion of the proofs you have presented in the body paragraphs
3) tie all the loose ends together
4) come up with a strong concluding sentence to end the essay; avoid using a rhetorical question for this and ensure no new information is introduced on the topic in your concluding paragraph
CW 12 (Pd 2):
Journal # 4 (for portfolio): Write about the natural disaster experience you had, never had and/or wish you’d had.
Time to work on micro-fiction project.
English 11CW (Pd 4):
Final graded work block for drafting of TJP alternate ending writing assignment.
Review: properly integrating DIALOGUE into your writing.
Check point #1: students need to show evidence of a minimum of 500 words in their draft by the end of today’s class.
We will be going to the library on Tues (Jan 13) after attendance to type up and print these projects. Full project, including brainstorming, drafting and printed good copy due by the end of class Jan 13th.