LESSON 54: HONORSStarting your essay and stuff.

Get out TKAM book, EA 5.2 packet, stuff to write with and on.

Turn in theme focus pages to tray(Education/Gender)

All missing work turned in by end ofthe week for HALF CREDIT

STEP BY STEP

Goal is to work through each step in the process of the essay as a primitive “first draft” that is a series of questions answered

Keep all materials…potential extra credit…

STEPS 1-5

Complete steps 1-5 first and have it checked with me

Biggest suggestion: rewrite multiple versions of your thesis statement before settling on one for the time being

Step 1: Theme TopicStep 2: What is being shown about your topic?Step 3: Choose Lit ElementStep 4: Why is it all important?Step 5: Take all the above and turn into your thesis

STEP 6

Find a significant passage in the novel, 2-4 paragraphs, that truly exemplifies your theme

Complete a close reading of this passage, taking notes on significant moments in the passage, What stands out to help argue your thesis, what you can infer from the text on a deeper level

STEP 7 (PLUS SOME ADDITIVES) FOR HOMEWORKChoose two significant quotes from your longer passage that will be your pieces of evidence for your essay

Fold a separate sheet of paper in half, hot dog style.

Write the quotes at the top of the page on either side of the line

Fill the remaining space—and onto the back—with your beginning COMMENTARY. Why are these quotes important? Reflect on the significance, what they say about your theme and your thesis, and how they contribute to the novel as a whole.

STEPS 8-14

We’ll work on in class some more to hammer down excellent body paragraphs next lesson