Our Goals Brain warm-ups Songs Brainstorm ideas for your FORMAL
ESSAY
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BRAIN WARM-UPS Get into groups of FOUR Find a partner Each card
is a different colour: BLUE RED BLACK Each colour corresponds to a
circle on the other side, with letters in it. 1.Stack the cards
face down in the middle of the table. 2.Someone in your group needs
to be the card flipper. 3.Your pair has to figure out the word
before the other pair to win the card. 4.The first pair to win 10
cards wins!
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Your songs!
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FORMAL ESSAY IntroductionWhat point are you trying to make? Why
are your ideas important? What are you arguing? 200 words BodyYour
first idea/argument225 words Your second idea/argument225 words
Your third idea/argument225 words ConclusionTime to summarise your
essay and end it!125 words
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Introduction What point are you trying to make? What are you
arguing? Why are your ideas important? 200 words 1.Pick a theme to
base your essay on. 2.Brainstorm! Come up with at least THREE
examples of this theme in the novel. 3.Develop an awesome, specific
idea, or argument, for your essay.
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To Kill a Mockingbird: THEMES
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To Kill a Mockingbird THEME: ___________________________
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To Kill a Mockingbird: THEMES Isolation
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To Kill a Mockingbird THEME: Isolation Characters: - Arthur
(Boo) Radley - Mayella Ewell - Tom Robinson Poverty -Ewell family
-Reputation -House -Depression -Cycle of poverty Race - Black
versus White - Racism -Inequality -Stereotyping Physical Isolation
-Since teenage years -Reputation/stereotyping -House -Depression
Maycomb County -Small town -Recovering from Great Depression
-Significant part of the novel not just a place
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IntroductionWhat point are you trying to make? That stereotypes
can isolate people who belong to minority groups (people that are
different). Why are your ideas important? Because this type of
isolation still happens today. What are you arguing? 200 words
Body1. Boo Radley Social and Physical Isolation.225 words 2.
Mayella Ewell social isolation due to poverty (cant go to school,
bad reputation, etc). 225 words 3. Tom Robinson social isolation by
skin colour/race (he is guilty only because he is not white.
Prejudice against people of colour). 225 words ConclusionDO THIS
LAST!125 words
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Next Steps Develop an awesome, specific, idea/argument. For
example: In the coming-of-age novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper
Lee powerfully analyzes the theme of isolation and its causes
through several of the characters in the novel. Find some
contemporary examples of social isolation due to poverty, racism
and mental illness / victim of abuse. SNEEZE OUT a first draft of
your introduction for tomorrows class.