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How is an effective thesis more like a spoon than a fork?

OBJECTIVES

Students will: Construct a solid thesis for their

compare/contrast poetry essays and work to develop and support that thesis

Evaluate example comparison essays

DUE DATES TO REMEMBER Rough Draft of Step 3 due in class on

3/29 Othello cards and questions due 3/31 Vocab Quiz due 3/31 by 2:30 pm Final Draft of Step 3 due by 2:30 pm on

4/4Save to essay folder: Last_F_Step3_Final

Practice AP Exam on 4/5Meet in Media Center after homeroom

Which of these examples embraces the spoon philosophy?

  In Kate Chopin's, The Awakening, the themes of freedom

and isolation are pervasive throughout the book.

Although Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, Spring, and Julia Alvarez’s poem, SPRING, AT LAST!, contrast each other sharply, one image stands out among the rest: the crocus. Each author finds a way to manipulate this simple springtime flower into a symbol that represents their opposite views on the subject of simple beauty.

In Kate Chopin's The Awakening, the themes of freedom and isolation are pervasive throughout the book, as demonstrated through Edna's attire, her decision to move to the "pigeon-house", and her ultimate suicide.

  Through its contrasting river and shore scenes, Twain's

Huckleberry Finn suggests that to find the true expression of American democratic ideals, one must leave "civilized" society and go back to nature.

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Trade theses with someone. Read and explain which elements of a spoon thesis they have satisfied and which they might need to strengthen.

OBJECTIVES

Students will:Evaluate example comparison essays

FIND THE “8”!1. Using the scoring guidelines, find the

essay that your group feels is an “8.” As you work, fill out the evaluation chart that allows you to compare the three side-by-side

2. Check out the rubric for our assignment: Based on your group’s outline, and the assignment rubric, what score do you think you’d receive? Discuss, decide, and defend.