Goal: Students will discuss and analyze the theme of the story
Teacher/ students will review their notes/ inferences
-Students will answer the following questions:
DEADLINES:
Paragraph 1 of essay is due today on www.turnitin.com
Tuesday, 11/24- turn in your rough draft to www.turnitin.com
Essay:
Quotation analysis:
Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."
How does this author use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story? (If you look closely, you will see that the author refers to pride several times after this quote. Each time, he is referring back to the original quote.)
**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above. Next, find several references of "Pride." Why does the author continuously refer to pride throughout the story? What does pride mean to him?
Explain the quote using examples from the story.
(You may write in first or third person. If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You are the narrator)
This should be a 1 1/2 - 2 page entry.
Remember, you are explaining the quote and analyzing the mind frame of the narrator.
Worksheet:
Students will complete structure worksheet
**Journal and worksheet - due on Friday
Closure: How does the narrator's pride influence his expectations of his brother?
Assessment: Discussion/ Questions/ chart/ worksheet
Assessment: Discussion/ Questions/ chart/ worksheet
Standards:
R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language
Student Name: ___________________________
5 Paragraph Essay
INTRODUCTION
Write a sentence that will capture your audience’s attention (motivator). ____________________________________________________________________________________
Write your brief transitional background information: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Write your thesis statement
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Write the three parts of your blueprint either in one or three sentences
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Body Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence (first point in your blueprint)
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3 specific examples: Provide details and support your topic sentence/ blueprint
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Summary/ overview
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Transition to next
paragraph____________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence (first point in your blueprint)
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3 specific examples: Provide details and support your topic sentence/ blueprint
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Summary/ overview
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Transition to next paragraph____________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence (first point in your blueprint)
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3 specific examples: Provide details and support your topic sentence/ blueprint
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Summary/ overview
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Transition to next paragraph____________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion:
Summary of each point
Overview of thesis/ proven point
Final details
Concluding Sentence
