2P1
-essay assignment handed out
-rough copy due next Friday
-good copy due next Monday or Tuesday
-movie poster due Tuesday
Next Week
-poetry
4U1
-finished watching A Man For All Seasons
Homework
-write the poetry essay
-rough copy due Monday
Next Week
-bring A Man For All Seasons text, we start to read
Hints for the Essay
Introduction
-open with a general lead (rhetorical question, anecdote, startling statement, famous quote) that grabs our attention and hints at the topic/thesis of the essay
-transition that links the lead with the thesis and mentions the poet and the "title of poem"
-thesis - your argument broken down into one sentence that connects the poem to the theme to the approach you've chosen
Body Paragraphs
-use transition phrases (especially when linking your points in the body paragraphs and in your concluding sentences
-for a good list go to: http://www.smart-words.org/transition-words.html
-must have 3 PPEs (3 supports, explained) in each body paragraph
-body paragraph #1 is a formalistic approach (your interpretation of the theme, based on a careful analysis of the poem)
-body paragraph #2 is another approach (feminist/archetyp/hist.bio/moral); hopefully this approach supports/connects to the claim made in the first paragraph (ie what you though the theme to be)
Conclusion
-begin with a tranisition, restate the thesis, add a so what? and, to create parallel structure, return to the idea used in the lead
FYI
-use Echoes as your MLA entry (its an anthology)
-remember to try and blend your words with the lines from the poem (a quote should never be its own sentence)
-never, ever refer to the essay as something that is ALIVE ie in this essay... or this quote proves... or this point shows
GOOD LUCK!
-essay assignment handed out
-rough copy due next Friday
-good copy due next Monday or Tuesday
-movie poster due Tuesday
Next Week
-poetry
4U1
-finished watching A Man For All Seasons
Homework
-write the poetry essay
-rough copy due Monday
Next Week
-bring A Man For All Seasons text, we start to read
Hints for the Essay
Introduction
-open with a general lead (rhetorical question, anecdote, startling statement, famous quote) that grabs our attention and hints at the topic/thesis of the essay
-transition that links the lead with the thesis and mentions the poet and the "title of poem"
-thesis - your argument broken down into one sentence that connects the poem to the theme to the approach you've chosen
Body Paragraphs
-use transition phrases (especially when linking your points in the body paragraphs and in your concluding sentences
-for a good list go to: http://www.smart-words.org/transition-words.html
-must have 3 PPEs (3 supports, explained) in each body paragraph
-body paragraph #1 is a formalistic approach (your interpretation of the theme, based on a careful analysis of the poem)
-body paragraph #2 is another approach (feminist/archetyp/hist.bio/moral); hopefully this approach supports/connects to the claim made in the first paragraph (ie what you though the theme to be)
Conclusion
-begin with a tranisition, restate the thesis, add a so what? and, to create parallel structure, return to the idea used in the lead
FYI
-use Echoes as your MLA entry (its an anthology)
-remember to try and blend your words with the lines from the poem (a quote should never be its own sentence)
-never, ever refer to the essay as something that is ALIVE ie in this essay... or this quote proves... or this point shows
GOOD LUCK!
