1. Read:
2. Watch about Tennessee Williams
3. Read the Glass Menagerie
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Midterm
It's already that time of year: Midterms! So, for this one, you have to write an analysis of the story The Ring by Isak Dinesen (by the way, she is a woman). I want you to write a 5 paragraph essay with quotations both from the story and from outside sources. Use APA format. Work on a good thesis statement and appropriate topic sentences for each paragraph. I want you to work really hard on writing an almost perfect essay. That it's why it is only a 5 paragraph one. The story can be found below. You have to send the essay as a word document to my email. Good luck!
http://www.readfirst.net/ring.html
Grading rubric:
http://www.readfirst.net/ring.html
Grading rubric:
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3
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2
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1
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Thesis
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My thesis is a thoughtful and clear
argument, which makes a unique claim about the novel.
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Acknowledges a counterclaim
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My thesis is a thoughtful argument that
makes an interesting claim about the novel.
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My thesis is an argument that may be
unoriginal, or too simple.
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My thesis is not an argument or it is not
related to my novel.
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Structure of Essay
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My introduction clearly includes a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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My body paragraphs each have a main
idea/topic sentence
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My conclusion clearly summarizes my
argument and makes a link/connection to other texts or ideas.
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My introduction mostly includes a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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Most of my body paragraphs have a main
idea/topic sentence.
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My conclusion summarizes my argument and
tries to make a link/ connection to other texts or ideas.
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My introduction may include a short
summary, my theories and my thesis, but not all of them.
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Some body paragraphs have a main idea/topic
sentence.
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My conclusion almost summarizes my
argument, though it fails to make a connection or there are “loose ends.”
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My introduction may not include a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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Few or none of my body paragraphs have a
main idea/topic sentence.
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My conclusion does not summarize my
argument or brings up new ideas without explanation.
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Evidence
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Each paragraph clearly supports my thesis.
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My body paragraphs each have 2 or more
relevant examples/quotes to support my argument and an
analysis/interpretation of how they support it.
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Each paragraph seems to support my thesis.
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Most of my body paragraphs include 2
relevant examples/quotes to support my argument and an explanation of how
they support it.
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Each paragraph may support my thesis,
though not clearly.
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My body paragraphs include fewer than 2 examples or quotes to
support my argument or they do not explain how the evidence supports it.
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My paragraphs do not support my thesis.
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My body paragraphs do not clearly include evidence
or the evidence is not relevant to the thesis.
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Overall Cohesion
& Thoughtfulness
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Overall, my essay clearly communicates my
thinking about the text and why the issues raised are important.
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My essay shows insight into why those
examples chosen are significant.
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My whole essay flows smoothly with
transitions between thoughts.
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Overall, my essay communicates my thinking
about the text and why the issues raised are important.
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My essay shows why those examples chosen
are significant.
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My essay flows well with transitions
between paragraphs.
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My essay attempts to communicate my
thinking about the text but fails to address why the issues raised are
important.
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My essay attempts to show why those
examples chosen are significant.
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My essay is choppy. The sections feel
separate and do not flow well.
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My essay does not demonstrate my thinking
about issues in the text.
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My examples are mainly re-tellings of parts
of the story
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My essay is choppy. The sections feel
separate and do not flow.
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Grammar and
Editing
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My final draft had less than 3 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I kept my tense consistent throughout the
essay.
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Used MLA citation format for quotes.
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My final draft had between 3 to 6 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I kept my tense mostly consistent
throughout the essay.
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Used some aspect of MLA citation for
quotes.
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My final draft had more than 6 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I had some errors in tense consistency.
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Used one aspect of MLA citations for
quotes.
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My final draft had many more than 6 errors
in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I had many errors in tense consistency.
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Didn’t use MLA citation for quotes.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Week 5
1. Watch:
2. Read:
What do you think
of the narrator? (Blog or FB)
3. Read Feminist approaches:
Example of feminist
analysis:
Answer: how can feminist studies enrich the understanding of literature?
(FB of blog)
Sunday, February 9, 2014
First essay - March 14
The first essay is based on The Glass Menagerie. We will change the due date because we have not watched the play.
The rubric for evaluations is the following:
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-literary-analysis.pdf
Pay attention because at the end of the chart are some reflection questions that you also need to answer.
Remember we use APA for style and format.
The rubric for evaluations is the following:
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-literary-analysis.pdf
Pay attention because at the end of the chart are some reflection questions that you also need to answer.
Remember we use APA for style and format.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Quiz 1
Here is the quiz that was for yesterday.
You have to analyze the following poem by Adrianne Rich:
You have to write a paragraph of at least 15 sentences, using a topic sentence that you will develop in the paragraph. You can analyze form (meter, tone, mood, images, language use, etc.) or content (the idea of poetry, theme, etc). Post your paragraphs here. Dateline: Sunday by midnight.
Tonight No Poetry Will Serve
May 26, 2008
Saw you walking barefoot
taking a long look
at the new moon's eyelid
later spread
sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair
asleep but not oblivious
of the unslept unsleeping
elsewhere
Tonight I think
no poetry
will serve
Syntax of rendition:
verb pilots the plane
adverb modifies action
verb force-feeds noun
submerges the subject
noun is choking
verbdisgracedgoes on doing
there are adjectives up for sale
now diagram the sentence
You have to analyze the following poem by Adrianne Rich:
You have to write a paragraph of at least 15 sentences, using a topic sentence that you will develop in the paragraph. You can analyze form (meter, tone, mood, images, language use, etc.) or content (the idea of poetry, theme, etc). Post your paragraphs here. Dateline: Sunday by midnight.
Tonight No Poetry Will Serve
May 26, 2008
Saw you walking barefoot
taking a long look
at the new moon's eyelid
later spread
sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair
asleep but not oblivious
of the unslept unsleeping
elsewhere
Tonight I think
no poetry
will serve
Syntax of rendition:
verb pilots the plane
adverb modifies action
verb force-feeds noun
submerges the subject
noun is choking
verbdisgracedgoes on doing
there are adjectives up for sale
now diagram the sentence
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Week 4 - February 11
1. Read:
2. Watch:
3. Analyze:
The Lottery
Choose one aspect of short story elements and write an analysis of this story. (Blog or FB)
4. Girl
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