* Pray
* Correct your grammar while I check to see you have it done.
- "A lot" is a phrase; "alot" is not a word; rather, it is a legendary beast (note cool semicolon and transitional element usage).
Enjoy the grammar cartoons
* Essay work
Prompt #1:
- We have discussed how references and allusions (as in chapter 1) add richness to a work and support and develop key themes. From chapters 10-20, find a reference or allusion, explain its significance to the story so far, and show how it relates to a key theme in the novel.
Prompt #2:
Alan Paton’s art consists of many contrasts. Write an essay in which you select one contrasting pair and show how it supports a theme you see Paton developing.
- Handwritten, single-spaced, pen
- Due Monday
- Underline your thesis and topic sentences
- Attach your outline or note/brainstorming sheet
- Attach one rough draft edited by someone beside yourself
-How many pages should my essay be? Well, if you have girl writing (cumulonimbus cloud-like), then it should be three handwritten pages. Otherwise, it should be at least two pages.
HW: Read ch. 15-16; have a handwritten rough draft that a peer can edit on block day. FD due Mon.
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