Wednesday, 4/18: Cry...

* 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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