Monday, March 13, 2017

Mon. Mar. 13, 2017: Essay Question

Today, you were given an essay assignment. READ EVERYTHING.
The due date for the essay is Wednesday at the start of class.
You will also have your reading comprehension exam on Thursday.
I also handed out a blue sheet: "How to Write a Multi-Source Introductory Paragraph", which I have linked below and put in your portfolio.
I have linked and pasted the assignment below as some of you are having trouble opening the links.

How to Write a Multi-Source Introductory Paragraph
Modern Hero Essay

Critical/Analytical Response to Literary Texts Assignment

In literature, writers explore the nature of characters’ responses to difficult circumstances and what those responses reveal.

The Assignment

Write an essay in which you examine one or more of the “modern” hero texts given.  What idea(s) does the writer develop regarding what is revealed through characters’ responses to hardship (the character’s or others)?

In your planning and writing, consider the following instructions.

  • When considering the work(s) that you know well, select a literary text or texts meaningful to you and relevant to this assignment. Choose only from the texts I have presented in this context (“Drop Box…,” “Lowest Animal,” “Man in the Water,” “A Modest Proposal”).

  • Carefully consider your controlling idea or how you will create a strong unifying effect in your response.

  • As you develop your ideas, support them with appropriate, relevant, and meaningful examples from your choice of literary text(s).



This is a two day writing assignment. I will expect a non-typed good copy for Wednesday (before class). We will then prep for the multiple choice comprehension exam, which you will write on Thursday, and I will give you time to type up your essays on Friday.

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