While we had a solid discussion in period three, I must commend period four for their superb discussion in class today. Bravo! That is how a class discussion is supposed to go. Citations everywhere. Comments from nearly everyone. Organized discussion peppered with well-supported disagreements. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.
It's a great lead-in to our in-class timed writing tomorrow. And if you are here right now, then you deserve to receive a hint as to the topic you will be writing about tomorrow. We hit that faith topic pretty hard in our discussion today, so we will move on to a different topic. I'm going to offer you two. You will choose one of these and write about it tomorrow.
From pages 29-39 there is a lot of loss and dehumanization taking place. Examples of both thematic ideas are everywhere. Focusing on those pages only—nothing before page 29 and nothing after page 39—I want you to choose ONE of those thematic ideas, change the thematic idea into a sentence so that it can be used as a theme, and write an essay that shows that the theme you came up with is valid for those ten pages.
You need to be sure you make a claim about loss...OR...You need to be sure you make a claim about dehumanization and then write an essay supporting that idea. Yes, you will need to use quotes. Yes, you will need to cite the quotes. Yes, you will need an intro and a conclusion. Yes, you will be able to use your book. Prepare your sentence tonight. Find your support tonight. That way you can spend tomorrow writing an amazing essay.
See you soon.
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