That was the thrust of today's class. It is through close reading and deep thinking that you will find the true gold hidden in the stories and be able to expand upon them so that you can offer a fleshed out, unique piece of writing.
Tonight, as you write your two page theme paper, I want you to push yourself to write a complete theme analysis, using all the relevant details the author offers. Don't just settle on the protagonist or the first idea that comes to mind. Analyze all the characters, all that happens in the story so that you can write the most comprehensive piece possible.
Bring those two complete pages to class tomorrow.
As I said today, I won't be in class tomorrow. You will be doing some reading and selecting. I'm giving you seven choices. That leaves only about 8 minutes per piece of writing. You won't have time to read all of the stories but I do want you to look over as many as you can. As you read them be thinking about the types of papers you will be writing this quarter.
Which of the stories will offer the best opportunity to write a theme paper?
Which of the stories will offer the best opportunity to write an analysis of the author's writing style?
Which of these two stories will offer the best opportunity to write a compare/contrast paper?
Ask yourself these questions while you are reading the pieces. Select the two that you think give you the best opportunity to write these papers well. Let me know on Friday. If you need more time with them, look here tomorrow night for a link to the pdfs.
Until next time...
No comments:
Post a Comment