Honors: You have had your practice writings and have narrowed the field of themes. You have selected a final theme and now are on to the draft stage of the theme essay. Now you apply all you know to your writing and develop the best essay you can.
We talked about the themes you selected today. There were some that are playing it safe and others taking real chances. I like the bold moves. Still, delivering on the evidence and analysis could take a fairly standard theme and turn it into an amazing paper. Keep pushing yourself. Keep reading the stories so that you can find the evidence you need to offer an original and convincing paper.
Have at least one page typed for class tomorrow (double spaced). We'll take a quick look at what you have and then spend more time writing.
We also looked at archetypes today. We defined the term and offered several examples. In addition I collected some cohesive writing pieces and reminded the students to read their classics.
In the standard class we discussed the novels you are reading outside of class. Be sure to bring that novel to class everyday. Be constantly asking yourself, "Is my book a classic? Why or why not?" Use the notes we shared.
Most of our time was spent working on and analyzing our S.P.A.T. paragraphs. We emphasized the need to offer a clear argument in that first sentence. You are doing a decent job providing evidence but you need to be sure to offer the context so that the reader can understand the discussion. Our analysis has been present but thin. Beef it up a bit. We were having some trouble tying the discussion back to the claim, but I believe we have cleared that up. Nevertheless, after seeing the struggles we had today, I'm assigning another night of S.P.A.T. writing. Give me one fresh, new paragraph that applies what you learned today. It should probably be at least one page to be successful (unless you write small). I need effort on these paragraphs tonight. Come in with the best paragraph you can write.
Until next time...
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