Mood! Theme! Poems! Pictures! You are undoubtedly busy this weekend trying to piece all of these disparate ideas together into one cohesive essay. But don't stress over it. Remember this is a dog draft (a rough, rough draft). I want you to have complete papers, but I want you to realize that you are going to be changing things along the way.
For the paper tomorrow, you should still have an introduction. The intro should contain a broad lead, and a strong claim. As we discussed in class, the claim should read something like this:
The poem "Jazz Fantasia" by Carl Sandburg and the painting "Ultimate Times Square" by Tony Shi share the same energetic mood and a theme that reveals that there is magic in the chaos.
That's a specific claim. Here's one where you can fill in the blanks.
The poem _________ by_________ and the (painting/drawing/photo/picture) ___________ by ________ share the same _________ mood and a theme that reveals ____________.
That's a pretty big part of the paper. As you know, the claim should be the last sentence of the first paragraph. After that, you'll need to decide how you are going to structure the paper. If it was up to me, I would be writing about the mood of the poem and then comparing the mood of the painting to it. I would then discuss the theme of the poem and compare it to the theme of the painting. In all four parts of the body paragraphs, I would be sure to have plenty of quotes (poem) and specific references (painting) to support my ideas.
Finally we have the conclusion. Remind us what you developed in your body paragraphs and then close the paper by returning to the idea you began your paper with.
When we get together tomorrow, we'll spend some time reading over the essays, but we will also dissect one or two on the big screen and have some volunteers share parts of their papers in an Author's Chair segment. Should be a good, useful day! See you then.
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