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Agenda items:. EOU packet due FRIDAY ( must have before spring break) Meeting tomorrow in the computer lab Outlining essays You need paper for notes!. The missing piece!. Writing commentary. The essay assignment. 4 paragraph essay

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  1. Agenda items: • EOU packet due FRIDAY ( must have before spring break) • Meeting tomorrow in the computer lab • Outlining essays • You need paper for notes!

  2. The missing piece! Writing commentary

  3. The essay assignment • 4 paragraph essay • Mood: the effect on readers (how/what does it make us feel?) • Linking literary elements to emotions • Theme: related to purpose (what is Paton saying in the passage?) • message related to the rest of the novel

  4. Commentary & close reading • What we know: • Embedding quotes • Making statements on motif and theme • The missing piece: • commentary that refers back to CDs and makes your thinking visible

  5. Vague commentary Describing John Kumalo’s voice Paton writes, “a lion growls in it,” and “thunder echoes in it.” Paton uses personification to show the power and strength of John Kumalo’s voice.

  6. THE MISSING PIECE Describing John Kumalo’s voice Paton writes, “a lion growls in it,” and “thunder echoes in it.” By personifying Kumalo’s voice with the inhuman, powerful descriptions of a “lion growl” and “thunder” Paton shows the power and strength of Kumalo’s voice.

  7. THE MISSING PIECE • Refer back to (re-quote) key words/phrases to SHOW your thinking

  8. Vague commentary • Paton uses imagery to show the guilt and fear Kumalo feels when he meets Jarvis. • The missing piece! Re-quote key words/phrases: In describing Kumalo with his “head bowed” and “eyes on the ground” Paton shows the guilt and fear Kumalo feels when he meets Jarvis.

  9. Example • Typical close reading essay body paragraph structure: • Topic sentence connecting to thesis • Give brief context for CD (less than 1 sentence) • Embed quote (short quotes) • Paraphrase the CD, refer to key words/phrases • 1 sentence connecting back to main argument

  10. With ONE partner: • Write a paragraph on the contrasting nature imagery in chapter one • Make a claim about the mood • Follow the typical body paragraph structure

  11. With ONE partner • Decide how the mood changes (your topic sentence) • Choose 2 short concrete details showing different imagery/moods (to be embedded, less than 1 line) • Make your claim

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