English 9

Bonus: What features are key in a thesis based on answering a question?
             What is the purpose of a what? / so what? chart?

Homework: Essay 5 (Persuasive Essay) due Tuesday. Good luck.

Today's Class: if you were absent, be sure to call your homework buddy to get the notes.
Today we learned:

• how to cite
• how to write a thesis
• how to create a what / so what chart
• how to predict an answer to the question
• we read our USSR books for 15 minutes
• we checked that we had our supplies (including post-it notes)
• we pondered the character's defensiveness and tried to find his motivations

Make sure that you have a good thesis for the story to share during Monday's class. You are welcome to use the one from the board but try writing your own thesis as well. Don't forget to include the author and the title.