We treated writing the quotation log like we were writing a test. Silence filled the room. Everyone worked steadily. Some typed. Some handwrote.
If you handwrite the quotation log, you do not need to type it up.
Do follow the samples I gave you as they train your brain to look closely at language--tone, word choice (diction), symbols, grammar, sentence length, etc. so that you have a lot to talk about. Why does an author use skinny instead of slim? Anorexic instead of skeletal? Each word choice provides a reverberation to your imagination, right????
Right!!
You must must must finish your quotation log by Monday as we need a completed quotation log to use as our resource to build a powerful essay.
Read that essay sample again. How does she do it? Look at her diction, sentence variety, use of synonyms, quotation integration, citing, mixture of quotations and paraphrases to support her imaginative opinions.
No one needs to agree with your interpretation of the novel but your interpretation must be plausible and supported majestically with evidence from the text.
We start writing the essay on Monday. See yesterday's blog for the outline of next week's activities.
DO NOT MISS MONDAY'S CLASS AS IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASS OF THE YEAR.
