If you were absent today, please call your homework buddy asap to ensure that you understand the instructions below and to ensure that you are prepared for tomorrow.
Commit to an essay topic. Think of three scenes that you can't forget. What do they reveal about some of the key themes in the novel: how change occurs, courage, injustice, kindness, understanding, prejudice, influence of family, standing up for self, empathy etc
Once you commit, post-it note the 9 to 15 quotations that you think reveal the most about your topic.
Arrive tomorrow ready to work so hard you will sweat so that you can get the quotation log completed during class.
Friday: We will watch the film
Monday: The quote log is due. Bring a hard copy to class and bring three different coloured markers or highlighters so that we can begin to organize the ideas into three groups for our body paragraphs.
Monday: We will write the introduction
Tuesday: The introduction is due
Tuesday: We'll complete an essay plan and write the first two body paragraphs
Wed: First two body paragraphs are due.
Wed: We will write the third body para. and the conclusion
Thursday: We will peer edit the essay
Tues: Nov. 12 the essay, the edited draft, and the quote log will all be due for marks.
