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Warm Up: Block day (9/9 or 9/10)

Complete sentences 7-12 on your diagramming review sheet from Tuesday.

Finished with warm ups?

Get out your composition notebook and your thesis notecard.Thesis StatementsYour thesis is the roadmap to your paper. It lets readers know where your paper is headed.The thesis is generally located at the end of your introduction.A strong thesis answers the question asked in the prompt AND provides new insight.A well-constructed thesis statement makes the difference between a thoughtful essay and a simple retelling of facts.

LBreaking Down the ThesisSituation of moral, physical or psychological danger: Ishmael alone in the woods (chapter 8)Physical: lack of water, lack of sleep, animal attacksPsychological: mental images of violence and war plaguing his mind.

Central Character: Ishmael

Character trait revealed: Resilience

Connection to meaning: Mankind will do whatever is necessary to survive.Sample Thesis StatementWondering lost and lonely in the woods, Ishmael Beah faces both physical and psychological dangers with a resiliency that ultimately proves mankind will do whatever is necessary to survive.Breaking Down the ThesisSituation of moral, physical or psychological danger:

Central Character:

Character trait revealed:

Connection to meaning:RApply these four steps to the scene you already selected.Thesis PracticeCreate your new thesis using the four components we identified when deconstructing the prompt. Please label (1,2,3,4) the elements of your thesis.

When you are finished, trade cards with a neighbor to compare ideas and provide feedback.Does it have the four parts?Does the thesis make sense?Can you tell what direction this essay is headed?

Literary Analysis Essay StructureIntroduction with a strong thesisBody Paragraph OneBody Paragraph TwoBody Paragraph Three (Optional)Conclusion

LConstructing the Essays StructureThe prompt and thesis determine what type of organizational structure the writer will use.

Introduction and Conclusion (guaranteed)Body Paragraphs (up to the writer)Topic #1 + theme, Topic #2 + themeTopic #1, Topic #2, themeTopics (#1 and #2), theme

LOrganizational Ideas1.) Physical dangers + resiliency + theme2.) Psychological dangers + resiliency + theme

1.) Danger episode + resiliency + theme2.) Danger episode + levelheadedness + theme

1.) Danger episode + trait2.) Danger episode + themeWhat Goes in an Intro?Introduce the book in one to two sentences.Be sure to include the idea of danger, since that is the focus of the essay.No rhetorical questions! Dont talk straight to your reader.

LIntroduction SampleA Long Way Gone is the harrowing, true account of a child solider in war-torn Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah struggles with losing his family, his home, and his innocence as a young boy, but his story of redemption and healing reminds readers that no one is beyond saving. At one point, after losing his family and his friends to the chaos and violence of war, Ishmael ends up trying to survive all on his own. Wondering lost and lonely in the woods, Ishmael Beah faces both physical and psychological dangers with a resiliency that ultimately proves mankind will do whatever is necessary to survive.Whats in a Body Paragraph?Start on the next left hand page for notes today. Well be on page 7 label Body Paragraph NotesAdd to your Table of Contents as well.

..Body Paragraphs Topic SentenceTopic Sentence a baby thesis statement. A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph it is introducing. What idea(s) are you covering in this paragraph?

The topic sentence holds everything in place the same way a bun does!

LBody Paragraphs EvidenceFacts from the novel (quote, paraphrase, or summary) that supports your thesis. The meat of your essay.

If you are prefacing your evidence with maybe or I think, your evidence is not strong enough.

Assume the reader has read the book. Dont summarize the whole novel; just jump into the scene.

Should be a few sentences long, and you need at least two pieces of evidence per body paragraph for a strong essay.

LEmbedding QuotesWhen using quotes as a piece of evidence, you dont want to just drop them into your paper. They need to be blended.

Example One: Graff explains to Ender the philosophy of why they are doing what they do. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools. (Dropped Quote)

Example Two: Graff tells Ender that despite the horrible crimes they commit, if humankind survives, then we were good tools. He is giving Ender a philosophy behind the actions of students in Battle School in this passage. (Blended quote)

Tips on BlendingChoose short quotes (5 words or so) to blend in with your own words, paraphrasing, summary, etc.

A quote doesnt have to be something a character says. Anything from the book is considered a quote.

Use an ellipsis to cut a quote down. Original Quote: "I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

Shortened and blended: Ender tells Valentine that its possible to understand somebodyand not love them the way they love themselves.

Blending Practice

Body Paragraphs AnalysisAnalysis your opinion, interpretation, insight, analysis, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, or reflection about the evidence in an essay.

Your analysis will echo and connect to the ideas presented in your thesis and topic sentences.

After every piece of evidence you include, you need a minimum of two sentences of analysis.

Analysis is the so what? Add something new to the conversation that wasnt there before. Analysis is NOT summary of the book.

Analysis personalizes your body paragraph. Just like burger toppings, strong analysis sets your masterpiece apart from others. Analysis makes your creation unique.

LBody Paragraphs Concluding SentenceConcluding sentence wraps up your paragraph, bringing all your ideas together into one cohesive unit.

You are easing on the brakes with a concluding sentence instead of slamming to a full stop at the end of your paragraph.

A concluding sentence could also help transition into your next paragraph.

LBody Paragraph StructureTopic Sentence - BunEvidence #1 Patty OneAnalysis Sentence - CheeseAnalysis Sentence - KetchupAnalysis Sentence (optional) - PicklesEvidence #2 Patty TwoAnalysis Sentence - CheeseAnalysis Sentence - MayoAnalysis Sentence (optional) - OnionsConcluding Sentence - Bun

LIshmael's perilous journey through the woods of Sierra Leone reveals the resiliency that this young man has to tackle even through lifes toughest obstacles. Throughout Ishmaels experience lost in the jungle, he must battle with his own mind; Ishmael states that even the air wanted to attack [him] and he was afraid to sleep due to the intensity of his violent dreams (Beah 49). Ishmael is pushing both his body and his soul to the breaking point, but at no point does he ever decide to just lay down and die. Ishmaels mental, as well as his physical, stamina shines through in this scene of peril, and he is able to leave the jungle a stronger man than the boy who went in. In addition to the mental torture of the jungle scene in chapter 8, Ishmael is also viciously chased by a herd of wild boars with forked teeth extending out of [their] mouth[s] (Beah 53). Ishmaels resilient spirit, however, can outlast even the toughest of competitors, and he is able to escape the boar attack unharmed. Ishmael could have chosen many times to just give in. Life seems almost impossible for this young man at times, and one test after another seems to always be nipping at his heels. Time after time, though, Ishmael demonstrates his mental strength by rolling with each punch and coming back stronger. This willingness to keep fighting no matter the odds really connects to one of the overall themes of the memoir: man will do whatever it takes to survive.

On Your OwnDevelop your first body paragraph.

Topic Sentence - BunEvidence #1 Patty OneAnalysis Sentence - CheeseAnalysis Sentence - KetchupAnalysis Sentence (optional) - PicklesEvidence #2 Patty TwoAnalysis Sentence - CheeseAnalysis Sentence - MayoAnalysis Sentence (optional) - OnionsConcluding Sentence - Bun