May
12
ELA B30: May 12 Essay writing class 3 of 3…
- Since students will be away tomorrow, for track and field, our viewing of the movie Hamlet will have to be held off until Wednesday and Thursday. Students can plan for a light B30 work week, then, it seems!!
- Students were reminded that the essays are due on Thursday and are expected to be handed in in a certain order with the rubric attached at the top. A reminder was also given of my late assignment policy – you can hand in an assignment late “as long as”… I haven’t already marked the rest and returned them to the students. If I have marked them and returned then, you can no longer hand yours in and will have to start over with a new assignment / project. It may be very similar to the first or quite different. For this project, the essay, if you fail to hand it in and I hand the marked ones back, I will choose another essay question from the list of 36 and you will have to start over. This would not be fun. Do your work and finish your essay on time, please.
- For those who still have not acted out their Porphyria’s Lover performances, this project is no longer an option to you. Your new assignment, in its place, is to narrate by memory 20 lines of Hamlet. It can be from any of Hamlet or Claudius’s soliloques or it can be from the Ghost’s speech about the murder scene. You will be marked by your speaking pace, volume, inflection, and ability to create the proper mood. Here is an example of someone reciting some lines. This link is to another person’s version of the same lines. Which do you prefer?
- I wrote out general descriptions of what an introductory and concluding paragraph need to be complete.
- An intro should have the following covered:
- An opening sentence – that hints at the topic in a unique or catchy way
- A sentence to link the opening statement to the literature (Hamlet)
- A few sentences to give general background information about the plot / characters of Hamlet. *Give the necessary information only.
- (optional background sentence)
- A sentence that introduces the more specific topic of the essay.
- The topic sentence with the three specific topics listed in one sentence in the order they appear in the essay.
- A transition sentence that sums up the introduction and leads to the beginning of the essay’s information.
- A concluding paragraph should have the following covered:
- A General sentence to restate the topic.
- Sentences that follow explaining why the topic is relevant to individuals / readers and their ordinary lives.
- (more of #2)
- (more of #2)
- Final sentence should be a well-worded sentence that leaves the reader with a satisfying ending. (Could possibly use a quote from the literature or popular phrase to end things with.)
- An intro should have the following covered:
- Students who are here tomorrow will be able to work on their essay. We’ll wait for the rest of the group to view the video.