Today was the last day that students have in-class to work on their Fahrenheit 451 projects. We continued to discuss what my expectations are for the final product - namely, there needs to be a strong written component to accompany any music/imagery that students are providing.
Remember, do not get caught up in the media portion if the writing still needs works. This is an English class, and I am expecting a high-level of written analysis on anything you use for your project.
Students who had a complete (or near complete) written component also performed a peer review in class today, to get another student's opinion on what could be done better. The peer review is useful because it allows someone to evaluate your work before me; since once I am evaluating it, you are getting graded!
10th Grade -
We finished up working on the essays in-class today, and a completed draft ready-to-be-typed is expected for monday. What we discussed in class -
Necessary Components for an Introduction -
- Hook - a sentence to grab the reader's attention.
- Background Information - Author, Title, Setting. What does a reader need to know for your paper to make any sense?
- THESIS - One sentence that summarizes what the entire paper is about.
- "Wrap It Up" - some sentence that provides closure to the essay.
- Restate Thesis - you may want to redirect attention back to your thesis at the end of an essay.
- "So What?" - Why was this worth reading? Your conclusion should have some aspect of "why" the essay was written, and why what you chose to write about made the most sense of the possible options.
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