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1. Warming up by unpacking the prompt in small groups and considering the following:
- Finding the heart: What's this prompt asking you to do?
- Using the literary terms: What do these terms mean? Which ones were helpful?
- Figuring out how to brainstorm effectively: What method do you use? How well does it work for you?
Sample thesis that's too plot summary-ish:
The title "Werewolves in Their Youth" reveals the story of two boys who transform into werewolves.
Sample thesis that's too broad / "out there":
"Werewolves in Their Youth" criticizes public education for ostracizing its most imaginative pupils.
Sample thesis the regurgitates the prompt:
Chabon chooses the title "Werewolves in Their Youth" to display the significance of the setting, diction, and characters.
What your thesis should address (and what we're most interested in A.P. Lit):
- What is the author trying to do?
- How is the author trying to accomplish that?
Sample thesis that responds to those two questions:
Chabon subverts the traditional werewolf myth by making becoming a werewolf the one thing his young characters can control rather than the one thing they cannot; instead, the human world is the one that lies beyond their power.
4. Peer editing with a focus on structure
HW:
1. Keep working on your college essay; come by for a conference! I'm nice! And helpful!
2. For Monday: Reread the first half of Oedipus Rex. Bring your laptop to class.
3. For Wednesday: Reread the second half of Oedipus and create a Socratic ticket full of good, Socratic-style questions.
4.. For all of next week: Bring Oedipus Rex and How To Read Literature Like a Professor to class each day.
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