Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Getting Closer to Shakespeare: November 1, 2017

Focus: How do we glean complexity from close readings?

1. Warming up with a circle-the-wagon close reading of King Richard's speech

2. Offering you a sample close reading from one of your sonnet drafts

3. Composing a partial timed writing:
  • Brainstorming
  • Introduction: Try using it to briefly summarize the speech's key points.
  • Outlining
    • Thesis
    • Topic sentences 
    • 2-4 quotations you'd use in EACH body paragraph
  • Close reading of one passage (part of a line; no longer than two lines)
HW:
1. Finish composing your Henry IV blog by Friday, November 3.

2. Continue working on editing your sonnet draft (PRINTED FINAL DRAFT due Wednesday, November 8).

3. All make-up work, revisions, etc from the past 6 weeks is due Friday, November 10.

4. If you own your own copy of Beloved, please start bringing it to class tomorrow.




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