C-Band: Welcome & Thesis Statements

Welcome to the 10th grade blog! This is an online space where you'll be able to initiate discussions and post written work as well as give and receive feedback on these efforts. My hope is that we use the blog to push out thinking forward and improve our writing through the help of our class community. 

For Thursday, please post the 1st draft of your thesis as a comment to this post. You must post a comment by 5 pm on Wednesday evening so that we have enough time to give you feedback. Please make sure that you not only post your thesis, but also that you respond/give feedback to at least one other classmate by replying to their comment. I will be checking for both. Please give both warm and cool feedback (a strength and something to work on.)

Reminders about thesis statements: 

Thesis: Non-debatable observation about a similarity or difference in how the authors of the two texts use literary tools + Argument about that similarity or difference, that addresses the broader message that you think the authors are trying to send (about society/the world, NOT about the texts).

Basic structure: In both _____ and ____ the authors create _____ (specific characters, symbols, conflicts) in order to demonstrate____. (something about human nature/the world).

Example: In both the novel 1984 and the short story, “The Lottery,” George Orwell and Shirley Jackson create characters willing to sacrifice and betray others without regret. This proves Orwell’s assertion that humans lose ability to care for others when their lives become endangered, because humans have a natural, animalistic instinct for survival.

Thesis Checklist (for you to check your work, as well as for you to peer edit others): 

- Authors/titles?

- Is it clear and concise? (Can be two clear, concise sentences, if need be.) 

- What are you analyzing? (What literary device/element?)

- What are you arguing? (What are you saying about the world?)

- Is there a roadmap? (Can we see where you are going with this essay?)

- So What? Why is your argument significant? Is it complex? 

F-Band: Welcome & Thesis statements

 

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Welcome to the 10th grade blog! This is an online space where you'll be able to initiate discussions and post written work as well as give and receive feedback on these efforts. My hope is that we use the blog to push out thinking forward and improve our writing through the help of our class community. 

For Thursday, please post the 1st draft of your thesis as a comment to this post. You must post a comment by 5 pm on Wednesday evening so that we have enough time to give you feedback. Please make sure that you not only post your thesis, but also that you respond/give feedback to at least one other classmate by replying to their comment. I will be checking for both. Please give both warm and cool feedback (a strength and something to work on.)

Reminders about thesis statements: 

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Thesis: Non-debatable observation about a similarity or difference in how the authors of the two texts use literary tools + Argument about that similarity or difference, that addresses the broader message that you think the authors are trying to send (about society/the world, NOT about the texts).

Basic structure: In both _____ and ____ the authors create _____ (specific characters, symbols, conflicts) in order to demonstrate____. (something about human nature/the world).

Example: In both the novel 1984 and the short story, “The Lottery,” George Orwell and Shirley Jackson create characters willing to sacrifice and betray others without regret. This proves Orwell’s assertion that humans lose ability to care for others when their lives become endangered, because humans have a natural, animalistic instinct for survival.

Thesis Checklist (for you to check your work, as well as for you to peer edit others): 

- Authors/titles?

- Is it clear and concise? (Can be two clear, concise sentences, if need be.) 

- What are you analyzing? (What literary device/element?)

- What are you arguing? (What are you saying about the world?)

- Is there a roadmap? (Can we see where you are going with this essay?)

- So What? Why is your argument significant? Is it complex?