Hi Guys,
First, some reminders:
1) You have TWO weeks to complete this week's work, so there will be no post on 2/2.
2) Revising your work is part of the course description. Look carefully at my comments. If I'm pointing out something to revise, revise it.
3) Literary Analysis is a DIFFERENT kind of writing than just about anything we did in HSW1. Don't be discouraged if your list of revision items was long. Those were first drafts. First drafts are supposed to be messy.
4) A refresher on title formatting: BIG items (books, plays, movies, etc.) get italicized. SMALLER items (chapters, short stories, poems, songs, etc.) get "quotes."
3) Literary Analysis is a DIFFERENT kind of writing than just about anything we did in HSW1. Don't be discouraged if your list of revision items was long. Those were first drafts. First drafts are supposed to be messy.
4) A refresher on title formatting: BIG items (books, plays, movies, etc.) get italicized. SMALLER items (chapters, short stories, poems, songs, etc.) get "quotes."
Here's your work for week 3 (you have TWO weeks to complete it)....
a. I need all of your essay drafts at the top under the heading ESSAYS, and everything else in another section down lower under the heading MISC.
b. Keep all drafts of essay assignments grouped together with the latest draft at the top of the group.
c. Label your misc. work with dates, or "week _."
2. Turn in title/summaries through chapter 30 of WD (Add them DIRECTLY to the 20 you already have done). If you're missing any chapter summaries, do those too!
4. Read this short "bio" on the mythological Greek god Antaeus.
5. Read the short story "Antaeus" by Borden Deal.
6. Short story theme analysis, first draft: discuss the central character T.J. as a modern-day Antaeus. If this seems like a very open-ended topic, you're right. But that's generally the way you'll approach thematic writing. Themes are general in the way they're stated (you should be able to state a story's theme in a single sentence) but very specific in the way they're developed in a story. Stating the specific development of the theme (using examples and details from the text) will be your job.
This is a first draft, so I won't be looking too closely at grammar, usage, and mechanics. I'll save that for the final draft. However, I do find with my own writing that if I can catch errors early, I'm more likely to end up with a clean final draft. I've tried waiting until the very end to do all editing, but it just never turns out as well. That's just me. You may NEED to worry about editing last. Find out the method that works best for you.
There is no word count requirement, but in order to prove the thesis you'll have to handle the whole story. You should also be thinking (automatically by now) about supporting details and how you'll quote the text.
I think you'll enjoy "Antaeus." It's one of my favorites.
2. Turn in title/summaries through chapter 30 of WD (Add them DIRECTLY to the 20 you already have done). If you're missing any chapter summaries, do those too!
3. Revise the Antigone essay, with one minor addition to the original assignment: Use each of the 3 methods of quote incorporation (you might want to re-watch the video from last week or look at this short blog post). So yes, you may need to add quotes. If you have quotes already, make sure they're all incorporated.
No 3rd draft for this one. The next draft will be the final.
Some of you missed the part of the assignment that says, "500 words maximum." Read the assignments carefully, people. Cut your words if you need to.
*One more reminder for the Antigone essay: for all three characters, the conscience is saying the same thing: obey the gods and bury Polyneices. Your discussion must be about what other things are getting in the way and how these characters finally hear what their conscience has been telling them all along. (Except for Antigone, of course, who hears it clearly from the start.)
A reminder about plot-retelling: don't do it. I know the play well. This is just you and I (but mostly you) discussing the role of conscience. You don't need to introduce the characters or explain the plot. You can jump right in and analyze. I'll mention this a LOT over the next weeks because everything we do is literary analysis. We don't write book reports.
Example...
Not OK: "Luke found out Darth Vader was his father." (That's plot retelling.)
OK: "When Luke found out Darth Vader was his father, he began a long struggle with his own identity." (That's analysis that uses a plot item, but it's not plot retelling).
See the difference? Keeping reading it until you do.
No 3rd draft for this one. The next draft will be the final.
Some of you missed the part of the assignment that says, "500 words maximum." Read the assignments carefully, people. Cut your words if you need to.
*One more reminder for the Antigone essay: for all three characters, the conscience is saying the same thing: obey the gods and bury Polyneices. Your discussion must be about what other things are getting in the way and how these characters finally hear what their conscience has been telling them all along. (Except for Antigone, of course, who hears it clearly from the start.)
A reminder about plot-retelling: don't do it. I know the play well. This is just you and I (but mostly you) discussing the role of conscience. You don't need to introduce the characters or explain the plot. You can jump right in and analyze. I'll mention this a LOT over the next weeks because everything we do is literary analysis. We don't write book reports.
Example...
Not OK: "Luke found out Darth Vader was his father." (That's plot retelling.)
OK: "When Luke found out Darth Vader was his father, he began a long struggle with his own identity." (That's analysis that uses a plot item, but it's not plot retelling).
See the difference? Keeping reading it until you do.
4. Read this short "bio" on the mythological Greek god Antaeus.
5. Read the short story "Antaeus" by Borden Deal.
6. Short story theme analysis, first draft: discuss the central character T.J. as a modern-day Antaeus. If this seems like a very open-ended topic, you're right. But that's generally the way you'll approach thematic writing. Themes are general in the way they're stated (you should be able to state a story's theme in a single sentence) but very specific in the way they're developed in a story. Stating the specific development of the theme (using examples and details from the text) will be your job.
This is a first draft, so I won't be looking too closely at grammar, usage, and mechanics. I'll save that for the final draft. However, I do find with my own writing that if I can catch errors early, I'm more likely to end up with a clean final draft. I've tried waiting until the very end to do all editing, but it just never turns out as well. That's just me. You may NEED to worry about editing last. Find out the method that works best for you.
There is no word count requirement, but in order to prove the thesis you'll have to handle the whole story. You should also be thinking (automatically by now) about supporting details and how you'll quote the text.
I think you'll enjoy "Antaeus." It's one of my favorites.
7. LBGB... [Here's a link to the book as a google doc if you'd rather read it on a screen. It's an older version so the page #s may not line up exactly the same, but everything you need is there.]
Read chapter 2 and do the following:
a) Read the outlined BOX on page 27. What are Mr. Beals' thoughts on pronouns? I bring this up here because I use a pronoun this way on page 26. Find the reference (there are actually a few) and write the sentence out.
b) Read "Active and Passive Voice" on pages 34-37. What are the two advantages to active voice? What are the three appropriate times to use the passive voice?
c) Write correct sentences using each of these (you may model my examples):
i. less
ii. fewer
iii. amount
iv. rise
v. raise
vi. sit
vii. set
viii. lie
ix. lay
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