Warm Up 12/9 What is good about the five paragraph essay? What is not so good about it? Answer in 2-4 COMPLETE sentences.

Learning Targets To select an organizational system for my essay which will NOT allow me to produce a five paragraph essay. To build an outline for my Hamlet essay.

Moving Away from the 5 Paragraph Format: ----> A good piece of writing takes its reader on a "journey."

Ways to Organize your Body Paragraphs Chronological (time) Spatial order (location) Causal order (organized by how things work) Simple to complex Narrow to wider implications Obvious to surprising

Incorporating Thesis Based on the work you did yesterday with the graphic organizer, choose your thesis idea (it should be at the bottom of your paper from yesterday). Choose a structure that works best for the essay that you want to write.

FOUR or FIVE Body Paragraphs You have notes on quotations from each act of the play (see my blog for access to student-selected quotations from Acts III and V). If you are going to organize your essay CHRONOLOGICALLY, you must include FIVE body paragraphs, with one quotation from each act. If you are using any other format, you must include AT LEAST FOUR body paragraphs (with quotations from anywhere in the play).

OUTLINE FORMAT Conclusion – Introduction (label which organization format you chose) – Write out a rough idea that you might want to use based on one of these strategies: make a connection to the readers appeal to them anticipate their needs orient them in the direction of the "journey” your main focus within your topic Body Paragraphs (do this for each of the four/five) – Topic idea Context Quotation Commentary: Pull out discrete words, phrases, etc. which illustrate the conclusion you’ve drawn. Then, connect the dots for the reader and prove your assertion/conclusion valid. Conclusion – Write out a rough idea that you may use based on one of these strategies: mark the destination of the journey provide a reflection Close your idea, but make sure this paragraph is still "meaty"

Writing Timeline NOTE: Anything that cannot be completed during this timeline shall be completed AT HOME. TIMELINE: Friday, December 9th: Receive the prompt; Begin thinking, planning, gathering, outlining. December 12 - 13: Work time for drafting body paragraphs. December 14th: Work time for drafting the introduction and conclusions. December 15th : Peer/personal revision and editing. December 16th: Work time for essay revision and editing of conventions.