Warm Up 1/22 Select a paragraph you’d like to develop. Then, answer these questions: Why this paragraph? Does it play to your strengths? How so? Does it clearly support your thesis? How do you know? What will you do with the content beyond what you’ve already done in the outline?

Learning Targets I can add finishing touches to my work in order to submit a complete outline, accompanied by one fully developed body paragraph, by midnight tonight.

To develop your body paragraph, Look over what you’ve got drafted. Write out a formal topic sentence (but be explicitly OR implicitly linked to thesis) What language is needed to add full context (i.e., bring the reader back to that moment in time in the play) for the quote you’ve chosen? Ask yourself this: what language is needed between your commentary and your quotation? Add that. For the commentary, strive to add depth to the analysis: what language from the quote specifically supports the topic sentence? How does it do this? How do both the quote AND the topic sentence connect to the thesis?

Writing Timeline TIMELINE: Wednesday, January 17th: Receive the prompt; Begin thinking, planning, gathering, outlining. January 18th: Complete outline (with rough thesis idea) due by midnight. January 19th:  Complete essay outline, improve thesis and write rough draft of one developed paragraph. January 22th: Revise the outline/paragraph, submit by midnight today.