Bell Work: Aug. 19 th Describe the the character Sheila Mant. Grab a Pathways book Turn in Signed Syllabus

Essay Question How do we know that Sheila Mant is self- centered?

Essay Question Every Essay will have the following elements: 1.Topic Sentence / Claim: Answer the question MUST INCLUDE TITLE AND AUTHOR OF SELECTION 2.Introduction to the quote: Context of quote. What is going on in the story when the quote appears. 3.Quote / Evidence Embed quote within a sentence. 4.Explanation of Quote / Evidence How does the quote support your topic sentence 5.Concluding Sentence Rephrase your topic sentence.

5 Steps to using quotes in paragraphs

1. Topic sentence STEPS: Decide what you are trying to prove in the paragraph. Answer the question.

1. Topic sentence In the short story “The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, Sheila Mant is self-centered.

2. Introduce the quote (reference) 1.Provide context – where, when, who? 2.Prepares your reader by paraphrasing/summarizing the context (reference) of the upcoming quote.

2. Introduce the quote (reference) She goes to the dance with the narrator in order to get a ride and escort. However, when they get there she dumps the him and leaves with an older boy.

3. Quote in MLA format. (Citation) EXAMPLE: Steinbeck writes “for Slim’s opinions were law” (45).

At the end of the story, the narrator states, “I may have danced once or twice with her, but all I really wanted remember is her coming over to me once the music was done to explain that she would be going home in Eric Caswell’s Corvette” (10). 3. Quote in MLA format. (Citation)

4. Explain how quote connects to topic sentence Provide 2-3 clarifying sentences What does your quote prove? What does it show?

4. Explain how quote connects to topic sentence Sheila Mant has no regard for the narrator’s feelings. Her only concern is being able to meet an older boy with a cool car.

5. Closing sentence or Clincher statement Rephrase topic sentence with an impact statement. DO NOT USE “This is why…” or “These are my reasons…”

5. Closing sentence or Clincher statement Sheila was beautiful and sophisticated, but she did not care about anyone except herself.

In the short story “The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, Sheila Mant is self- centered. She goes to the dance with the narrator in order to get a ride and escort. However, when they get there she dumps the him and leaves with an older boy. At the end of the story, the narrator states, “I may have danced once or twice with her, but all I really remember is her coming over to me once the music was done to explain that she would be going home in Eric Caswell’s Corvette” (10). Sheila Mant has no regard for the narrator’s feelings. Her only concern is being able to meet an older boy with a cool car. Sheila was beautiful and sophisticated, but she did not care about anyone except herself.

REVIEW

1. Topic sentence

2. Introduce the quote (Reference)

3. Quote in MLA style (Citation)

4. Explain how quote connects to topic sentence (Reference)

5. Closing sentence/ Clincher Statement

In Chapter 2 of Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck describes Slim as a man of extreme power and authority. When he enters the bunk house, Slim is wearing the clothing of a laborer rather than a man of power. Steinbeck then describes how Slim moves “with a majesty only achieved by royalty and a master craftsman” (33). At this point, Slim becomes more powerful than the common worker. It is interesting that Slim identifies with the men in the bunk house even though he is a man of wisdom. Although Slim has power and authority over the common laborers, he chooses to dress and act like a worker rather than a boss.

In his novel Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck describes the racial tension between white and black workers during the 1930s. Conditions were especially difficult for African Americans who had few civil rights during the Great Depression. Crooks, the black character in Of Mice and Men, complains about his treatment on the ranch when he says “they play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all stink to me” (68). It is common for the white characters on the ranch to either exclude Crooks or treat him poorly. Steinbeck includes a black character in his novel to show the injustice that African Americans suffered in the 1930s. The hardships that African Americans faced during the Great Depression helped pave the way for the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s.

In Chapter 2 of Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck describes Slim as a man of extreme power and authority. When he enters the bunk house, Slim is wearing the clothing of a laborer rather than a man of power. Steinbeck then describes how Slim moves “with a majesty only achieved by royalty and a master craftsman” (33). At this point, Slim becomes more powerful than the common worker. It is interesting that Slim identifies with the men in the bunk house even though he is a man of wisdom. Although Slim has power and authority over the common laborers, he chooses to dress and act like a worker rather than a boss.

Embed Quote Example: Daisy Bates describes Elizabeth’s experience, “Elizabeth, whose dignity and control in the face of jeering mobsters had been filmed by television cameras and recorded in pictures flashed to newspapers over the world, had over- night become a national heroine. During the next few days newspaper reporters besieged her home, wanting to talk to her” (Bates). According to U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History, “The youths had voluntarily transferred to the formerly all-white Central High School. Their transfer was part of a city plan to comply with a 1955 Supreme Court ruling that school boards desegregate (stop separating the races) as quickly as possible” (Little).