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Welcome Back Entry Task: Fill out the scantron per example Subj: The Glass Castle Novel Test Date: September 26, 2014 Hour: (block # )

Learning Targets for today Students will be exposed to other cultures and time periods, quality literature and effective/varied writing styles Students will begin to understand key facts that influenced and developed literature Students will write effectively in expository mode to examine/analysis a complex idea

The Glass Castle Novel Test You may use your journals, but not your novels or any other material.

Writing Prompts PROMPT CHOICES: Choose ONE of the following topics to analyze using The Glass Castle as support: 1. What is the role of that family plays in a person’s life? Consider the impact of siblings or family on Jeanette’s life. Analyze the relationship between Jeanette and two of her siblings/family members. 2. What is the role that parents play in a person’s life? Analyze the impact of the parents on a member of the Walls family. What are ways that each parent impacts this person? 3. In a well-developed literary analysis essay, examine a theme from The Glass Castle. Choose a fully developed theme (sentence stating message; not cliché), and trace its development throughout the book.

Format Intro Paragraph Attention grabber: Broad statement about your topic and life Background: Background of the book —title, author basic premise Central Idea: Specific theme Thesis: Provide an answer to the topic in the prompt. Be sure to set up two reasons-subtopics- for your body paragraphs. Body Paragraphs (you need 2 body paragraphs total) Topic Sentence: Major Support Minor Supports specific details (quotes from the book) Commentary (analysis…so what?): Be sure to use two part commentary. One sentence to analyze the quote directly and one sentence to connect to a bigger universal idea. Be sure to connect to the theme in your central idea. Major Support Commentary (analysis…so what?): Be sure to use two part commentary. One sentence to analyze the quote directly and one sentence to connect to a bigger universal idea. Be sure to connect to the theme in your central idea. Concluding Paragraph Refer to thesis (not repeat) What universal truth is the author showing through this conflict (internal/external) and the theme? Final Comment

Exit task Reflect on the learning targets for today. Do you feel you met the targets? Students will be exposed to other cultures and time periods, quality literature and effective/varied writing styles Students will begin to understand key facts that influenced and developed literature Students will write effectively in expository mode to examine/analysis a complex idea 1. What is one thing that you completed or learned today that you found interesting? 2. What is one thing that you feel you can improve in future classes?