Do Now: Name the two steps in Freytag’s Pyramid that are missing above. Explain the significance of the “super-suit”; what is the author/illustrator trying to convey with that image?

Pre-Assessment Part II Essay Writing What does a well-constructed and engaging essay look like? It needs a hook to engage the reader, e.g., a quote from the text, a rhetorical question or statement, or an idea contrasting from the thesis. It needs a thesis that presents the claim (i.e. your argument), along with a brief mention of supporting details to be discussed in the paper. It needs a body that is organized throughout; usually this is general-to-specific (arguments and evidence) but may be organized differently.

Pre-Assessment Part II It needs evidence in the form of cited quotes, summaries, or paraphrases of the text that appropriately support your thesis. It needs to flow smoothly from one idea to the next with confident, objective voice and varied, stimulating sentence structure. It needs to build to a conclusion that successfully synthesizes your arguments and evidence, reconnecting with the thesis and expanding on it. Avoid fragments, run-ons, subject-verb disagreement, shifts in verb tense, non-sequiturs, and 1st and 2nd person pronouns unless quoting directly from the text.

Pre-Assessment Part II (Hon.Eng. III) Construct a well-designed and engaging essay completely answering one of the following prompts using evidence from the text:  What is the effect of the story's being presented (except for two instances near the novel's end) through the mind and voice of Grant Wiggins? Can Grant's narrative be relied upon, or must we look beyond him for a full understanding of the novel's action?  In Chapter 6, why does Pichot keep Grant waiting for "nearly two and a half hours"? Why does Grant wait? What does this scene reveal about the relationships among blacks and whites in Louisiana, the South, and the nation in the late 1940s? What are the dominant symbols of the novel and how are they presented throughout the text to become progressively more defined and thematically important?

Pre-Assessment Part II (Pre-AP) Construct a well-designed and engaging essay completely answering one of the following prompts using evidence from the text: Discuss Ruth McBride's refusal to reveal her past and how that influenced her children's sense of themselves and their place in the world.  Do you think it was naïve of Ruth McBride Jordan to think that her love for her family and her faith in God would overcome all potential obstacles or did you find her faith in God's love and guidance inspiring? Several of the McBride children became involved in the civil rights movement. Do you think that this was a result of the times in which they lived, their need to belong to a group that lent them a solid identity, or a combination of these and other factors?

Pre-Assessment Part II (Eng. II) Construct a well-designed and engaging essay completely answering one of the following prompts using evidence from the text: Discuss the metaphor of a glass castle and what it signifies to Jeannette and her father. Why is it important that, just before leaving for New York, Jeannette tells her father that she doesn't believe he'll ever build it? (p. 238) What character traits -- both good and bad -- do you think that Jeannette inherited from her parents? And how do you think those traits shaped Jeannette's life? The first story Walls tells of her childhood is that of her burning herself severely at age three, and her father dramatically takes her from the hospital: "You're safe now" (p. 14). Why do you think she opens with that story, and how does it set the stage for the rest of the memoir?

Annotation(Eng. II) Let’s read and discuss the provided handout on annotation as a whole group in order to understand the application and expectations of annotating text during close-reading.