Things Fall Apart Essay notes

Format: 2 point deduction now Times New Roman Size 12 Double space Indent paragraphs Name, due date and class period Center/capitalize title

Reminders: Turnitin.com Set up and cite all quotes Class ID: 3550576 Password: writing Set up and cite all quotes Eliminate Rip words (2 points each now) Follow outline exactly

Tips: Use a variety of names for a character Have an exciting and intriguing title Sentence variety (compound and complex) Use a first draft to help you. Most issues can be fixed!

Goals: Use your Julius Caesar essay What do you need and want to improve upon from last time? Be specific. What grammar? What part of organization? 1. 2. 3.

Using Quotes If you choose dialogue, nothing has changed. Occasion, speaker and tag. When he needed assistance in starting he farm, Okonkwo reluctantly asked, “If you give me some seeds I shall not fail you” (Achebe 21) If the part you want is just narration, use a part of a sentence inside your own sentence. The sentence should read as one, complete thought. Okonkwo was famous through all nine villages because he was like a “cat whose back would never touch the earth” (Achebe 3). * first word of quote is not capitalized Cite with author last name and page number. The period still does on the outside.

Outline Intro: hook: image with sensory details Background: connect hook to the book; use Achebe and Things Fall Apart Thesis last ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body Paragraphs: Topic sentence Quote Commentary (2) Concluding sentence Conclusion: After careful consideration of, ______________, one can conclude that _____ ______________________________________________________________. Loop back to your hook in an interesting way to tie it all together.