1. Unit 2 portfolio: Literary analysis
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3. objectives
Students will dissect the prompt for the literary analysis portfolio
Students will view the characterization chart
Students will practice creating a thesis
Students will review the outline format

4. Unit 2 Portfolio: Literary Analysis
Goals: In this task, you are to demonstrate your ability to…
Construct analytical paragraphs that include strong topic sentences supported by well-selected concrete detail evidence and developed with a thoughtful, analytical commentary.
Establish an engaging introduction that provides an objective overview of the text before establishing a thesis statement the essay will go on to analyze.
Compose a strong conclusion that reviews, makes connections, draws conclusions, and brings your essay to a convincing close.
Follow the rules and conventions of standard American English and MLA formatting.  
Task: You will be writing a literary analysis essay discussing the characterization of the pilgrims who journey to Canterbury in “The Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales.  Your essay will be a 5-paragraph, double-spaced essay. Make sure that you have a strong thesis statement at the end of your introduction and clear topic sentences in each body paragraph.

5. Unit 2 Portfolio: Literary Analysis
Goals: In this task, you are to demonstrate your ability to…
Construct analytical paragraphs that include strong topic sentences supported by well-selected concrete detail evidence and developed with a thoughtful, analytical commentary.
Establish an engaging introduction that provides an objective overview of the text before establishing a thesis statement the essay will go on to analyze.
Compose a strong conclusion that reviews, makes connections, draws conclusions, and brings your essay to a convincing close.
Follow the rules and conventions of standard American English and MLA formatting.  
Task: You will be writing a literary analysis essay discussing the characterization of the pilgrims who journey to Canterbury in “The Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales.  Your essay will be a 5- paragraph, double-spaced essay. Make sure that you have a strong thesis statement at the end of your introduction and clear topic sentences in each body paragraph.

6. What do we know so far? Writing a literary analysis
It will be 5 paragraphs
Double spaced
MLA format
Introduction with thesis
Analytical body paragraphs with your own commentary
Strong conclusion

7. Prompt: The description of each pilgrim provides insight into not only the characters, but also medieval culture and the view Chaucer has about the culture. Choose one character from the prologue to analyze, focusing specifically on:
the character’s qualities, motivation, and flaws (first body paragraph)
how the character reflects medieval culture (second body paragraph)
Chaucer’s opinion about the culture (third body paragraph)
Unpack the prompt

8. Prompt: The description of each pilgrim provides insight into not only the characters, but also medieval culture and the view Chaucer has about the culture. Choose one character from the prologue to analyze, focusing specifically on:
the character’s qualities, motivation, and flaws (first body paragraph)
how the character reflects medieval culture (second body paragraph)
Chaucer’s opinion about the culture (third body paragraph)
Unpack the prompt

9. Choose one character from the prologue to analyze
the character’s qualities, motivation, and flaws (first body paragraph)
how the character reflects medieval culture (second body paragraph)
Chaucer’s opinion about the culture (third body paragraph)
You will use the characterization chart to keep track of your notes. This chart can be turned in with your outline for extra credit.

10. Keep track of your characters appearance, clothing, actions, your own thought, and the narrator's thoughts
Use the chart to keep track of FOUR characters. When you write the essay, you will choose the ONE you have the most in-depth information about.
NOTE: You will only get the extra credit if the chart is filled out COMPLETELY!

11. Thesis: the answer to the prompt
What is our prompt?
Prompt: The description of each pilgrim provides insight into not only the characters, but also medieval culture and the view Chaucer has about the culture. Choose one character from the prologue to analyze, focusing specifically on:
the character’s qualities, motivation, and flaws (first body paragraph)
how the character reflects medieval culture (second body paragraph)
Chaucer’s opinion about the culture (third body paragraph)

12. How to write your thesis
Pick a character
Thesis should be one sentence at the end of your introduction
It should mention (without going into great detail) what you plan to discuss i.e appearance, how the character reflects medieval culture and Chaucer's opinion about the culture
A thesis is a direct statement that explains the topic of your essay, what you believe about that topic, and why you believe it.
A thesis statement is made up of three parts:
Topic: Identify what you are talking about. When writing a literary thesis, this will be the title of literature and the author.
Claim: What do you believe about the topic based on the question or prompt?
Direction: What are the 3 main reasons you can support your claim?  This will basically outline the body paragraphs of your essay. In a literary essay, you will need specific examples from the text to support each reason.
Identification of Topic (title and author) + Claim (belief about topic) + Direction (reason 1, reason 2, and reason 3)

14. example
Thesis: I love cats because they are soft, low maintenance, and don’t make a lot of noise.
Body paragraph 1
-all about how soft cats are
Body paragraph 2
-all about how they are low
maintenance
Body paragraph 3
-all about how they don’t
make loud noises

16. Only use The Canterbury Tales for a source. No outside sources
the character’s qualities, motivation, and flaws
how the character reflects medieval culture
Chaucer’s opinion about the culture
Only use The Canterbury Tales for a source. No outside sources

17. reminders Paragraphs should be between 5-8 sentences
Make sure to mention the author and title in the introduction paragraph
Turn in the outline as your rough draft
Turn in the characterization chart with the outline if you want extra credit
The final draft should be in MLA format (see website for extra help)
You need citations after each quote
Minimum 3 quotes in the whole paper
reminders

18. Citation “Quote goes here” (Chaucer 435). NEED:
Quote must be in quotation marks
Author’s name and page number where the quote was found in the textbook in parenthesis
Sentence punctuation goes AFTER the citation
“Quote goes here” (Chaucer 435).

19. Looking ahead Next LiveLesson September 12th at 1:30 pm
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