1. Choice Book Essay
Quarter 3, 2019

2. The Assignment:
Dominant American Values are concepts/ideas that can be found in literature, art, music, history—virtually everywhere.
Choose 1-2 Dominant American Values from the pink packet. Write an essay—with an introduction, 1-2 body paragraphs, and a conclusion—that explains the Dominant American Values you found in the choice book you read.
You will need to provide 2-3 pieces of evidence per value from the book; they need to be cited correctly.
You will explain how this evidence illustrates the value/s you selected in your analysis.

3. The Introduction Needs. . .
An attention getter
Background information about your book and the Dominant American Values you will be talking about.
Thesis Statement:
Using _________________ and ________________ to illustrate important values in American literature, author _______________ conveys the theme that _____________________________________.
DAV #1
DAV #2

4. Body Paragraphs need. . . DAV #1
Topic Sentence
Clarifying sentence / transition to first main point
Transition, Claim #1 (after the comma)
Lead in, “quotation” (page).
Analysis: explain how the quotation proves your claim
Transition, Claim #2 (after the comma)
Transition, Claim #3 (after the comma)
Transition, concluding statement.

5. Body Paragraphs need. . . DAV #2
Topic Sentence
Clarifying sentence / transition to first main point
Transition, Claim #1 (after the comma)
Lead in, “quotation” (page).
Analysis: explain how the quotation proves your claim
Transition, Claim #2 (after the comma)
Transition, Claim #3 (after the comma)
Transition, concluding statement.

6. Conclusions need. . .
Conclusions should restate what you have said in your essay but in summary form.
Summarize the main points of your essay:
The dominant American values you discussed
How your book illustrates those values

7. Works Cited You need one. Use Easy Bib or Citation Machine.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Scribner, 2003.
Monk Kidd, Sue. The Secret Life of Bees. Penguin Books, 2002.
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown, 1979.
Steinbeck, John, and John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men . Penguin Books,
1965.
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. Penguin Books, 2009.