1. Thesis Review

2. The point an essay is trying to make
Thesis
The point an essay is trying to make
Also known as…
The claim
The argument
The opinion

3. Subject Opinion Reasons 3
SOR3
Subject
Opinion
Reasons 3

4. How do these ideas relate to #ReadWoke

5. #ReadWoke What did your book do? A call to Action Informs about rights
Encourages human dignity
What did your book do?

6. #ReadWoke How did your book do it? Challenge a social norm
Gives voice to the voiceless
Focuses on a disenfranchised group
Challenges the status quo
Presents a protagonist from an oppressed or under-represented group
How did your book do it?

7. Big concept…
a thesis
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck encourages human dignity by…
giving voice to the voiceless,
challenging a social norm, and presenting a protagonist from an under-represented group.

8. What did Of Mice and Men do?
How?
Foster respect for human dignity…
….by creating connections
with characters

9. How Of Mice and Men does it
Voiceless
Mentally challenged
Caregivers
Migrant workers
Women
African Amer.
Poor
Oppressed
Norms
Guys like us
George’s decision
Under-rep
Mentally challenged
Caregivers

10. Support with examples Voice to the voiceless… Mentally challenged
Caregivers
Migrant workers
Women
Blacks
Poor
Oppressed

11. Support with examples Challenges social norms...
Lennie and George… “guys like us”
George’s difficult decision

12. Support with examples
Protagonist from an oppressed or under- represented group…
Mentally challenged
Caregivers
Migrant workers

13. Connect to Human Dignity
Oppressed or underrepresented protagonist
Voice to the voiceless
Challenges social norms
Always connect back to the thesis and idea of inspiring human dignity

14. The end Any questions? Now you try…
Write a thesis for your #ReadWoke book

15. Expanding the thesis into a body
The essay
Expanding the thesis into a body
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck encourages human dignity by…
...giving voice to the voiceless,
challenging a social norm,
and presenting a protagonist from an under-represented group.

17. Body Paragraph 1
Of Mice and Men gives voice to the voiceless by sharing the viewpoints of a number of characters who did not have a voice in society.
Mentally challenged
Caregivers
Women
Blacks
Migrant workers
Poor
Oppressed

18. Women Introduce topic of paragraph = voice to the voiceless
Ex. 1 = nameless… author shows place of women
is her situation
Ex. 2 = lack of opportunity...tricked about being
an actress then married Curley b/c he owned a
farm
Ex. 3 = loneliness/fear... She tells George, Lennie
and Crooks that she’s lonely and cannot talk to
anyone w/o Curley getting mad, even breaking her stuff
Many women suffered from a lack of opportunity and from oppressive relationships as seen through Curley’s wife.

19. Women