First essay

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• Leerjaar 4

First essay

- planning

- dossier

- how to use quotes

- write mock essay

monday 15- listening whilst I feedback essays	Friday 19- free
monday 22- listening test	Friday 26- look at feedback and use rubric
Monday 29- free	Friday 2 - last lesson before test Submit dossier
Monday 5- testweek

How is the book going

haven't got it yet

I have started...

halfway

almost done

done

how are you feeling about writing the essay?

I really need help

not great, but I'll be fine

neutral

confident

if you are struggling with any of this...

Come to me. We will have time in class to work independently, and that is a perfect opportunity to discuss your book/work with me. You can also always e-mail me with questions!

Dossier

what it is

how to make it

what to expect

See also the document in Classroom

Your dossier

Don't just print a ton of things. 

Build it and structure it yourself

- we'll make a list of handy things together

- we'll look at how to do this for a book I am working with now

Submit

- PRINTED

- Friday in class (my last lesson ends at 13.10)

- I will check and rip things out

What will I rip?

- entire essays

- long chunks of summary that you just took off the internet

On your test

I will give the dossiers to the invigilator

Use dossier

Use your book

See why it is a good idea to write your own summary?

Quotes

How you can use them

How to put them in your essay

citations

- count as 1 word

- " first two words .... last two words"

- can also be a short phrase or a word, then just quote "the thing from the book" and continue your sentence

- they support your argument

2 examples, then some practice

example 1: a large quote

In Monk we see a tension between the scientific attitudes of the Enlightenment and religious attitudes of the time. Lorenzo investigates a statue of a saint that is haunted by the spirit of a sinner. "As He took his hand from the Saint, She trembled beneath his touch. This created new terrors in the Spectators, who believed the Statue to be animated. Lorenzo’s ideas upon the subject were widely different. He easily comprehended that the noise which He had heard, was occasioned by his having loosened a chain which attached the Image to its Pedestal. He once more attempted to move it, and succeeded without much exertion. He placed it upon the ground, and then perceived the Pedestal to be hollow, and covered at the opening with an heavy iron grate. This excited such general curiosity that the Sisters forgot both their real and imaginary dangers." (vol III, ch10) Lorenzo is the embodiment of scientific research, the nuns are held back by their beliefs. Ultimately science overcomes superstition. 

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example 1: a large quote

In Monk we see a tension between the scientific attitudes of the Enlightenment and religious attitudes of the time. Lorenzo investigates a statue of a saint that is haunted by the spirit of a sinner. "As He took his hand from the Saint, She trembled beneath his touch. This created new terrors in the Spectators, who believed the Statue to be animated. Lorenzo’s ideas upon the subject were widely different. He easily comprehended that the noise which He had heard, was occasioned by his having loosened a chain which attached the Image to its Pedestal. He once more attempted to move it, and succeeded without much exertion. He placed it upon the ground, and then perceived the Pedestal to be hollow, and covered at the opening with an heavy iron grate. This excited such general curiosity that the Sisters forgot both their real and imaginary dangers." (vol III, ch10) Lorenzo is the embodiment of scientific research, the nuns are held back by their beliefs. Ultimately science overcomes superstition. 

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example 2: a few words

In Gulliver's Travels the roles of savage and civilised man are reversed as Gulliver learns more about the world. When Gullliver strands on the land of the Hoyhnhnms he says that he had never seen "such disagreeable an animal" and refers to them as "cursed brood".  (part IV, ch1)At the end of the book, however, he criticises the British for occupying lands without regard for the inhabitants. He calls them a "lump of deformity [...] smitten with pride" and wonders " how such an animal, and such a vice, could tally together". (part IV, ch12) He has come to hate his own people and admire those once considered savage. 

example 2: a few words

In Gulliver's Travels the roles of savage and civilised man are reversed as Gulliver learns more about the world. When Gullliver strands on the land of the Hoyhnhnms he says that he had never seen "such disagreeable an animal" and refers to them as "cursed brood".  (part IV, ch1) At the end of the book, however, he criticises the British for occupying lands without regard for the inhabitants. He calls them a "lump of deformity [...] smitten with pride" and wonders "how such an animal, and such a vice, could tally together". (part IV, ch12) He has come to hate his own people's pride and admire those once ignorantly considered savage. 

one more together

- go to Wuthering Heights

- use the search function and find the end of chapter 29 “You were very wicked, Mr. Heathcliff!” 

- find me a quote that proves the following statement: Heathcliff has a love-hate relationship with Cathy

For context: Cathy had just died and Heathcliff digged her up after her funeral

place your quote/argumentation here

First essay

How to go about it

What I expect

Assignment in Classroom

I know you have not finished your book

Try to write something

Focus on structure

Practice using quotes

I expect an honest attempt of no more than a page