A5 Lesson about essay

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

A5 English: African American Literature

With Ms Hart

Agenda and goals

Agenda: Remind you of important things for the essay test, ask questions about aspects of writing literary essays

Goals: To feel prepared for the test tomorrow, ask any questions

Literary Essay Test

• Tomorrow 0_o
• On Inspera - bring own devices
• Bring novels and dictionaries (if you want)
• Do you have any questions or concerns?

*The makeup tests for listening and watching will happen a couple weeks after the test week 2 is over.

Warm-up question:
How should your novel's title be formatted in your essay?

1. In quotes, capitalized first letters
2. Italicised, capitalized first letters
3. In quotes, lower case letters
4. Italicised, lower case letters

What is the main focus of the essay?

1. The literature
2. Your opinion about current issues

In the literary essay it is important to...

1. use textual evidence, quotes
2. support the thesis statement
3. use I/we/us/you
4. write 750 words

Things to remember

• The essay is literary, so focus on the book!!!
• Make sure you support your thesis statement
• The title of the book should have capital letters for the first letter and the title should be italicized. 

• Example: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Help

Quotes

•  Quotes should be put into quotation marks (not italicized) with page numbers. You want the punctuation of the sentence to come after the page number. 
• Integrate the quotes. Use commas, not colons :
• Don't end a paragraph with a quote!
• Example: In the novel, Lee writes, ‘’Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (p. 90).

How many quotes should you use in your essay?

1. At least 1 per body paragraph
2. None
3. 1 for the intro and 1 for the conclusion

Is this correct?
In the novel, Aibileen laughed and said, ''All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries." (p. 312)

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

What was incorrect?

1. The comma should be a colon
2. The period should be after the page number
3. The tense of own writing
4. The quotation marks should be single '

Linking words

• Use linking words in your essay
• Don't start a sentence with And, But or So

__________ individuals can make a considerable difference to environmental problems, they ought to be dealt with on a gloabl scale to be solved effectively.

1. Whereas
2. While
3. But

______ of global warming, sea levels are rising which threatens many low-lying lands.

1. As a result
2. Consequently
3. Thus

One of the best ways to deal with global warming is to reduce the emissions of fossil fuels, _____ from industry.

1. specific
2. particularly
3. certainly

Other linking words

Nevertheless,

Moreover,

Therefore,

However, 

In conclusion, 

*If a sentence starts with a linking word, put a comma behind it.

Do you feel prepared to take the test?

Yes

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