Quiz today on chapter 1
Paper due today by 6 pm
And on Monday you are writing your critical lens on the two summer reading books.
Your choices were Jennifer Government by Max Barry, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Princess by Jeanne Sasson, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and any of The Twilight Saga books by Stephanie Butler.
the following is a copy of the critical lens model that was handed out in class.
As (insert the author’s name or write as someone once said if you do not know the author’s name) once said, “ (insert quote). In other words (this is where you paraphrase the quote.) Use words that are not part of the quote. You may write two to three sentences. This is supported in the (insert first genre: novel, autobiography, play, memoir, epic poem) (insert first title) by (insert author) and the (insert second genre) (insert second title) by (insert second author) through the literary elements of (choose two:character, plot, setting, theme, tone).
Paragraph 2: support the above with book 1
Give two detailed, specific examples
Paragraph 3: support the above with book 2
Give two detailed, specific examples.
Conclusion: do not repeat the quote, but make a general, universal statement that ties the two books into the writer’s words.
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