5.12.14

Book room for copies of Romeo and Juliet. If you were gone today, please get a copy of this ASAP. You'll need this text for the rest of the year.

Conclusions: CONCLUSION: Wrap up your essay without saying “in conclusion” (or Ms. Wendel will cry)

WHAT IT NEEDS: 1) A topic sentence—moves from last idea, and summarizes preceding ideas 2) Restatement of thesis in a new way—and double check that you’ve “proved” it 3) To address the “so what” issue/question and how/why it all matters: leave me thinking.

WATCH OUT FOR: cliché use and opening a new can of worms


 * Common errors to edit for:**

Past vs. Present: verbs in analytical writing about a text always place the action in the present tense. Odysseus thinks vs. thought or was thinking

Title=italics (and it’s The Odyssey)

Quote’s punctuation goes outside the mark unless the quote has an ! or a ? already.

As Homer states, he is the “Man of twists and turns”(Homer 1.1).

Active voice:

It is argued that…Homer argues that…

It is stated that…Odysseus states that…

It is shown that…It shows that…

Shakespeare background information: Slides 8-20

HW: Final essay with rough draft (color-marked), and rubric packet due on Thursday for P.4 and Friday for P.6/8