1. Class Biz
2. Debrief your emotional reaction to Apocalypse Now
3 Workshop Hunter's essay draft:
Lit Analysis Essay Rubric
4. Draft thesis statements and workshop them
Example Thesis Statements
1. “Slip of the Tongue” by Adriel Luis examines how minority women have been oppressed by society’s unrealistic expectations of feminine beauty.
2. In The Outsiders, Cherry Valance represents the obligation felt by some members of the upper class to help those less economically fortunate than themselves.
3. In “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman uses structure and imagery to contrast the scientist’s perception of the night sky with his own poetic perception.
4. Binx Bolling, the narrator of Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer, shows the reader it is possible to contend against the malaise of everydayness by making a choice between wandering and belonging.
- Direction of the class for the next month:
- Review this week's assignments
- Essay deadline
- Student-led seminar schedule/guidelines
2. Debrief your emotional reaction to Apocalypse Now
3 Workshop Hunter's essay draft:
Lit Analysis Essay Rubric
4. Draft thesis statements and workshop them
Example Thesis Statements
1. “Slip of the Tongue” by Adriel Luis examines how minority women have been oppressed by society’s unrealistic expectations of feminine beauty.
2. In The Outsiders, Cherry Valance represents the obligation felt by some members of the upper class to help those less economically fortunate than themselves.
3. In “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman uses structure and imagery to contrast the scientist’s perception of the night sky with his own poetic perception.
4. Binx Bolling, the narrator of Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer, shows the reader it is possible to contend against the malaise of everydayness by making a choice between wandering and belonging.