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Claim Unit 2 Argumentative Writing Literary Essays Getting Ready Please get a Literature Book and open to the page of the short story that you would like to write about Eleven by Sandra ID: 561173

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Crafting a Claim

Unit 2 – Argumentative WritingLiterary EssaysSlide2

Getting Ready

Please get a Literature Book and open to the page of the short story that you would like to write about.

“Eleven” by Sandra

Cisneros : p. 182

“Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox

Mazer

: p. 204

“President Cleveland, Where are You?” By Robert Cormier: p. 228

“Aaron’s Gift” by Myron

Levoy

: p. 242Slide3

Today’s Goal: Think about and develop the “big idea” for an essay and develop a thesis statement.

How to Write a Literary Essay about Character

Reread selected bits

Notice details, think, talk, write to explore: “Why this detail?”

Think, “What does the character really want?” and write long

It can help to use thought prompts

(Maybe….Perhaps….)

Think about the deep down, internal motivations

Once you have an idea and some evidence, reread again, reread more of the text, reread more closely, and expect your original idea will change

Try to generate an idea about the character that encompasses the whole character and the whole text.Slide4

Coming up with a Claim

To come up with a strong claim…

Reread entries/notes

Think again about the text

Come up with drafts of possible thesis statements Let’s return to “Raymond’s Run”

As I read through my entries about Squeaky, try and come up with 1 or more possible big ideas Slide5

Entry #1

I notice that when people say mean things about Raymond, Squeaky reacts by saying, “I much rather just knock you down…” I wonder why Bambara included this detail about Squeaky – that she wants to knock people down. Maybe the author wants to show us that Squeaky is really, really angry over how people treat her brother. On the other had, perhaps Bambara is showing us that Squeaky really loves Raymond – she loves him so much that she’s willing to fight for him. Or could it be that Bambara is trying to show that Squeaky thinks it works better to fight than to talk through stuff.Slide6

Entry #2

I think Bambara is trying to show that Squeaky is a good runner. I think maybe she also wants to show that Squeaky is really egotistical, like she is a rapper saying, “I’m the best!” But it is sad she is running a relay race all by herself. Maybe the author is trying to show that Squeaky doesn’t have any friends because she is running all by herself and winning all the spots. I bet maybe she doesn’t have friends because she is always attacking kids.Slide7

Entry #3

Squeaky seems tough and angry, wanting to knock down people, but even though she seems tough, what shines through is how much she loves Raymond. He is disabled in some way, I am not sure exactly, and having him tag along could make some people crazy. But she wants to stay near him to look out for him. They go everywhere together. If people tease her brother or treat him badly, Squeaky gets mad. She knows he is different and that he can’t protect himself.

PROTECT.

That is a good word for what Squeaky does. Squeaky wants to protect her brother from the world. She watches that he walks on the safe side of the sidewalk and knocks anyone down who so much as looks at him. It is like she sees the whole world as enemies to her and to Raymond. Maybe she’s gotten tough because people have made fun of her and she uses that toughness to protect Raymond. But while she thinks she is just protecting Raymond, she is also pushing people away and I sort of wonder if deep down, she is lonely.Slide8

Big Ideas

Reread the “big ideas” you have jotted down and turn that into a complete sentence.

Example:

Squeaky seems tough and angry, wanting to knock people down, but what shines through is how much she loves Raymond.Slide9

Testing and Tweaking

In just a moment, you’ll do this alone…

After an essayists drafts a few possible thesis statements, they need to be

looked over

and

tested. Weigh…

Does it encompass the WHOLE character Does it ring true

With a group around you, turn and talk…

Which rings the most true and comes the closest to capturing her essence?

Write on a post-it noteSlide10

Possible Options

In the beginning Squeaky hates Gretchen but at the end she wants to be friends with her.

Squeaky wants to protect her big brother, but she also wants to have a friend who she can trust not to judge him.Slide11

Testing and Tweaking

Try

to generate an idea about the character that encompasses the whole character and the

whole text

.

It’s all about rethinking, and rewriting, and testing and tweaking Return to your groups and test again!Slide12

Writing Time

Work with 1-2 other people that read the same short story that you did

Reread some of your entries about that short story (may help to star big ideas) and work together to create a list of possible thesis statements

Jot these down separately in your own notebooks

As soon as you have 4-6 possible thesis statements, start testing them to see if they fit with the WHOLE CHARACTER and the WHOLE STORY

Choose 1 for yourself; or rework oneSlide13

Writing Classwork/Homework

Reread at least TWO selected passages in your chosen short story (you may want to highlight them in the text).

Write about the details that you see in those two passages and what those details reveal about the main character.

Choose passages that you are POSITIVE you will be writing about in your essay.

Do they relate to your chosen thesis? Write at least two pages in your composition books