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Writing Lab Week: Day 1
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Slide2Write a bullet point summary of “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan. Write for fifteen minutes. You should have at least 8-10 sentences/points. Use characters names and details.
Note: I will not stamp your work if you do not include the above requirements. If you want to be better writers, it starts today with hard work and FOCUS.
BELLWORK 9/6/16
Name, Period Number, Date!
Slide3Start with the Prompt! What is the question asking you to do?
Writing the introduction with a clear, meaningful thesis statement will create a map of where your paper will take me.
Slide4Here is the prompt. . . With your group, write down and highlight the key components of what you must answer.
Both Narayan and Saki use irony or paradox to explain ideas. In an essay, compare and contrast how the authors present the concepts of truth and deception in these stories. Provide evidence from the text to support your understanding.
Identify a few examples of irony or paradox in each story.
Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty.
Take notes on how the use of irony and paradox help each writer express his message. Find quotations from the text that you can include to support your ideas.
Slide5What did your group highlight?
Both Narayan and Saki use irony or paradox to explain ideas. In an essay,
compare
and
contrast
how the authors present
the concepts of truth and deception
in these stories. Provide
evidence
from the text to support your understanding.
Identify
a few examples of irony or paradox
in each story.
Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty.
Take notes on how the use of irony and paradox help each writer express his message.
Find quotations from the text that you can include to support your ideas.
Slide6What is the question asking you to do?
Compare
and contrast how the authors present the concepts of truth and deception in these stories.
Slide7What is the question asking you to do?
Identify
and
write down three
examples
of irony or paradox in
the stories.
Dramatic Irony
A plot device to create situations where the reader knows much more about the episodes and the resolutions before the chief character or characters.
Situational Irony
Situational irony occurs when the final outcome is contradictory to what was expected.
Verbal Irony
Verbal irony occurs when speakers say the opposite of what they mean.
Paradox
A concept that seems absurd or contradictory, yet is true. The uniqueness of paradoxes lies in the fact that a deeper level of meaning and significance is not revealed at first glace, but when it does crystallize, it provides astonishing insight
.
Slide8What is the question asking you to do?
Identify a few examples of irony or paradox in each story.
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
Paradox:
“Truth,
Sekhar
reflected, is like the sun. I suppose no human being can ever look it straight in the face without blinking or being dazed” (191). Narayan is suggesting that truth hurts sometimes, and even if we ask for it and believe we want to hear it, we react negatively with hurt feelings.
“The Open Window” by Saki
Irony:
Mr. Nuttel is prescribed rest and relaxation in the countryside by his doctor. His nerves are completely shot, and the niece of the estate, knowing of Mr. Nuttel’s ignorance of the family, fabricates a story about the tragic death of her aunt’s husband, two brothers, and favorite hunting dog. When the hunting party returns to the window left open for them, Mr. Nuttel runs in complete horror believing he had witnessed the return of ghosts. The irony is that the “peaceful countryside” was exactly the opposite of what his doctor had ordered.
Slide9What is the question asking you to do?
With your group, identify one more example of irony or paradox from each story.
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
Example:
Is it irony or paradox?
“The Open Window” by Saki
Example:
Is it irony or paradox?
Slide10What is the question asking you to do?
Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty.
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
The author is saying…
“The Open Window” by Saki
The author is saying…
Slide11Writing Lab Week: Day 2
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Slide12Write a bullet point summary of “The Open Window” by Saki. Write for fifteen minutes. You should have at least 8-10 sentences/points. Use characters names and details.
Note: I will not stamp your work if you do not include the above requirements. If you want to be better writers, it starts today with hard work and FOCUS.
BELLWORK 9/7/16
Name, Period Number, Date!
Slide13Let’s look at the authors’ messages that we wrote down yesterday…
Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty.
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
The author is saying…
“The Open Window” by Saki
The author is saying…
Slide14What is the question asking you to do?
Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty.
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
Narayan believes that truth can set us free and teach us valuable lessons, like not wasting money on music lessons. Life is best-lived when a person is honest.
“The Open Window” by Saki
In a much less serious tone, Saki celebrates the inherent creativity and humor that exists in deception through Vera’s tale telling. Not only does she make up a story that completely fools a grown man, but she also avoids potential punishment for the lie by fabricating the story of Mr. Nuttel’s fear of dogs so that her aunt will not wonder why he left so abruptly. The teenager appears clever and the audience finds her antics humorous and charming.
Slide15Using this information, write a thesis statement addressing the writing prompt:
In an essay, compare and contrast how Narayan and Saki present the concepts of truth and deception in “Like the Sun” and “The Open Window.”
Slide16Let’s take a look at the thesis statements and provide feedback…
Slide17Sample thesis statement that I developed…
Narayan believes that truth can set us free and teach us valuable lessons, while in a much less serious tone, Saki celebrates the inherent creativity and humor in deception.
Slide18Open with something that will draw readers in. Sometimes, especially if the topic of your paper is somewhat dry or technical, opening with something catchy can help.
The Introduction
Slide19Your introduction is an important road map for the rest of your paper. Your introduction conveys a lot of information to your readers. You can let them know what your topic is, why it is important, and how you plan to proceed with your discussion. In most academic disciplines, your introduction should contain a thesis that will assert your main argument. It should also, ideally, give the reader a sense of the kinds of information you will use to make that argument and the general organization of the paragraphs and pages that will follow.
The Introduction
Slide20Consider these options:
an intriguing example
a provocative quotation that is closely related to your argumenta puzzling scenarioa vivid and perhaps unexpected anecdote
a thought-provoking question
Think of your introductory paragraph in the shape of a funnel, moving from the general background to the more specific purpose of the paper.
Slide21Introduction:
An Old English proverb teaches us that “Honesty is the best policy,” but is that truly the case? In the short stories “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan and “The Open Window” by Saki, the authors explore the concepts of truth and deception through the use of irony and paradox. In the end, what they reveal is that the proverb may not actually be worth following. Ultimately, the truth causes more harm than good for
Sekhar
, and Vera’s deception entertains us by allowing us to recognize that Mr. Nuttel takes himself much too seriously.
Narayan believes that truth can set us free and teach us valuable lessons, while in a much less serious tone, Saki celebrates the inherent creativity and humor in deception.
Slide22Planning the paper
Use the order you have established in your thesis statement. For example, my thesis mentions the Native Americans, then the Puritans, and finally, a comparison of the two. Therefore my paper will look like this:
I. Introduction
II. Paragraph analyzing Narayan’s “Like the Sun.”
III. Paragraph analyzing Saki’s “The Open Window.”
IV. A comparison of the two – what common ground they shared.
V. Conclusion
Slide23Using your revised thesis statement, work with your group to plan your paper:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Slide24Find quotations from the text that you can include to support your ideas.
Paragraph 2
“Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan
Quotations:
“We must give and take absolute Truth whatever may happen. Otherwise life is not worth living” (191).
When
Sekhar
learns that he will have to grade all 100 paper in one night due to his commitment to the truth, Narayan writes, “ ‘Yes, sir,’ feeling that sitting up all night with a hundred test papers was a small price to pay for the luxury of practicing Truth” (194).
Paragraph 3
“The Open Window” by Saki
Quotations:
“ ‘Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?’ pursued
the self-possessed young lady
. . . ‘Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,’ said the child, ‘that would be since your sister’s time’ ” (196).
Her description implies the author’s admiration.
“ ‘I expect it was the spaniel, said the niece
calmly
; ‘He told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted . . . by a pack of pariah dogs’ ” (198).
Slide25Find examples from the text that you can include to support your ideas.
Paragraph 4: The Comparison – Similarities at a glance
Both stories involve an internal conflict of choosing to tell a truth or a lie.
The reader feels empathy for the headmaster and the wife for having to hear the brutal truth, and perhaps experiences the same when Mr. Nuttel is humiliated by being so gullible.
Additional info for Paragraphs 2-3:
The Contrast – Differences at a glance
Tone: Narayan is serious and contemplative, whereas Saki is witty and light-hearted.
Purpose: “Like the Sun” is philosophical in nature, while “The Open Window” is purely entertaining.
Slide26Add the textual evidence and examples you would use for each paragraph…
II.
III.
IV.
Slide27Writing Lab Week: Day 3
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Slide28It’s 50 years in the future, and the world is at war. Luckily, when the nuclear bombs dropped, you had a bomb shelter under your house to hide out in. When your monitors tell you it’s safe to go outside a year later, what do you find? Who or what is still alive?
Write for ten minutes. You should have at least a full paragraph of 6-8 sentences.
BELLWORK 9/8/16
Name, Period Number, Date!
Slide29Return to the theme or themes in the introduction. This strategy brings the reader full circle. For example, if you begin by describing a scenario, you can end with the same scenario as proof that your essay is helpful in creating a new understanding. You may also refer to the introductory paragraph by using key words or parallel concepts and images that you also used in the introduction.
The Conclusion
Slide30Synthesize, don’t summarize: Include a brief summary of the paper’s main points, but don’t simply repeat things that were in your paper. Instead, show your reader how the points you made and the support and examples you used fit together. Pull it all together.
The Conclusion
Slide31Beginning with an unnecessary, overused phrase such as “in conclusion,” “in summary,” or “in closing.”
Introducing a new idea or subtopic in your conclusion.
Making sentimental, emotional appeals that are out of character with the rest of an analytical paper.
The Conclusion:
Strategies to Avoid!
Slide32Work Time!
Use the remainder of class time to work on your rough draft. You have a thesis statement, an outline for the paper, and quotations to use as evidence to support your claims. Have something ready to type tomorrow!
Slide33Your heading goes in the upper
LEFT
hand corner:Your NameMs. Ousley
English 10
Date
REMINDER!
Slide34Writing Lab Week: Day 4
Friday, September 9, 2016
Slide35Both Narayan and Saki use irony or paradox to explain ideas. In an essay, compare and contrast how the authors present the concepts of truth and deception in these stories. Draw a conclusion about the message each writer is expressing about truth, deception, and honesty. Provide evidence from the text to support your understanding.
Your essay should contain a strong thesis statement and at least three body paragraphs with evidence to support your opinion. Each body paragraph should have at least one quotation from “Like the Sun” or “The Open Window.” In all, you will have five paragraphs: an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Submit a hard copy before you leave class. I will meet you at the door.
Computer Lab Time