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Tuesday, Sept. 10 Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please . Mark Twain

Tuesday, Sept. 10 Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please . Mark Twain Please take both handouts from the black table Sit with your group and get your book and notes out Presentations are schedule for Sept. 23. You must be here for your presentation to get full credit!

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Tuesday, Sept. 10 Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please . Mark Twain

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  1. Tuesday, Sept. 10 Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.Mark Twain Please take both handouts from the black table Sit with your group and get your book and notes out Presentations are schedule for Sept. 23. You must be here for your presentation to get full credit! Keep track of the work you are doing for your group. You will turn in evidence of the work you contributed to the group with your reflection after the presentations!

  2. Theme Development Literary 3x3

  3. A 3x3 WILL have: • Complete sentences (subject and predicate) (The predicate is the verb phrase. It modifies the subject, the noun). • Effective word order • Strong words, especially verbs and adjectives What is a 3x3?

  4. A 3x3 MAY also have: • Abstract nouns (Freedom, Fear, Love) • Contractions using “is” (Love’s, Freedom’s) What else…

  5. A 3x3 will NOT use the following: • Proper nouns/names (Amir, Okonkwo) • Repeated words (Love…love) • “to be” words (is, am, are, was, were) • Pronouns (she, he, you, I, we, me, etc) • Clichés (Love conquers all) • A, an, the Some more info…

  6. Boy wins scholarship. • Boy must fight. • Boy keeps running. Bad Examples from Invisible Man

  7. Apathy strangles devotion. (abstract noun…apathy) • Lost heart’s saved. (adjective with contraction using “is”) • Bird justifies death. Some good examples

  8. Prologue 3x3 • Darkness gives clarity. • Invisibility provides freedom. • Responsibility requires recognition. • Chapter 1 • Obedience equals treachery. • Reality destroys presuppositions. • Dreams give clarity. More examples from Invisible Man

  9. EACH group member is to create THEIR OWN 3x3 for your group’s section. One set is fine, but I would come up with a few to work with. • Read the chapter on “Theme” and review any theme statements you have already created. Does your statement(s) fit the criteria given in the reading? Be prepared to create theme statements for your SECTION tomorrow in class. • Tomorrow you will share your 3x3 and work on theme statements. Homework…ready, set, go

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