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Writing About Literature From Topic to Thesis

Dr. Sue Gilmore Martin Luther King Magnet School Nashville, TN. Barry Gilmore Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN. Brenda Robinette Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN. Writing About Literature From Topic to Thesis.

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Writing About Literature From Topic to Thesis

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  1. Dr. Sue Gilmore Martin Luther King Magnet School Nashville, TN Barry Gilmore Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN Brenda Robinette Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN Writing About Literature From Topic to Thesis

  2. 5 Ideas for Writing-on-Demand Essays about the Once and Future Classics or What I have learned from my AP Seniors Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  3. 1. Responding to an on-demand prompt is a skill that develops • 8th grade expository • 10th grade state assessments • AP social studies classes • Literary analysis Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  4. 2. It matters who is demanding: know your audience • TCAP for grades 7-11 • AP social studies exams • College applications essays • AP Language • AP Literature / IB exams Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  5. 3. They want some strategies that work. • DO: • Circle the tasks in the question • Plan before you write • Make your essay readable • Notice how the punctuation (or lack of it) helps • DON’T: • Underline the thesis • Use first person • Rely on stream of consciousness Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  6. For example… Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  7. 4. Humor is hardest. • Tone? • Theme? • Point of view? • Diction? • Detail? Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  8. 5. Favorite “once and future” classics Going After Cacciato (O’Brien) God of Small Things (Roy) Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Pessl) The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde) Writing About the Classics—in 40 Minutes

  9. Copy That! Reducing Plagiarism and Increasing Engagement Through Student-Created Prompts and Theses Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  10. Showing engine-uity Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  11. Getting off track Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  12. Showing engine-uity Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  13. Puck: If we shadows have offended, Think but this and all is mended,That you have but slumber'd hereWhile these visions did appear.And this weak and idle theme,No more yielding but a dream,Gentles, do not reprehend:If you pardon, we will mend.And, as I am an honest Puck,If we have unearned luckNow to 'scape the serpent's tongue,We will make amends ere long;Else the Puck a liar call:So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends,And Robin shall restore amends. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream V.i.) Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  14. Puck: If we shadows have offended, Think but this and all is mended,That you have but slumber'd hereWhile these visions did appear.And this weak and idle theme,No more yielding but a dream,Gentles, do not reprehend:Ifyou pardon, we will mend.And, as I am an honest Puck,If we have unearned luckNow to 'scape the serpent's tongue,We will make amends ere long;Else the Puck a liar call:So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends,And Robin shall restore amends. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream V.i.) Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  15. Puck: If we shadows have offended, Think but this and all is mended,That you have but slumber'd hereWhile these visions did appear.And this weak and idle theme,No more yielding but a dream,Gentles, do not reprehend:Ifyou pardon, we will mend.And, as I am an honest Puck,Ifwe have unearned luckNow to 'scape the serpent's tongue,We will make amends ere long;Else the Puck a liar call:So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends,And Robin shall restore amends. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream V.i.) Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  16. Sample student-generated questions (prompts) • Does the play suggest it is okay to lie? • Why is it called a “dream?” • Why do both Theseus and Puck use the word “shadow”? • Why are some people “pardoned” in the play? • Why do only Puck and Bottom break the fourth wall? • Is Puck ultimately benevolent or malicious? Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  17. A process for developing prompts (without the need to plagiarize) • Create topics • Go back to the text—find examples • Discuss in pairs or groups • Write a thesis • Share and discuss (PINE) • Write an essay Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  18. Sample student introduction When Puck asks us to “pardon” him at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he points out the deep irony of the play: there is no justice in Shakespeare’s comedy, poetic, legal, or otherwise. We have no more power over Puck than the humans have over the fairies, their own fates, or love itself. Shakespeare’s world seems to include justice, but it can be seen that events in MSND are decided by power, not right and wrong. Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  19. The process in more detail… www.barrygilmore.com Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  20. Copy That!—the Student-Created Prompt

  21. And now, Brenda… Prompts for literary text pairings

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