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Week #9: The English Patient

Week #9: The English Patient. Professor Poyner -Del Vento. Kindly turn off. All cell phones The wireless component of any laptop computers. Overview of lecture. Introduction to author and novel Historical background Revision. Introduction to author and novel.

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Week #9: The English Patient

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  1. Week #9:The English Patient Professor Poyner-Del Vento

  2. Kindly turn off • All cell phones • The wireless component of any laptop computers

  3. Overview of lecture • Introduction to author and novel • Historical background • Revision

  4. Introduction to author and novel

  5. Introduction to Michael Ondaatje Image from Scooter Chronicles: http://scooterchronicles.com/2009/04/28/divisadero-by-michael-ondaatje/

  6. Introduction to The English Patient Image from New Writing North: http://www.shop.newwritingnorth.com/pat-barker-the-ghost-road-d198532.html

  7. Lyrical style • The English Patient is written in a highly lyrical style • Some students struggle with reading this writing style

  8. Historical background

  9. World War Two • 1939-1945 • Involved countries from around the world • Allies • Axis • More than 100 million soldiers and other military members were involved • Between 50-70million people killed

  10. Countries involved in World War II Image from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WWII.png

  11. Revision

  12. Two kinds of revision • Higher Order Concerns—big picture issues • Do you have a debatable thesis? • Is your essay well organized? • Are your ideas developed enough? • Lower Order Concerns—small details • Are you writing grammatical sentences? • Are you using punctuation correctly? • Are you using proper MLA Style? • adapted from OWL Website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/690/01/

  13. “One Art” • By Elizabeth Bishop • American poet • 20th century • First page of handout

  14. First draft of “One Art” • Second page of handout

  15. Eleventh draft of “One Art” • Third page of handout

  16. Real revision • truly revising means being willing to change anything

  17. Advantage of Outline • Allows you to see essay as whole • Allows you to focus on HOCs, not LOCs • Resources available on WebCT

  18. Format for Outline • Several pages, using point form • Works Cited page, using MLA style • Optional: Acknowledgements page • Will be graded according to rubric • Due dates are based on your tutorial dates • Mon, July 18th • Tue, July 19th • Also turn in via WebCT

  19. The English Patient Read until page 176 by next lecture

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