Informative Essay

1. Informative Essay Provide an explanation

2. Finding Quotes to support your thesis Take out “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Hamburger-Hamburger a regular piece of paper. Write your thesis in the middle diamond. Choose two quotes to support your thesis on the two halves.

3. You must use 2 of the “Key Words” in your essay.

4. Question: What is one central idea expressed through the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” and how is the central idea developed over the entire story? Thesis—Rough Draft: In the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text. What is missing in the thesis according to the question? • Talk to a partner • 1 minute.

5. Question: What is one central idea expressed through all the texts, and how is the central idea developed? Thesis—Rough Draft: In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism. Talk to a partner • 1 minute.

6. Write an essay in which you discuss the development of one central idea you have identified in the text(s you’ve been studying. Be sure to explain how the central idea is developed (Choose one: plot, characterization, symbols) and how it is shaped and refined by specific details. • Find all of your examples of plot, characterization, irony, diction, and see what two out of the three you can use to for your thesis. • You must use one out of the three choices.

7. Write your own rough draft of a thesis. Take out the hamburger/hamburger paper. Write thesis in the diamond (middle).

8. Question: What is one central idea expressed through all the texts, and how is the central idea developed? • Use this template to write your own thesis: Thesis: In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of (Choose one of the “Key Words) is developed throughout the textby the use of (Choose one: Plot, characterization, symbols). (If you don’t like this template, feel free to be creative and write your own! Just make sure you answer the essay prompt.)

9. Question: What is one central idea expressed through all the texts, and how is the central idea developed? • Use this template to write your own thesis: Thesis: In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism. (If you don’t like this template, feel free to be creative and write your own! Just make sure you answer the essay prompt.)

10. What are your first steps in starting an essay?

11. What is a thesis? • A thesis is an answer to a question. What is one central idea expressed through all the texts, and how is the central idea developed?

12. Hit the “Sweet Spot” with a thesis. General Statement “Sweet Spot” Too Narrow

13. Hit the “Sweet Spot” with a thesis. THESIS Question: What is one central idea expressed through all the texts, and how is the central idea developed? General Statement: The main idea was proven with lots of things. “Sweet Spot”: The central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism. Too Narrow: The central idea of hubris, which is a Greek word, and Greece is a country in the Mediterranean with beautiful white sand beaches, and beaches are made by years of erosion by currents and tides, which Flannery O’Connor I’m sure would not appreciate, since she was pale and suffered from Lupus—this idea of hubris is expressed through the text in ways that are simple yet elegant….

14. F.A.T.T. Thesis Include “F.A.T.T.” in your thesis. • Focus: What is the main idea? • Author: Author’s full name • Title: Poems and short stories use “quotations” • Text: what type of text is it? Short story? Poem?

15. F.A.T.T. Thesis • Focus: What is the main idea? • Author: Author’s full name • Title: Poems and short stories use “quotations” • Text: what type of text is it? Short story? Poem? In the article(Text), “Rap the World”(Title)by Dean Young(Author)(Focus) hip hop influenced popular culture through dress, language and attitude throughout the country, specifically with the youth.

16. Introductions • What do you know about introductions? • Beginning of essay • Contains thesis • Summarizes essay

17. Introductions • Take out a piece of paper. • Write “1st Draft” on this paper.

18. Introductions: Informative Essay • You can use two types of introductions for this informative essay: • Interesting Fact • Personal Anecdote

19. Introductions • Anecdote • Think of a personal moment of your main idea for your thesis. My main idea: Hubris • When my drunk uncle punched my father’s face, a tooth flew across the room and hit the wall. • The collegiate hockey trophy weighed twenty pounds, and the silver it used was cold. • I threw a high pitch at the Taft baseball player, grazing his chin, laughing at the way he flinched.

20. Introduction • Anecdotal Using Scene • Use 3 out of the 5 senses • Quickest way to emotionally convince the reader • Pure storytelling

21. Introduction • Scene: Write 3 sensory details about a time you witnessed/experienced “the other.” • EXAMPLE:When my drunk uncle punched my father’s face, a tooth flew across the room and hit the wall. 3 SENSORY DETAILS • Grandmother screaming • Uncle slurring • The smell of carne asada

22. Introduction Scene: Write 3 sensory details. When my drunk uncle punched my father’s face, a tooth flew across the room and hit the wall. (Sensory detail #1) My grandmother screamed. My mother ran to my father and held him in her arms. My uncle chuckled, taking a swig of beer. (Sensory detail #2) He told my father he was soft, and he kept slurring his words as he would not stop talking. Nobody else spoke, but the (Sensory detail #3) smell of carne asada came through the window. My uncle walked to the kitchen and opened another beer. He laughed at my father, and said that my father would never be strong enough to win him in a fight. A few years later, my uncle was hospitalized after fighting in a bar. He learned his lesson.

23. Introductions • Find one interesting fact about your thesis, and write it down as your first line of your essay.

24. Introductions • Interesting Statement of Fact • Look up an interesting fact about the subject matter of your thesis. My subject: Compassion is dismissed when fear takes over

25. Introductions • Start first sentence with interesting fact • As a class, get me from the first sentence to the thesis: • Lebron James expected five championships with his time in Miami, but he only won two. In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

26. Introductions • Start first sentence with interesting fact • Main idea: Hubris • Lebron James expected five championships with his time in Miami, but he only won two. • Donald Trump once told the most famous reporter of Television to “Go back to Unavision.” • Kanye West calls himself “God.” • Kim Kardishian took a picture of herself and her baby, and cut the baby out because the baby was not pretty enough. .

27. Introductions • Start first sentence with interesting fact • Main idea: Evil Four millions Jews were murdered by a single man. Two airplanes were crashed into two buildings, murdering 3,000 souls. In Sandy Hook Connecticut, a man with a machine gun shot children in the face. .

28. Introductions • Start first sentence with interesting fact • As a class, get me from the first sentence to the thesis: • Lebron James expected five championships with his time in Miami, but he only won two. Lebron James is full of hubris, thinking that he would win 5 championships in Miami when the other teams in the division wanted it as bad as he did. This example of hubris is also presented in short stories. In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

29. Finding Quotes to support your thesis Take out “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Hamburger-Hamburger a regular piece of paper. Write your thesis in the middle diamond. Choose two quotes to support your thesis on the two halves.

30. Hamburger Hotdog Paper In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

31. Hamburger Hotdog Paper In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of evil is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

32. Introduction How do you find quotes to support your thesis?

33. Outline (Do Steve Jobs Assignment) Choose two quotes to support your thesis.

34. How do you analyze evidence/quotes?

35. Hamburger Hotdog Paper In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

36. Quote #1 Say:QUOTE demonstrating Character/Plot/Symbolism Say: “the grandmother had on a navy blue straw sailor hat with a bunch of white violets on the brim” (O’Connor 4). Mean (What does the quote “mean”?): Summarize the quote: This passage explainsthe tacky colors and the overly fancy decoration of the hat. In this case, this hat symbolizes the grandmother’s hubris because a road trip does not require such a showy hat. *MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?): How does the quote prove your thesis? In this case, this hat symbolizes the grandmother’s hubris because a road trip does not require such a showy hat. A simple “kerchief” like the one the mother uses would be enough to cover her head, but instead, to elevate her status, she wears this ridiculous hat for a trip through dirt roads.

37. Quote #2 Say:“The grandmother reached up to adjust her hat brim as if she were going to the woods with him but it came off in her hand. She stood staring at it and after a second she let it fall on the ground” (O’Connor 27). Mean (What does the quote “mean”?): This passage illustrates how the hat falling apart mirrors the grandmother’s view of herself as falling apart. MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?): As a result, the hat symbolizes the consequence of the central idea of hubris when the grandmother realizes she is not better than others, that her hubris will not allow her to escape death.

38. Quote #1 (Do as a class) Say: Mean (What does the quote “mean”?): MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?):

39. Quote #2 Say:“The grandmother reached up to adjust her hat brim as if she were going to the woods with him but it came off in her hand. She stood staring at it and after a second she let it fall on the ground” (O’Connor 27). Mean (What does the quote “mean”?): This passage illustrates how the hat falling apart mirrors the grandmother’s view of herself as falling apart. MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?): As a result, the hat symbolizes the consequence of the central idea of hubris when the grandmother realizes she is not better than others, that her hubris will not allow her to escape death.

40. Hamburger Hotdog Paper In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

41. Introduction • Take out your introduction (Statement of fact and scene) • Take out your say-mean-matter hamburger/hamburger paper

42. Introduction • Take out your 1st draft • Take out the essay I wrote, “The Good Man’s Fall.” • Take out your say-mean-matter hamburger/hotdog paper • Take out your 13 moves list

43. Introduction • Pancakes • Lebron James • Deez Nuts for President • Flashlight • Intestine • Driver’s license from Tijuana

44. Introduction Write your thesis and transition into your thesis after your introduction: Example: Lebron James expected five championships with his time in Miami. Donald Trump believes he can become president because of his money and arrogance. The devil himself thought he could rebel against the thunderous Christian God. All of these figures believed they could never lose, and this very belief caused them to fall into the pool of failure and shame. Hubris is the downfall of all of those who succeed in life. (Move #1)This type of __________ also occurs throughout literature. (Move #2) In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of hubris is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

45. Introduction Write your thesis and transition into your thesis after your introduction: Example: When two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 200,000 people and animals were left dead or incinerated. Evils still exists all over the world, including all of modern history. (Move #1)This type of (MAIN IDEA) also occurs throughout literature. (Move #2) In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the central idea of evils is developed throughout the text by the use of symbolism.

46. Introduction • Take out the essay “The Good Man’s Fall” by Brendan McAdams.

47. Introduction Writing can be reduced to a series of moves. Let’s see what kind of moves Mr. Kim has!

48. Expository Essay Moves Take out the essay “The Good Man’s Fall” by Brendan McAdams. You will highlight each move I will call on you Read the first three words of the sentence for each move.

49. Informational Essay Moves Underline and number each of these moves: Transition INTO thesis. Thesis Paragraph #1 Introduction to quote Say #1 Mean#1 Matter#1 Paragraph #2 Transition from matter #1 to next paragraph Introduction to quote (Moves 7 & 8 could be the same sentence) Say #2 Mean#2 Matter#2 Paragraph #3 Transition into last paragraph Restatement of thesis Paragraph #4

50. Expository Essay Moves Transition INTO thesis.