Class 4/Week 4

Week 4: Main Presentation: Link 

               Rhetoric & Figures of Speech: Link

               Grading Criteria & Rubric: Link

Homework

Continue to work on your poetry essay. Finish up your intro and write 2 body paragraphs, following the body paragraph sandwich format (i.e. the 5 paragraph format). Also, using correct quotation format: introduce the quote, give the quote, and analyze it (link it to your minithesis and main thesis). Use the pdf from lesson 2 to integrate poetry vocabulary words. This will help you to expand your essay and improve your thesis. Please note: no paragraph in your essay should be less than 3 sentences. You need to be able to introduce, explain and support your thesis. A good length for any paragraph is at least 5-8 sentences long.

Listenings & Readings

Listenings 

1. Susan Glaspell, Trifles (audio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPQ5tgg9qQ

2. Lorraine Hansberry, (biography): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRqWB_tdPs0

Readings 

1. Toni Cade Bambara, The Lesson: http://cai.ucdavis.edu/gender/thelesson.html

2. Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/

3. William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html