This morning’s class will focus on a review of the sample student essay and annotated bibliography “The King of Storytelling,” an exercise that will serve as a guide for you as you develop and revise your own essay and bibliography.
After your Scrabble debriefing at the beginning of class, I will give each of you a writing prompt that asks you to focus on one section of the sample assignment.
If your prompt directs you to examine the final essay, you will begin your writing by addressing one or more of these elements:
- The introduction: Does the writer address the purpose for compiling it? Does the writer clarify what drives the research, what interests the writer in the subject, and what questions the writer seeks to answer?
- The body: Does the writer address all five of the sources and quote at least two of them.
If your prompt directs you to examine the first three annotations or the last two, you will begin your writing by addressing one or more of these elements:
- One of the summaries: Does it provide a clear objective overview of the article, book, or interview?
- One of the commentaries: Does the writer identify the purpose that source might serve in a larger project? (Does the writer demonstrate how the source serves as a point of comparison or contrast to another source? Does the writer indicate how it supports or challenges an idea presented in another source? Does the writer identify it as secondary source that sheds light on the meaning of a primary source?)
After you have each completed your individual review, choose a passage from one of them to serve as the starting point for our class discussion. Then use the evaluation criteria on the assignment sheet to determine a letter grade for “The King of Storytelling.”
Time permitting, after our discussion of “The King of Storytelling,” we will preview an exercise for Wednesday’s class.
Next Up
Wordplay Day! To prepare for class, revisit the Dictionary and World Builder pages on the Scrabble website, and review the blog posts devoted to Scrabble.
Jane Lucas 