October 2nd and 3rd

Today we did the following:

1. Created a template for English papers.
2. Reviewed words and phrases to avoid (It is shared to your drive. Print a hard copy if you would like one.).
3. Went over how to write a constructed response including format, thesis statements, and embedding quotations.

Format:

See OWL Purdue site.

Thesis statement:

Throughout Roald Dahl's piece Lamb to the Slaughter, the atmosphere parallels Mary Maloney's state of mind.

1. topic/thesis (with title and author)
2. sentence leading to quotation (contains first idea)
3. embedded quotation
4. discussion of quotation
5. sentence leading to quotation (contains second idea)
6. embedded quotation
7. discussion of quotation
8. concluding sentence