Concluding Your Draft: November 6, 2018

Focus: How do we conclude our rough drafts?

1. Warming up with a few quick & easy ideas for your conclusion

• Restate your thesis, but NOT word-for-word. Try breaking it into two sentences.

• Dedicate at least one sentence to The Kite Runner and at least one sentence to your other text.

• Consider how The Kite Runner ends and how your other text ends. Can you tie that into your larger argument?

• Try using your descriptive creative writing skills to help the reader imagine something.

• See the conclusion on the sample essay for a concrete example.

2. Drafting, drafting, drafting away

Remember yesterday's lesson (see green sheet for details):

• Lead into your quotation / example with a little background info / context.

• Incorporate the quotation smoothly into your own sentence.

• Lead out of the quotation / example by....

• Analyzing a word, symbol, etc. that is specific to that quotation.
• Analyzing how this example demonstrates this hero's journey and the particular step you're focusing on.
• Analyzing what this reveals about all heroes' journeys.

3. Unveiling your book clubs and offering your the official letters

HW:
1. BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW: Finish your entire rough draft.

2. For MONDAY, Nov 12: 

• Any make-work / revisions from the last 6 weeks due.
• Signed book club letter and copy of the book due

3. For NEXT WEDNESDAY, Nov 14: Vocabulary assessment on all 30 Kite Runner vocab words.

4. For NEXT FRIDAY, NOV 16: PRINTED FINAL DRAFT OF SYNTHESIS ESSAY IS DUE BY 4:00.