Critical Lens Essays Christine LaRubio-Silberberg English 1 Abraham Lincoln High School

Independent Reading Please read your IR book for 20 minutes. If you do not have your IR book, please come to the front of the room and sign out an alternate reading assignment. When it comes time to do a journal, please use this magazine article for your Literature Log.

Literature Log Please use one of the following sentence starters to write your journal, or you may select your own: #4, 8, 16, 21, or 23 Write a full page!!!

Do Now: Interpret the quote in your own words. “In a dark time, the eye begins to see,...” — Theodore Roethke The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1966

Turn & Talk Share your ideas about what the quote means with your group members. As a group, decide what the quote means. How could your group’s interpretation of the quote be DEMONSTRATED or SUPPORTED by examples from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?

AIM: How do we write the body and conclusion of a Critical Lens Essay?

Critical Lens Introductory Paragraph: Restate the quote. Interpret it (explain what it means) in your own words. Agree or disagree with the quote. Introduce two works of literature that support your interpretation of the quote.

Critical Lens Body Paragraphs 1 & 2 Use a DIFFERENT work of literature in each paragraph. Give an example of how the critical lens (quote) relates to your work. Give specific details from the story to prove your point: by is a good example of this statement because. Chose a literary element that relates to your example from above and explain why the author may have used this literary technique to help prove your interpretation of the critical lens:,, occurs when.

Critical Lens Conclusion Your conclusion should have similar information to your introduction, but sound different. Restate the critical lens (quote). Give your interpretation of it, but in different words. Summarize your arguments (tell briefly how it is true in the story you chose). Give your critical lens essay a fresh ending. (For example: an intensified insight [this does not mean your feelings], a quote that illustrates your argument, or a revelation or new idea about the story or piece).

Now you try!

Peer Review—Exchange papers with the rest of your group. You cannot work on your own essay!

Introduction 1.Did the student restate the quote and who wrote or said it? 2.Did the student interpret the quote in their own words? 3.Is the student interpretation of the quote VALID? 4.Did the student agree or disagree with the quote? 5.Did the student introduce a work of literature & author that supports the way he/she interprets the quote? 6.Did the student use correct grammar? Are sentences clear, well-formed, and use correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and appropriate word choice? 7.Did the student use Formal Standard English?

Body Paragraph 1 Did the student explain how the quote applies to the first work? Did the student AVOID plot summary? Did the student use literary terms illustrated by two or more specific scenes in the work of literature that SUPPORT HIS/HER interpretation of the quote?

Body Paragraph 2 Did the student explain how the quote applies to a second and different work of literature? Did the student AVOID plot summary? Did the student use literary terms illustrated by two or more specific scenes in the work of literature that SUPPORT HIS/HER interpretation of the quote?

Conclusion Did the student summarize his or her argument? Did the student tie the ideas (main ideas) from BOTH works of literature together and explain how they prove his/her thesis—the interpretation of the quote? Did the student RESTATE the original quote? Did the student bring the essay to a satisfying and logical close?

Homework Make sure ALL remaining worksheets for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian are complete and ready to be reviewed tomorrow!!! YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR WINTER BREAK ASSIGNMENTS TOMORROW!