 Word Roots 5 Sentences  Make sure to have your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird by next week. You will need to start bringing it to school next Wednesday 10/10.

 Brief essay that is very specific  Written in 3 rd person  The MICROTHEME, a brief essay limited to one side of a 5" x 8" index card, is an ideal instrument for painlessly increasing the written content of a course. Brief, and thus easily graded, it is educationally sound, for a great deal of thinking must precede the writing.

 Restate the question or prompt, include a thesis statement (your opinion, feeling), the TAG (Title, Author, Genre) and include the 3 details you will be discussing (in the same order).  This might be a long sentence – so watch your sentence structure to make sure you don’t use run-on sentences!

 Address the first point (detail) you introduced in your thesis statement.

 Provide evidence from the text (cite an example) that supports your statement from the 2 nd sentence  Describe evidence (background to quote), give quote and page number.

 Analysis of your example provided in the 3rd sentence.  Explain how or why your example answers the prompt.

 Address the second point (detail) you introduced in your thesis statement.

 Provide evidence from the text (cite an example) that supports your statement from the 5th sentence (2 nd detail).  Describe evidence (background to quote), give quote and page number.

 Analysis of your example provided in the 6th sentence.  Explain how or why your example answers the prompt

 Address the third point (detail) you introduced in your thesis statement.

 Provide evidence from the text (cite an example) that supports your statement from the 8th sentence (3rd detail).  Describe evidence (background to quote), give quote and page number.

 Analysis of your example provided in the 9th sentence.  Explain how or why your example answers the prompt.

 This is your conclusion sentence(s) that restates the thesis and wraps up the piece with a nice bow!  Your entire microtheme will be sentences total!

 You will provide an additional page labeled Work Cited containing the information where you received your quotes/information.

 You are going to create a microtheme  Microtheme: When looking at two characters in the movie Simon Birch and story “The Scarlet Ibis” (Simon and Doodle OR Joe and narrator) how are the characters similar or different?  Make sure to follow the correct format from your notes and rubric

Compare/Contrast James Hurst, the author of the tragic short story “The Scarlet Ibis”, has a character ______ who can be compared to _______ in the movie Simon Birch because _______________ (3 details).

 Look at your 1 st of 3 details (how are they similar or different?). Use quotes from the book and specific scenes from the movie.  Sentence 2: Detail 1 described  Sentence 3: Background of evidence, evidence (quote and page number)- use “The Scarlet Ibis” for evidence  Sentence 4- Analysis (how the characters are similar or different)- compare/contrast the characters here. Make sure to tie in the character from Simon Birch.

 Look at the 2 nd of 3 details (how are they similar or different?). Use quotes from the book and specific scenes from the movie.  Sentence 5: Detail 2 described  Sentence 6: Background of evidence, evidence (quote and page number)  Sentence 7- Analysis (how the characters are similar or different)

 Look at the last of 3 details (how are they similar or different?). Use quotes from the book and specific scenes from the movie.  Sentence 8: Detail 3 described  Sentence 9: Background of evidence, evidence (quote and page number)  Sentence 10- Analysis (how the characters are similar or different)

 Conclusion: Restate the thesis,may include TAG and 3 details. (Reword your introduction sentence).  The short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” and movie Simon Birch compares the characters _______ and ______ because ___________ ( 3 details).

Hurst, James. “The Scarlet Ibis.“ Elements of Literature. 3 rd Ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Simon Birch. Director Mark Steven Johnson, Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello Film.

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