Do Now You will need your homework thesis statements, yesterday’s handout and more binder paper Reflect – what difficulties did you have with last night’s assignment? Pfeifer 2012

Do Now Please turn in your homework from the weekend. Expectations Q3 Hamlet Q2 strategy Pfeifer 2012

Analyzing the Author’s Craft in a Timed Essay Diving Into the Text Analyzing the Author’s Craft in a Timed Essay Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

writing a 7, 8, or 9 essay every time? How can we Take students from… Close reading to thesis writing a 7, 8, or 9 essay every time? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

6 Reading Habits to Develop in your 1st year at Harvard Look around--preview Annotate--dialogue with yourself --author-- issues Outline--Summarize--Analyze Look for repetition and Pattern Contextualize--Put the reading in perspective Compare and Contrast--Fit this reading into semester--the themes of the course--what you have learned. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

#1 Look Around and #5 Contextualize Is this a piece from a longer novel, short story or play? Is this a short piece in its entirety? Is there a date or a year that this piece was written? Is this an American, British or world author? What other information are you given? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

2012 AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Prose Question Carefully read the following excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) by Helena Maria Viramontes. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the development of Estrella’s character… Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Looking Around Helena Maria Viramontes—Latino/Mexican? Title of Novel– Under the Feet of Jesus Piece from longer work—NOVEL written 1995 About Estrella—her “character” Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Contextualize Author—Mexican American/Latino? Estrella? Under the Feet of Jesus—Religious significance? Culture differences? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Do Now: Looking Around Author? Text? Type of Text? What does the prompt ask? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

#2 Annotating: Time to read the piece quickly--annotate while you read--Look for … Point of View--who is narrating--what is perspective~~stance? Diction and Syntax--language that strikes you--sentence structure--Dialogue-- punctuation-- Imagery--remember that images can be gustatory, visual, tactile---etc. Details--Anything that you need to pay attention to? Structure--Overall--what other narrative constructions do you see? Flashback? Plot order? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

#2 Annotating: Time to read the piece quickly--annotate while you read--Look for … Point of View--who is narrating--what is perspective~~stance? Diction and Syntax--language that strikes you--sentence structure--Dialogue-- punctuation-- Imagery--remember that images can be gustatory, visual, tactile---etc. Details--Anything that you need to pay attention to? Structure--Overall--what other narrative constructions do you see? Flashback? Plot order? Epiphany? Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

30 seconds--Point of view 30 seconds--Diction and syntax #3 Outlining, Analyzing, Summarizing #4 Look for Repetition and Pattern In Groups of 2-3 discuss the literary devices listed below for 30 sec. to 1 minute each—take notes 30 seconds--Point of view 30 seconds--Diction and syntax 30 seconds--Imagery 30 seconds--Details 30 seconds--Structure Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

2012 AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Prose Question--continued Carefully read the following excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) by Helena Maria Viramontes. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the development of Estrella’s character. In your analysis you may wish to consider such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF RACHEL? 1995 LITERATURE Read the following short story carefully. Then write an essay analyzing how the author, Sandra Cisneros, uses literary techniques to characterize Rachel. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

WHAT IS THE NARRATOR'S COMPLEX ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PAST? 1997 LITERATURE Read carefully the following passage from Joy Kogawa's Obasan, a novel about the relocation of Japanese Canadians to internment camps during the Second World War. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze how changes in perspective and style reflect the narrator's complex attitude toward the past. In your analysis, consider literary elements such as point of view, structure, selection of detail, and figurative language. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

WHAT IS THE NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARD DOROTHEA? 1998 LITERATURE Read carefully the following passage from George Eliot's novel Middlemarch (1871). Then write an essay in which you characterize the narrator's attitude toward Dorothea Brooke and analyze the literary techniques used to convey this attitude. Support your analysis with specific references to the passage. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

WHAT IS THE DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE? 1999 LITERATURE. In the following passage from Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Crossing (1994), the narrator describes a dramatic experience. Read the passage carefully. Then in a well-organized essay, show how McCarthy's techniques convey the impact of the experience on the main character. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

What is Estrella’s Character? Carefully read the following excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) by Helena Maria Viramontes. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the development of Estrella’s character. In your analysis you may wish to consider such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone . Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Time to fashion a thesis and plan the essay. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

DO NOW You will need your homework thesis statements, yesterday’s handout and more binder paper Reflect – what difficulties did you have with last night’s assignment? Pfeifer 2012

1. Look again at the prompt Carefully read the following excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) by Helena Maria Viramontes. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the development of Estrella’s character. In your analysis you may wish to consider such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone You have now decided what “Estrella’s character”is--now you need to look back and choose the elements that you believe will best answer the prompt. Back to group discussion--decide which elements discussed earlier show this theme. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

2. Craft a Thesis In the excerpt from the novel, Under the Feet of Jesus, the author, Helena Maria Viramontes, develops the character of Estrella through such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Original Thesis Replace the above underlined sections with: 1. What you believe is the Estrella’s character, and 2. Examples of the lit. techniques as used in the passage that you believe are the BEST to show HOW the author develops it. You may not use any of the underlined words in your final thesis. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Throughout the passage from “Under the Feet of Jesus” Estrella experiences a life changing transformation. Helena Viramontes uses tone and even symbolism to portray Estrella’s change from being lost, confused, and illiterate to becoming motivated, intrigued, independent, and empowered. BB Pfeifer 2012

Plan the Essay Quickly outline the essay--start with the thesis--already written--then craft/outline paragraphs around specific examples of the literary techniques already chosen. Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

34 Minutes Remain to Write a Fabulous Essay! Pfeifer 2012 Pfeifer 2012

Essential Questions about character How do they change? What steps do they go through? What events produce the change Pfeifer 2012

Epiphanies – the climax of growth in a central character. Do they experience epiphanies? When, why, and what do the epiphanies reveal –to the character/s and us? Pfeifer 2012

Complexity What makes them complex? Are they unique for their age? Are they independent or dependent? What is their conflict? Pfeifer 2012