Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, March 10:

1. First Draft Essay - Synthesis of "Thank You, M'am" and "A Mother in Mannville":

You are to take all the ideas/points from your two days of discussion in class and write a first draft essay. Please look carefully at the "Sentry" and "The Sniper" essay for format and style. But also look at the kinds of writing errors you make and try to improve.

You must have a Thesis Statement as the last sentence of the Introduction : it is the main idea of the essay. Then you are to write three Body Paragraphs, each with a topic sentence where you identify the element of synthesis: BP#1: setting and conflict, BP#2: Character, and BP#3: Themes.  Make sure to use good examples to show what you are discussing.

You are to conclude in your Concluding Paragraph as you did before: Thesis Reworded, then universalize to the real world. 

Double-space, 12 point font, Times New Roman.