English 11 Homework for Tuesday,  Oct. 11:

1. Jade Peony Essay: You are to build your Essay Outline by Tuesday and bring it to class. You must decide the two characters you will be analyzing: comparing, contrasting and connecting.

You must understand the Question before you start writing - because the Answer to the question is your Thesis Statement. You need to take time to make your decisions about the essay before you start arranging it on your Acceptable outline. 

The format for an analytical essay is to create a Introductory Paragraph that introduces the novel and author and then develops the topic that leads to the Thesis Statement - which is the answer to the the question and the main idea of the entire essay that you will develop. This, alone, will require rereading, analyzing, and making important decisions, before you start the rest of the essay. Make it clearly asserted, and make sure it makes an argument. The Thesis is the argument you will develop in your essay.

The three Body Paragraphs are where the analysis is developed, where the discussion and examples are. You are to integrate some quotes in each of your Body Paragraphs that help you in your analysis. These body paragraphs are well-developed.  Remember, you are to write so that a stranger can understand it.  The story line, characters etc must be applied to anyone can understand the essay.

The Concluding Paragraph (4-6) sentences, restates the Thesis, with clarity, and the last few sentences connect the discussion to the real world  - and what we learn from it all.  It should be an important understanding of what the story shows that applies to us all  (Theme).

**You are to come on Tuesday with a full Acceptable Outline of your essay following the Outline handout I give you. You will be writing the essay from that outline in class over two or three days.