While You're Away at FFA...

We read "An Aspect of Love-Alive in Ice and Fire" by Gwendolyn Brooks and discussed its tone. Also, we began working on writing an essay, bit by bit, for the Modernists.

For the Modernist essay, we wrote a thesis statement and three topic sentences. The topic can be any of your choice. You may examine one piece of literature we covered in depth or multiple pieces (so long as you DO NOT simply examine one piece of literature per body paragraph). You may choose any abstract (theme, tone, etc.) component that you'd like to examine (and whatever concrete component(s) you'd like to address).

"Old Lem" Paragraph Prompt

Old Lem Prompt

How does Sterling Brown create a sense of the experience of the African-American man of this time period?

Write a thesis statement, a topic sentence, and a body paragraph to go with it for the above prompt.

Remember: Make a specific claim about the experience and have a specific concrete component to support it.

Fixing a bad paragraph

Here's link with a bad paragraph, a fixed paragraph, and annotations as to what works and what doesn't. Pargraph edits