QUIZ on the first 15 Lit Terms (to “Conceit”).

“Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas

Continue reviewing how to look at this poem using SLAM.

Your homework yesterday was to identify the THEME by creating a claim (thesis sentence) as to what Thomas’s poem is about, and listing three supports from the poem to back that up. Today YOU are going to evaluate how well YOUR PEERS accomplished this task.

I’m handing out everyone’s claim and supports–anonymously–and in small groups you’re going to read a few, evaluate them, and together suggest what could be done to strengthen them, then assess if the supports chosen actually do support that claim. As a small group, make brief notes about each claim and supports, which will be returned to the author. (Yes, this may be painful but, oh so useful.)

We’ll cycle around the claims and supports until each of you has had a fair amount to evaluate, then as a class take a look at some of the best ones and try to pinpoint what makes for a STRONG CLAIM and a CLEAR THEME.

HOMEWORK: I want you to REVISE your claim/theme as needed and your supports, if necessary. SHARE those with me for APPROVAL by midnight. Tomorrow we will begin writing this essay after everyone had a solid thesis and appropriate supports.