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Need help on your essay? Chances are your classmates may have similar questions. You can post comments here with questions and I will answer them with a comment back for the benefit of all who follow this blog. I will continue to check this daily during spring break. However, I won't check on Sunday, April 8.

Good luck!
Mrs. Gilman

Character Klatch

CHARACTER KLATCH:         Publish your final draft on your blog by  Fri., 3/23

What lurks inside Dickens’ characters’ minds? What would their innermost thoughts and feelings be? We are about to find out!

You have been assigned a character or the author. For this character you will focus on the most recent ten chapters and:

·             Create a vehicle to share their thoughts and feelings previously unavailable to us through Pip’s narration. Choose one:

o   An interior monologue (description of what the character is thinking about an idea or event.)

o   A diary entry

o   A letter to another character (or friend or editor if you are Dickens)

·             Ground the character’s thoughts and feeling with the text. Cite specific examples from the text in your creation.

·             Show you know and understand who the character is; how they think and feel; and what purpose Dickens has them serve.

·             Share your creation during a group discussion on characters and characterization.

. Revise and publish a final draft on your blog by Friday, March 23. Your writing will be assessed on content, relevance to character, and conventions.

Early Essay Ideas

When we finish reading Great Expectations you will be writing your first full-length 5 paragraph essay. You will be given a prompt for the essay, which will focus on themes and motifs in the novel and we will work on the essay in class during the week before spring break.

If you were to begin an essay on themes and motifs in the novel today, what would you write? As you know, an essay begins with a thesis in which you set out to prove something about the content and style of the work you're discussing. Considering everything you've been thinking about while reading and analyzing Great Expectations, what ideas come to mind? What would you write about? Review your themes and motif chart and your opinion survey from the first day of the unit to get ideas.

Write one full paragraph about your ideas for an essay on themes/motifs in Great Expectations.
Due Friday, March 16.

Great Expectations: How's it Going?

We are about halfway through our Great Expectations unit. How is it going for you? What challenges are you encountering and what are you doing/what could you be doing to overcome those challenges? Discuss both what you can do at home and what you can do in class to better understand the novel, its themes and motifs, and the characters, actions and setting.

Write two paragraphs for this post - the first should reflect on your at-home experiences and the second should discuss your in-class experiences.

Consider:

• What are you doing at home to help you understand and engage in the novel? 
• What else could you be doing at home to better comprehend and enjoy the novel?
• What are we doing in class that helps you? 
• What else could we be doing in class to help improve your experience with Great Expectations?

Due Friday, March 9