Critical Lenses
What is a way to analyze literature from different perspectives?
The three types of paragraphs that should always be included in an essay
What is an intro, body, and conclusion?
Miss Tross's favorite color(s)
ABCE stands for....
A - Answer the question
B - Background Information
C - Cite a quote
E - Explain your quote & Answer
The purpose of unpacking the prompt
What is to break down the prompt to better understand it?
The lens that examines economic classes
What is the social class lens?
The parts of a thesis statement
What are a claim and reasons?
The names of Ms. Cohn's dogs
Who is Toska and Snoopy?
What is 1-2 sentences?
The purpose of annotating a text
What is to make note of the important details?
The lens that examines exploitation
What is the postcolonial lens?
The purpose of an introduction
What is the introduce your audience to the subject and argument of your essay?
Name three Greek mythological creatures (not Gods) that are in The Lightning Thief.
What are a Minotaur, Satyr, Centaur, Chimera, Furies, nymphs, and more!
The length of B
What is 2-3 sentences?
Unpacking a prompt looks for...
What are the verbs (do words) and noun phrases (what words)?
The lens that examines expectations
What is the reader's response lens?
The purpose of your body paragraphs
The exact number of days we have left of school (not including today)
What is 19 days?
A proper MLA citation for a quote
What is the author's last name & page number in parentheses?
What elements of the text should be annotated. Name at least three.
What are main ideas, supportive details, comments, and unknown words?
The lens that examines societal standards
What is the feminist lens?
The two purposes of your conclusion
What is to wrap up your essay AND to explain the big/important ideas?
The amount of minutes you can be late getting to MCAP and still take the test
The length of E
What is 3-4 sentences?
Unpack the prompt below:
The Lightning Thief captures many important details from Greek Mythology. Write an essay that explains how the author has utilized Greek Mythology to capture his audience. Use specific evidence from the text to support your analysis.Verbs - Write, explains, use, support
Noun Phrases - an essay, how the author has utilized Greek Mythology to capture his audience, specific evidence from the text, your analysis