Grammar
What goes at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation
What directly triggered the violent confrontation between Peter Irish and Gene Hanlon?
Gene insulted Peter's girlfriend disrespectfully.
What are the parts of a thesis statement?
Title, author, restate of prompt, claim
What is evidence?
Quotes from the text (that support your claim)
In "The Day of the Last Rock Fight", what is Ronnie's deeper motivation that triggered his nightmare of Peter attacking him?
Fear of Punishment
What is wrong with this sentence: ronnie's deeper motivation is fea of punishment.
Ronnie should be capitalized. (Proper noun)
Why does Ronnie feel a sense of relief or quiet pride at the end of the story?
He protected Peter by refusing to snitch to authorities.
["Thank You, Ma’am"] Is this quotation correctly formatted in MLA style?: "Everything in it but a hammer and nails" (Langston Hughes 1).
No. It should look like "Everything in it but a hammer and nails" (Hughes 1).
What is context?
it gives background details to smoothly introduce quotes.
What is Monkeyman's deeper motivation?
Greater good/care for others
Personal morals/values
Look closely! Fix this sentence: ms.martinez is my favorite student-teacher at DEKALB high school
Ms.Martinez is my favorite student-teacher at Dekalb High School.
What is Monkeyman's main reason for taking a stand against the Tigros without fighting back?
nonviolence clearly shows who is doing right versus wrong.
Is this a proper thesis: In "The Day of the Last Rock Fight" by Joseph Whitehall, Ronnie's primary deeper motivation is fear of punishment.
Yes
What comes first evidence or context?
Context! That introduces the evidence.
Greater good/care for others
Personal morals/values
What is wrong with this sentence: Their going to change there policy soon
They're going to change their policy soon.
In "Button, Button," what do Norma's actions reveal about her priority when considering the $50,000 offer?
She values personal wealth over human life.
Identify the error: "In 'Monkeyman' by Walter Dean Myers, Monkeyman saves Peaches because of stage five."?
The claim is vague and does not tell us what stage 5 is.
What is analysis?
The heart of your essay! Explains how the text evidence supports/proves the claim
What is the narrator's deeper motivation for not intervening to assist Monkeyman while Clean beat him?
Fear of Punishment
In MLA format, what item belongs on the SECOND line of a an essay heading? a. name b. teacher c. class d. date
Teacher
It should be:
Name
Teacher
Class
Date
Recall key plot events in "Thank You, Ma'am", "Monkeyman", and "Day of the Last Rock Fight"
"TYM": Roger tries to steal Mrs.Jones purse. Mrs.Jones takes him back to her house and lets him clean himself and then they have dinner together. Mrs.Jones teaches him a lesson, gives him money and tells him not to do it again.
"MM": In Harlem, the narrator tells a story about Monkeyman and how he saved a girl named Peaches from the gang Lady Tigros. The rest of the Tigros feel slighted by this and put a target on MM. Clean (a new student) comes and tries to earn a spot in this gang by harming MM. This eventually leads to a meet up in the park where Clean attacks MM. Monkeyman does not fight back. This is to show the overall lesson of right and wrong.
"Rock Fight": This story is a letter written from Ronnie to his dad. The purpose of the letter is to tell his dad he wants to come home from his new school and he wants to confess what he knows about the murder of Gene Hanlon. Ronnie knew the how and why. In the story, his friend Peter gets triggered by Gene for talking about the girl he likes. Everyday at this school there were rock fights at lunch during recess. The rules to stay safe are to make a noise before throwing a rock and rocks must be the size of a hazelnut or smaller. This fatal day, Peter goes out and breaks all of the Rock Fight rules - he silently throws a huge boulder at Gene and kills him. Ronnie witnesses this from his hidden look out spot. He never says anything and some time later the investigator puts all the pieces together. When Peter finds this out, instead of going to jail he kills himself. Ronnie feels good knowing he never squealed.
What goes in a proper MLA citation?
(Author last name page/line #)
What is the key difference between literary ANALYSIS and plot SUMMARY?
Analysis explains HOW evidence proves claims; summary retells.
What is Roger's deeper motivation at the start of the story "Thank You Ma'am?"
Desire for reward