3.6.14

Objective:
I can write my thesis statement.
I can draft my essay and create an outline.

1.  Launch
2.  Performance Task -- Literary Analysis Essay
     2a.  essay examples
     2b.  creating an outline
3.  Thesis statements
     3a.  Thesis Statement HELP -- arguable, grounded in the text
     3b.  If you finish EARLY -- peruse expository articles for evidence (see below)
4.  Exit Ticket

Potential Expository Articles for Evidence:

• A Cultural Context for Othello
• Othello's Jealousy: From Textual Crux to Critical Conundrum
• Race and Othello on Film
• Gender and Race in Othello
• The Role of Women in Othello -- A Feminist Reading
• Shakespeare's Othello and the Insidious Creation of an Unwilling Villain
• Shakespeare, Literary History, and Marxism

Resource Bank:

• Ms. G's Word Bank of Awesomeness
• Literary Analysis Help
• Essay Examples
• MLA Literary Analysis Essay Example
• Crafting an Academic Argument:  Defend/Challenge/Qualify
• Commentary Moves Overview
• Criticisms Review