The Kite Runner Final Paragraph preparation

 

The Kite Runner Final Paragraph Preparation

HA English 9

OReilly

 

Explore and discuss ONE of the following topics in a tasty paragraph of at least eight sentences. You may write more than eight sentences, but do not write more than a page and a half. Please double space.

 

Kites and Afghan Kite Flying

Discrimination

Literacy and the Written Word

Family ties

Violence

Homeland and Nationality

redemption

secrecy, loyalty, coincidence, or fate

Integrating Quotes:  Avoid PQ, Plunked Quote

This is a plunked quote:

Hamlet is contemplating suicide: "To be or or to be/ Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer; The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ..."(II.i.36).

This is not a plunked quote. It is gracefully inserted and, at the same time, explained:

When Hamlet states that he is pondering whether "to be or not to be," it is clear that he is suicidal and not sure if he wants to continue living and bear "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (II.i.36).

How many problems can you find in the excerpt below paragraph below? Circle and label them with the correct glossary acronym.

The "Kite Runner"

    The "Kite Runner" is a great book, and there are a lot of themes in it, but one is very prominent. That is the theme of discrimination. You can see a lot of discrimination in the novel. For one thing, Amir is  terrible friend to Hassan. I think he is a terrible friend because in Afghanistan you can't be friends with a Pashtun if you are a Hazara: "I watched them rape him, and I did nothing because he was a just a dirty Hazara" (p. 82). Also with the kite flying. Hassan cannot fly the kite, and instead must run the kite for Amir, because he is a Hazara: "Hassan the hair-lipped Pashtun kite runner" (page 32). 

PQ, 2PV, +TB, SW. VPR, 1PV, format, NC, ET, CFB

Re-write two of the sentences above so that the quotes are integrated and explained in the sentence rather than plunked.

Example of a better paragraph

 In the text, To Kill a Mockingbird,  the treatment of certain symbols mirrors the theme of the text that the destruction of innocent beings is essentially evil and that the murder of evil is morally justifiable. The titular symbol, the mockingbird, is used as an object lesson for Scout when his father warms Jem not to shoot a mockingbird because it is an innocent being that only seeks to "sing its heart out and bring beauty and pleasure to the world" (88). The blue jay, on the other hand, is a destructive bird, so Atticus admits that such a murder "is more justified" (89).  Later in the text, Scout gets another lesson from Jem when she wishes to squash a bug: "leave it alone," Jem admonishes her. "It ain't bothering you. S'wrong to smash it" he says (106), and once again, Scout is reminded that it is wrong, a sin of sorts, to kill an innocent being. Atticus's killing of the rabid dog symbolizes the justifiable murder. The dog is dangerous and must be disposed of. Atticus is not happy about being the one to do it, but, as Maude points out,   "no one else can do it" (189). Just as Atticus is the only one who can kill the dog, he is the only one who can try Ewell. Atticus alone has the skills necessary to stop evil, the evil of racism. Three symbols, the mockingbird, the insect, and the rabid dog mirror the larger theme in the text: that racism is evil because it leads to the death of innocent beings, and, furthermore, to kill an evil, dangerous being is justified.

 

 

 

Rumi Presentation

Final Group Project 2008-2009

Final Group Project 2009-2010
SAT Book/Play/Blog
OReilly

All projects may completed alone or in groups of up to five people. You will have class time to complete ONE of the following projects.

You can post your short stories or play on the class blog at oreillyb5.blogspot.com (or b6, or b7. You get the idea). You can also make your own blog and give me access to it. I suggest you use blogspot.com.

The short story book/blog:
25 HW points    You will write a book with short stories that are based on at least 25 words. You may have no more than two words per story. Your stories will be modelled after the stories I tell you everyday in class, same idea: The story will be based on or refer in some way to an SAT word.

25 HW points    Each story much contains at least four of the following parts of speech: compound sentence with conjunctive adverb, compound sentence with coordinating conjunction, complex sentence, participial phrase, complex/compound sentence, prepositional phrase, and appositive.

    •  Before each story, write which parts of speech will be in the story and highlight them the same colour that they will be highlighted in the text of the story.

 25 HW points    The story introduction/epilogue: You must include a sentence or two before or after the story that explains the story’s relationship to the word. For example: This is a story about a time I absconded. In this case, I absconded to the beach.

25 Participation points    Illustrate each story using any media. You may not simply download Google images unless you tastefully collage the images.

25 Participation points    The book must be gorgeous. On finals day, you will read in an engaging and lively fashion two short stories or one longer one.



The Play/Movie:
50 HW points    Write a one-act or play in which you correctly use 25 SAT words.  Act out the play and provide me with a typed copy with the words highlighted. 

25 points:  Your script must contain at least one of each of the following parts of speech: compound sentence with conjunctive adverb, compound sentence with coordinating conjunction, complex sentence, participial phrase, complex/compound sentence, prepositional phrase, and appositive.

    •  Below the title of your script, write the parts of speech in the script and highlight them the same colour that they will be highlighted in the text of the script.

50 Participation points    On finals day, you will act out the play with costumes and all lines memorized. The play will be acted in an engaging and lively fashion. Movie or play should not exceed 10 minutes in length. If you make a movie, you must use class time to work on it.  NOTE: If you are making a DVD, it must work in my equipment on the due date. Check it ahead of time. no exceptions.  
 

SAT word final study sheet

All the SAT words , but the vast majority on the test will be on seminal to circumvent

affect and effect
lie and lay
who and whom
pronoun antecedent

identify and properly punctuate the following:
subordinate clause
compound sentence
participial phrase
prepositional phrase
compound sentence
complex sentence
appositive
independent clause/sentence

motif
theme
personification
symbol
metaphor
simile
tone
irony

style

thesis

audience

reliable narrator
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement
MLA formatting

affect/effect

The ___________ of her negative attitude is that everyone avoids her.

I have been ___________________ by her negative attitude.

Through self-control and practice, she managed to change her odd __________________ of batting her eyes all the time.

I can't stand it when people ________________ a superior attitude.
lie/lay

present tense: She ____________ in bed all day.

Yesterday, she ____________ in bed all day.

When I have ____________ in bed all day, I feel lazy.

I ___________ the pen on the table.

I know I have _____________ it somewhere.

Yesterday, I ___________ the pen on the table.

who/whom

I will choose______________ I marry.

I do not know _____________ is getting married.

PA? is this correct?

No one wants their parents to pick their spouse.

Is this correct in formal writing?

I do not think you can be happy if your parents choose your spouse.

Part of speech? any errors?

Before I bit his neck, he smiled at me.

In the evening I leave my coffin.

I love blood and I will suck your neck.

I want to suck your blood and get to know you that way.

Sucking blood from your neck, I am reminded of cheese.

I want to suck your neck and I will suck your blood.

true or false:literary devices

motif=an insight on life

definition theme=recurs throughout the text

the wind howls=personification

he is a dumb bunny=metaphor

he is dumb as camel dung=simile

tone=author's attitude/feeling

symbol=something people respect

style=it is the unique characteristics of the writer's craft

thesis=main idea

audience=defines your purpose/person reading what is written/who the writer is seeking to convince

reliable narrator=a storyteller who is trustworthy

Here's a pretest of sample questions. This will help you with PART of the final:

dentify the underlined part of speech in the sentence below:

1. Because you deny your love of cheese, I said a little prayer to the cheese God.
a) subordinate clause
b) prepositional phrase
c) participial phrase
d) non essential element
e) none of the above

2.By the light of the moon, the cheese glowed.
a) subordinate clause
b) prepositional phrase
c) participial phrase
d) compound sentence
e) complex sentence

3. I want you to love cheese as I do, and I will secretly pray for your cheesiness
a) subordinate clause
b) prepositional phrase
c) independent clause
d) compound sentence
e) complex sentence

4. Loving cheese as I do, I imagine that cheese consumption could lead to world peace.
a) subordinate clause
b) prepositional phrase
c) participial phrase
d) compound sentence
e) complex sentence

5.You scorn my cheese, but you will regret your contemptuous, misguided behaviour and actions.
a) subordinate clause
b) independent clause
c) participial phrase
d) compound sentence
e) complex sentence

6. In heaven I will eat cheese.
a) The sentence is missing a comma after the prepositional phrase.
b) The sentence is missing a comma after the participial phrase.
c) The sentence is missing a comma after the subordinate clause phrase.
d) This is an incomplete sentence.
e) There is nothing wrong with this sentence.

7. “Look at my gorgeous cheese,” she said.
a) The comma should be outside the quotes.
b) “she” should be capitalized
c) This is an incomplete sentence.
d) There is nothing wrong with this sentence.

8. It is not true that cheese “will make you fat and zitty.” (McCheesehate)
a) The quotation marks should be after the word McCheesehate.
b) The period should be after the word McCheesehate.
c) There is nothing wrong with this sentence.
d) The period and the quotes should be after the word McCheesehate.

9. I like to eat pizza and drink mezcal.
a) There should be a comma with the coordinating conjunction.
b) There should be a comma with the conjunctive adverb.
c) There is nothing wrong with this sentence
d) This is an incomplete sentence

10. I like to eat pizza but I do not like to drink mezcal.
a) There should be a comma with the coordinating conjunction.
b) There should be a comma with the conjunctive adverb.
c) There is nothing wrong with this sentence
d) This is an incomplete sentence

11. I don’t like mezcal; however I like cheese.
a) There should be a comma with the coordinating conjunction.
b) There should be a comma after the conjunctive adverb.
c) There is nothing wrong with this sentence
d) This is an incomplete sentence

12. T or F

The difference between a subordinate clause and an independent clause is that an independent clause lacks complete thought:


13. T or F

A sentence must have a subject, a verb, an object and a complete thought :

The Arranged Marriage-Its Rationale article

http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit08112003/reflections.asp

Arranged marriage essay and outline

Arranged marriage essay and outline
OReilly
HA English 9
Are Arranged Marriages a Good Idea?

An arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by someone other than the persons getting married. In such marriages, there is no dating, premarital sex, living together, or “playing the field.” Arranged marriages are practiced in the Middle East, parts of Kentucky and Tennessee, India, and China. Other groups that practice this custom include the Unification Movement—known as the Moonies— and royal families. It is important to note that an arranged marriage is not necessarily a forced marriage: in a forced marriage one or more of the partners—usually the woman—has no choice and must marry the chosen mate.

As a class, we have also read a public document, published on a women’s issues website, that condones and recommends arranged marriage as a practical and passionate method for choosing one’s life partner. In that article, the author describes a traditional arranged marriage and extols its virtues.

What do you think? Do you believe in arranged marriage, or do you support the recent American tradition of “dating”? In your next essay, you will refute or support the ancient custom of arranged marriages.

You will need to do the following for 85 essay points

__ Find at least three elements of the “Arranged Marriages—Its Rationale” essay that you wish to refute or support. From these arguments devise your clear and emphatic topic sentences for your body paragraphs. Example: Ganju states that dating is simply a form of promiscuity and that people who date routinely sleep with ten people before they marry. One of your topic sentences can refute Ganju’s view by stating your view of dating: Not everyone who dates is promiscuous, and dating is an effective method of meeting a variety of people in order to ascertain which traits would be desirable in a spouse. (15 points)

__ Opening paragraph: Introduce the name of the arranged marriage article in quotes and the name of the author and state her beliefs about arranged marriage. Create your thesis and plan that states your opinion about arranged marriage based on your arguments above.
(20) points)

__ Devise support for your arguments: support takes the form of properly cited examples, excerpts, and explanation. (30 points)

__ Four sources in the Works Cited: 1) The original arranged marriage article we read in class 2) An article from the internet*, a book, or magazine 3) Two interviews of adults who are or have been married.
* Find relevant articles on the Soquel High School library web site under my name in the library instruction page.

__ At the end of your paper, please include a Works Cited with at least four entries (your three sources plus the arranged marriage article). Also, include a Bibliography of at least three sources, two of which may also be an interview. You may use Wikipedia in your Bibliography only—not in your Works Cited. Consult MLA Quickie Reference form for correct citation and formatting. (20 points)
• To cite an interviewed person, place the interviewee’s last name in parenthesis after the quote or paraphrase and include the interviewee in the Works Cited according to the following format:
OReilly, Dian N. Personal interview. 31 May 2009
Remember avoid using the word “you,” “I think,” or “I feel.” Be clear and specific.
Avoid comma errors
____Staple your rough draft and this rubric with your final draft._
Possible outline and worksheet for your persuasive essay
due_____________
first draft due_________________ final draft due______________
Opening paragraph has:
• Background: Name the author and title of arranged marriage article.
• Thesis/Plan: Briefly state if you agree or disagree with author (thesis) and reasons why (plan)

• Optional: Quotation or paraphrase if any/source citation for Works Cited

Body Paragraph One
• Key idea one—your first reason why you agree or disagree with the author’s view
• Discuss the arranged marriage article author’s (Ganju’s) view

• show why the arranged marriage article author’s view is right or wrong
•
• Proof: Quotation or paraphrase and source citation for Works Cited


Body Paragraph Two
• key idea two— your second reason why you agree or disagree with the author’s view

• Discuss the arranged marriage article author’s (Ganju’s) view on key idea two

• show why the author’s view is right or wrong

• Proof: Quotation or paraphrase and source citation for Works Cited

Body Paragraph Three
• key idea three

• Discuss the arranged marriage article author’s (Ganju’s) view on key idea

• show why the author’s view is right or wrong

• Proof: Quotation or paraphrase and source citation for Works Cited Concluding Paragraph: Summarize and conclude. Do not parrot your thesis

A Very Tasty Example of a Tasty Paragraph

Building a tasty sandwich is simply a matter of having the right ingredients. The first step in creating a perfect sandwich is finding the perfect bread. Homemade whole-wheat bread smells divine and tastes heavenly. If the bread has seeds, nuts, and wheat berries adorning the crust, the slices have a crunchy, earthy taste. Homemade bread has a light yet faintly yeasty taste, which mixes appealingly with the rest of the ingredients of the sandwich. A whole grain bread is easy to digest, leaving the sandwich connoisseur with a satisfied sensation. After finding or baking a light and wholesome loaf of bread, the next ingredient to procure is fresh, homemade yak cheese. Yak cheese, although rare, is a piquant and appealing cheese that is light on fat and heavy on flavor. Thin slices of yak cheese perfectly complement the heady, crunchy taste of whole-wheat bread. Yaks, unlike cows, graze on herbs and bark, which gives yak cheese a subtle, nutty, yet tart flavor. After flying back from Asia with yak cheese, the serious sandwich consumer searches for homegrown Italian tomatoes. A firm, ripe tomato recently plucked from the vine has a flavor unlike any hothouse tomato. A Roma tomato never squirts which aids in keeping the sandwich from becoming soggy. A firm, fleshy tomato, such as a Roma tomato, adds a solid, satisfying texture to the entire sandwich. Starting with the homemade whole-wheat crunchy loaf and ending with the garden-ripe, firm Roma, the perfect sandwich is a product of only the finest parts.

Green: topic sentence and conclusion

Yellow: key ideas—reasons, details, facts

Red: Examples, explanations, evidence, excerpts

Sita Powerpoint at this URL

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dg94rzwk_552cf2mw8qs