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Friday, February 17, 2017

Friday 2/17

Hello students,

Sadly I am sick today and unable to come to class, but I am sure all will go smoothly during this period. Please make sure to turn in your dialectic essay in the cardboard box at the front of the room. You will then have the remainder of the period to work on your research paper.

For today, I recommend answering the essential question of the assignment: Why is your poet an important artist? To begin answering this question, simply start writing out some sentences that incorporate the ideas from both the critical research you have collected and also your own analysis of the selected poem. Hopefully, there are multiple answers (or sub-answers) as to why this poet is an important artist. It also helps if these sub-answers can easily connect to elements of the specific poem you are analyzing. Once you have a firm answer to this essential question, you may begin to see an outline or an organizational structure of the essay take shape. For example:

I. Intro
II. Background of Poet
III. First Sub-Answer to Essential Question
IV. Second Sub-Answer to Essential Question
V. Third Sub-Answer to Essential Question
VI. Detailed Analysis of the Specific Poem (connect with sub-answers)
VII. Conclusion


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