December+8-+BODY+PARAGRAPH'S,+TOPIC+SENTENCE,+AND+PRESENTATIONS-John+E

Hour 1-  The focus of the first hour of class was “Body Paragraphs”. More specifically, “Chunks”. A Chunk is a section within a body paragraph that contains 1 piece of concrete detail/textual evidence  and then 2 pieces of commentary/explanations.

The basic body paragraph should have a...  → Topic Sentence  → Textual Evidence #1 / Concrete Detail  → Explanation / Commentary  → Explanation / Commentary  → Textual Evidence #2 / Concrete Detail  → Explanation / Commentary  → Explanation / Commentary  → Concluding Sentence



Hour 2-  The focus of the second part of class was our “Escape as a Metaphor Mini-Essays”. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> We had to choose two of the four sections from K & C that involve escape metaphors for our essays. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We all had to create 2 topics sentences about our sections before moving on to the remaining <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__No Text Pre-reading Research Presentation__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">’s.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1st paragraph = Sam’s escape
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">River Escape
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josef escapes Prague with the Golem
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Houdini sketch at the end.

Presentation by John E on Surrealism
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Presentation by Kayla on Prague **

Next is Henry F