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=Monday, October 22= >> ===English Department Project Day===
 * ===No English Classes===

=Tuesday, October 23=
 * =Big Huck Finn test=
 * Twain C-notes due
 * use left column to connect Twain's life to his literature
 * add a summary

=Wednesday, October 24= > > > Introduction – Starts with a broad statement, anecdote, quotation, or rhetorical question. The next few sentences narrow to the thesis and include the author's name and the title of the book. > > Body paragraphs –
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * =17. utopian, adj. - a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical=
 * =18. verbiage, n. - language that is too wordy; a manner of expression=
 * =19. verdant, adj. - green in color; immature=
 * =20. viscous, adj. - having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity=
 * Begin essay notes
 * Expository Essay Notes
 * The thesis is the **controlling idea** of the whole essay.
 * The thesis is the last sentence in the intro.
 * Start with a topic sentence describing this paragraph.
 * After the first body paragraph, start them with a transitional word or phrase.
 * Each paragraph includes textual citations (a total of six in the essay), properly cited.
 * Include a signal phrase, letting the reader know you're about to give an example from the text.
 * Put the quotation in that sentence, in quotation marks, followed by the page number in parentheses, then the period.
 * Ex.: Tom says, “I've seen it in books; and so of course that's what we've got to do”(17).
 * Each example is followed by an explanation that ties it to the topic sentence.

=Thursday, October 25=
 * vocab warm-up:
 * work on Completing the Sentence, p. 38
 * write a Huck Finn paragraph
 * Explain how Mark Twain uses Pap Finn to clarify his own point of view

=Friday, October 26=
 * vocab warm-up:
 * work on vocab exercise, p. 39
 * finish essay notes
 * discuss thesis
 * relationship to topic sentences
 * to textual evidence
 * hand out assignment
 * notes on back of sheet about requirements
 * outline required
 * rough draft with revisions required
 * discuss possible thesis ideas and topic sentences
 * essay due on Wednesday, Oct. 31