BESIDES WRITING A REVISION of your Ellen Foster characterization, we will spend two days revising sentences, eliminating the "to be" forms of helping verbs. These include: is, am, are, was, were, have, has, had, should, could, would, be, being, been, do, doing, does. I will also review the structure of body paragraphs, and how to integrate quotes. Your revision should include at least two core paragraphs. Your essential question is: Who is Ellen? You should answer that with one core idea.

Monday

Final analysis of Ellen, looking at four core questions about the novel, and taking small group notes. How is spinning a metaphor for the way Ellen feels about life? Why is she jealous of her cousin?
HW: Finish this worksheet for homework.

Tuesday

Revision practice. We will look at this video on parts of a sentence, and then will discuss how to review sentences to eliminate "to be" forms listed above.
HW: Revise the thirteen student sentences.

Wednesday

Looking briefly on quote integration, and checking in student annotations of Ellen Foster. After,
HW: Revising your essay on EF.

Thursday

Watching a film version of Ellen Foster.
HW: Revising your essay on EF.

Friday

Watching a film version of Ellen Foster.
HW: Second draft of your Ellen Foster character analysis is due on Monday. Staple your first draft to the back of your new draft. In other words, NEW draft should be ON TOP.