DEAR WHOEVER WANTS TO EVALUATE OUR ESSAY. FOLLOW THIS LINK... Our Essay
and sorry that our conslusion isn't written yet :) we just have ideas written out for that
To: Diana,
From: The Kels^2
Tuesday during class Addie is going over this paper with us. We have to have 50% written by then. We have to use three of the sources that she gave us and find one on our own. This is what we have so far. Our general outline is as follows:
Topic 1: Why present literature is ineffective.
claim: students do not learn as well.
evidence 1: they have difficulty understanding
evidence 2: they are not interested/cannot connect.
Topic 2: Why contemporary literature would be more effective.
claim: students can more easily relate to and comprehend modern literature.
evidence 1: Harry Potter
evidence 2:
Topic 3: How introducing more contemporary literature into the English classroom would allow students to still maintain a level of aesthetics.
claim: contemporary texts still maintain a high level of challenge for the reader and allow for a proper literary analysis of the text itself.
You can change things if you feel that they would be better. Just let either of us know and we will continue :)
Thesis:
The introduction of contemporary literature to the English classroom would provide students with literature that they can connect to, while still maintaining a level of aesthetics to insure learning through engagement.
Paragraph 1:
The literature found in today’s English classrooms is primarily composed of the cannon classics. Students will not take as much away from the reading of cannons due to the fact that the majority of the book does not connect to their lives nor can they fully comprehend the themes of the texts.
Random Quotes:
“Yet every opportunity to instill adolescents with a lifelong affinity for narrative…is being squandered on regimens of trash and semi-trash, taught for reasons that have nothing to do with how well the book is written,” said Prose.
“If learning is always hard work, then the harder it is, then the better it must be,” tougher standards vs. better education.
Dear Kels^2,
Here's what I did today first hour. Hope you can do something with it. Fell freee to change whatever you want. At least its a starting point. :) First Draft
To: Diana,
From: The Kels^2
We added a little to the first paragraph and hammered out some of the third. Still working on the second one, and the conclusion should be a breeze once we have the rest done. :)
To: Kels^2
From: Diana
Uh so i didnt get very much done today cause i was looking for other sources. hope this might spark some ideas for Paragraph 2.
Educators must to begin to realize the effects of giving classical novels to students, and need to start to find better, more modern, alternatives that will get them keyed up to read and analyze. Reading novels such as Harry Potter and the Half blood prince, in which the themes include the importance of friendship, loyalty, and trust, would be easier for students to relate to regardless of the fact that Hogwarts and Harry Potter are fictional beings. The fact that the book has modern wording, and the characters are about high school age, helps for students to relate the lessons Harry and his friends learn to his own life.
To: Diana,
From: The Kels^2
We went through the comments that she made for us, we began fixing the comments, paragraph one is pretty much done, we started paragraph two. KT has the comment sheets and we will continue work over break. We still need to write a conclusion. Try to come up with some ideas for conclusion.
To: Kels^2
From: Dina
Ok so i think the opening and first paragraphs are really good. As for the second and third, there is a lack of sources. Its basically all opinion and stuff we just came up with . I'll try to find some sources we can put in but thats definately something to consider. As for the closing I'll let you guys handle that cause kelsey said she had some ideas lined up already. Basically i went through and edited the stuff we already had to make it a little better.
To: Kels^2
From: Diana
We need to find one more source to use in the second paragraph, i believe it is. We never found one of our own and need to do that yet. I wrote the conclusion change it if you want but it has to be done by tomorrow. So it would be best if you guys did that to day. Also we need a works cited page. Maybe split up and one of you do the works cited and the other find the source. idk. we just need to get it done. P.s. sorry if I spelled some stuff wrong.
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