Insenga
Essay Two Assignment Sheet:
Class Crafted
Assigned: February 24
Complete draft due for Peer Review: March 15
Final Essay Two packet due:
March 29
Conferencing Opportunities:
office hours or appointments from March 1 through March 17
Choose one option below.
Using the writing process discussed in class, compose an argumentative
essay that not only references but also analyzes textual evidence from primary
and secondary texts. Your titled essay
should be at least 3-4 pages long and must use correct MLA format and
documentation. It should include a Works
Cited page. Please keep all of your
work, from brainstorming to final drafting, as you must evidence and turn in
the entire writing process, from brainstorming to final draft.
1. Lee's novel, though
renowned as a classic piece of American literature, has also been contested or
even banned in several schools. For this
option, mount a specific defense for teaching the novel in a specific secondary
environment.
2. Choose one character
from To Kill a Mockingbird and discuss how and why that character's
evolution mirrors one of the adolescent developmental models outlined in either
Blasingame and Bushman or on the class resource page.
3. Educators often face
teaching a single text to several types of students, many of whom function at
various learning levels. For this
option, choose a specific type of secondary classroom setting and argue how you
would differentiate instruction of Lee's novel for that group of students.
4. To Kill A Mockingbird
provides teachers with an opportunity to help students understand how to locate
and analyze dichotomies. For this
option, locate a central dichotomy and argue a specific way to teach the
concept to a specific group of secondary students.
5. Locate a specific sign
or image from the novel and argue how one can teach students to trace that
image throughout the text. Focus on why
such close reading is imperative in English Studies is also important,
here.