ENGLISH 30 ORGANIZING THE ESSAY

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1 ENGLISH 30 ORGANIZING THE ESSAY

2 Question What idea(s) does the writer develop regarding personal resourcefulness?

3 Define: Resourcefulness Capacity for finding or adapting means use of any natural advantages or products fertile in ideas/skills needed to prevail skill or ingenuity in meeting any situation use of what one has in the most effective manner

4 Ask some questions: RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE: WHAT ARE THEIR CHARACTERISTICS? Use what they have to get what they want are quick witted do not doubt themselves are ingenious are not easily frustrated are willing to use any tactic to get what they want can see a way through any difficulty

5 Ask some more Questions When is resourcefulness necessary? Eg. Critical situations, when you are faced with a dilemma What forces people to use their resourcefulness? Eg. adversity What happens to people when they aren t resourceful? Eg. Fail, are caught up in their own insecurities What happens to people when they are resourceful? Eg. They prevail, they are able to bend the world to their will, they survive

6 Ask the crucial questions: Is the protagonist resourceful? What situations call for resourcefulness? Is anyone else resourceful? When are they called upon to be resourceful? What were the results of their resourcefulness? Does the protagonist/character lack resourcefulness? What are the results of lacking resourcefulness?

7 Use the Definition Hold up the characters and/or situations against the definition that you found earlier.

8 Our Thesis statement One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed.

9 Chunk it up Chunk up the Thesis into parts that you can address in paragraphs. You want to be able to address the thesis statement in some organized fashion. Organization has to do with identifying LIKE -- eg. Characters/events/chronological/ situations

10 Ideas for Organization Character all paragraphs about one character, or different characters, each with one paragraph devoted to it. Event/situations: The event itself calls for resourcefulness perhaps you could discuss how each of your characters responded. Remember that your strongest point should appear in the last body paragraph.

11 RESOURCEFULNESS This essay is about Hamlet and his lack of resourcefulness. Organized by event. Choose 3. One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed. Marriage of Gertrude to Claudius Handling of Ophelia Chapel scene -- to kill Claudius or not

12 One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed to destruction. Choose 3. Marriage of Gertrude to Claudius Handling of Ophelia Chapel scene -- to kill Claudius or not Refuses to kill him in church. Why didn t he just wait until he came out? Now identify the lack of resourcefulness that Hamlet showed in these situations. Says he must hold his tongue. Could have spoken to his mother himself. He only stews over the situation. Roughs her up when he meets with her in the foyer. Insults her in front of the court at the play. Acts mad. Could have sent her a note or whispered to her.

13 The Road One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed. For The Road we should tweak this: One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed and those who are resourceful have a chance to bend the world to their will.

14 Who will it be about? Mother is not she can only see one outcome look at the definitions of resourceful people (Slide 4) Father is resourceful no question of this. It is crucial that you identify his goal that the boy survive and have a chance to bring light to the world. Son is growing into it look at his questioning of father as we move through the novel. His response to the man he meets at the end. He s learned caution from his father. Easy to prove. He s learned to make the best of what they have. He s learned to find peace and some form of happiness by talking to his dead father rather than to God. All of the son s traits ensure that he will be able to

15 Night Workup One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed to destruction, while those who are resourceful prevail.

16 Night -- Brainstorm for paragraphs One s actions during a critical situation reveals their character; those who are lacking in resourcefulness are doomed to destruction, while those who are resourceful prevail. Denial is not resourceful The Jews denied the reality. *Rejecting Moshe s account *it s war p. 4 *illusion ruled *Mrs. Schachter Taking Action is resourceful Bela Katz Franek s desire for the crown. Elie and his father

17 Your turn What idea does the author develop regarding perseverance? Write a thesis statement for two pieces Sketch out the paragraphs.

18 Your Turn-#1 What idea does Shakespeare develop regarding perseverance? Thesis Statement: Hamlet is able to persevere and achieve his goals because he believes strongly in the rightness of his cause.

19 Hamlet is able to persevere and achieve his goals because he believes strongly in the rightness of his cause. 2 causes he believes in that Gertrude shouldn t have married Claudius that Claudius murdered his father Proof of Rightness

20 Night & Into the Wild & Into Thin Air & The Pianist To persevere is an instinctual response. Some people have a stronger instinct than others, and it is usually those who survive; but sadly, it is not always enough to have the will as circumstances sometimes conspire to bring down even those strong willed people.

21 Your Turn - #2 Your book Read the question. Look up the word(s). Ask some critical questions of yourself. Write the intro use a philosophy that will bend the reader s mind to the thesis. Write a plot summary/intro that tells your reader what is coming in the essay. Write a thesis statement that is powerful, and stylish.

22 Regarding self-fulfillment in the context of a new reality What does self-fulfillment mean? To live satisfied with yourself to recognize that you have done the best you have with what you were given to work with. To achieve one s desires, ambitions through one s own efforts accomplishment, completion Synonyms:achievement, attainment, carrying out, carrying through, consummation, contentedness, contentment, crowning, discharge, discharging, effecting, end, gratification, implementation, just the ticket, kick*, kicks* observance, perfection, realization, you got it Antonyms:disappointment, dissatisfaction, failure, frustration, unfulfillment

23 Regarding self-fulfillment in the context of a new reality Schindler s List New reality is: his realization of the depth of persecution the Jews are facing

24 Hamlet Using 1 Soliloquy Well, obviously, he s seeking selffulfillment, which to him means restoration of family honour. His new reality is framed by his father s murder and his mother s remarriage. Act 2, Sc 2 Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I

25 Hamlet soliloquy Act 2, Sc 2 Thesis: Hamlet s awareness of his inability to act add pathos to his situation. We see this clearly in Act 2, Sc 2 during his Oh what a rogue and peasant slave soliloquy. It is apparent that this new reality in which he finds himself bedevils him, and keeps him from finding self-fulfillment. Until Hamlet is able to take explicit and unambiguous action to reverse the wrongs perpetrated against his family, he will be unable to find any measure of peace. You would need to use the soliloquy to prove that he is so envious of people who can summon up passion (para 1) and that he is very critical of himself for not being able to do so himself.

26 Your Turn - #3 What idea(s) does the author(s) develop regarding the ways in which the desire for independence and the need for security shape an individual s identity. Steps: Break it down look up what you need to look up security, independence, identity Graphically represent the relationship between the parts. Select one or two pieces that BEST speak to this theme. Use the graphic representation to outline the argument. Write the thesis statement. Attend to the wording, and to the voice you wish to present.

27 End rest is of Man for all Seasons

28 Man for all Seasons True heroic characters are able to persevere through hard times if they believe strongly in their cause. Rightness is their driving force.

29 regarding self-fulfillment in the context of a new reality. Man for All Seasons -- More was very clear on what he needed to live selffulfilled. To fall from favour is a new reality for More. The circumstance whereby the RC church was overthrown is a new reality.

30 Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt is able to show us through Thomas More s tragedy that resourcefulness can hold off the forces of darkness, but is not a guarantee of success.