Tuesday / Wednesday 21 / 22 April

Students were given a checklist to first self-check then peer-check their Henry V essays.

Then students read and analyzed a story about literacy in Afganistan.

Henry V Essay Checklist:

Henry V and modern war text analytical essay

Paper is about 3 typed pages, 2x spaced, 12 point font

Introduction includes

Thesis Statement (underline your thesis)

Both / All texts are introduced

Each body paragraph is alluded (use a different color for each body paragraph to circle the key word or words that are in both the introduction and the topic sentence.)

Each Paragraph has

Topic Sentences

Topic sentences share at least one key word with the thesis (use a different color for each body paragraph to circle the key word or words that are in both the introduction and the topic sentence.)

No initial pronouns or vague nouns: first mention of a noun is a proper noun

Quotations:

Quotations are introduced

Quotations are explained

Each explanation has at least one key word from the topic sentence of the paragraph

Quotations are in quotes or block indented

Quotes of three or more lines are block indented

Quotations are given a citation

Conclusion

Summarized (Good enough)

Expands and extends the paper (better)

Thesis statement(s) is (are) proved

Content: The paper addresses one of the essential questions of the unit.

Paper is well edited