how do you develop a topic for an explanatory essay?
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Happy Tricky Tuesday
Bellwork is on your table.
How do you develop a topic for an
explanatory essay?
In this lesson you will learn how to develop a topic for an
explanatory essay by analyzing the text and your reading notes
for relevant evidence.
Let’s Review
How does an author develop a dual theme? After reading and analyzing “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman, write an essay in which you relate how the author developed a dual theme. Support your discussion with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples from the text.
Let’s Review “O Captain! My Captain!” By Walt Whitman
What is meant by a dual theme? – More than one theme in the
poem
What are the dual themes in this poem?– Joy– Sorrow
Core Lesson
Analyze the prompt1
2Review reading notes and the text
3 Organize the most important notes
Core Lesson 1) Analyze the prompt
How does an author develop a dual theme? After reading and analyzing “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman, write an essay in which you relate how the author developed a dual theme. Support your discussion with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples from the text.
- Dual theme: 2 things that the text is all about
- HOW the dual theme was made
- Support with evidence
Core Lesson 2) Review reading notes and the text
- prize is won- hear bells- exulting- following eyes- steady
- fearful- weather’d- grim- daring
“heart, heart, heart”- Signal to me that
something big was about to happen; emotion
- Shows the Captain’s death is a shock to the narrator
“fallen cold and dead”- This is the most
important line in the poem
- narrator is trying to accept the shock
“O Captain! my Captain!”
- Shows mood is shifting: excitement, shock, acceptance. t
Core Lesson 2) Review reading notes and the text
Focus- Lines 1-4- Lines 9-12- Lines 19-21
Focus- Lines 5-8- Lines 13-16- Lines 17-18- Lines 22-24
Core Lesson3) Organize the most important notes
Think about all the information you have collected and about the things we have
discussed relative to “O Captain, My Captain.” In what order would
organize your notes from least important to most
important.
Core Lesson
How do you clearly introduce a topic for an
explanatory essay?
Core Lesson
Review notes on response to the prompt1
2 Ask, “How do my notes fit together into an answer to the prompt?”
3 Draft a central idea statement
Core Lesson 1) Review notes on response to the prompt
Word Connotations
Dual Focus
Perspectives
Core Lesson 2) Ask, “How do my notes fit together into an answer to the prompt?”
Word Connotations
Dual Focus
Perspectives
Core Lesson3) Draft a central idea statement
Your statement needs to include four things:
1. Title of the poem (“…”)2. Author3. Mention “dual theme”4. What is used to develop the dual theme?
(Order of importance list)
Core Lesson 3) Draft a central idea statement
The author, Walt Whitman, developed his dual theme in the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by…
Core Lesson 3) Draft a central idea statement
The author, Walt Whitman, developed his dual theme in the poem “O Captain! My Captain” by using positive and negative word connotations, two points of view, and a dual focus.