objective: Today, we will read and analyze themes across different genres. We will read and analyze Sniper, a work of fiction, and then Thoughts of Hanoi, a poem addressing the same topic. We will then review the outline for writing an informative essay.
Warm up
In notebook, write down the setting for Sniper. Write at least 5 character traits of the republican sniper. What person is Sniper written in? What motivates each sniper? Describe in literary terms, how this story ends.
2. Finish Sniper. Do sidebars.
3. read Hanoi poem and do exercises at end of story to compare and contrast (soft holt reader)
3. READ TOGETHER, INTRO TO ESSAY WRITING HANDOUT.
4. Wrie thesis statement and opening paragraph to be oked prior to beginning essay.
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