Mr. Sweetman

Step One : In a google document please create a list of criteria for writing a paragraph.  You may want to look at your notes on using a quotation, and find some general writing  guidelines on the web.  Make sure what you produce is written using your own words, and is not just a simple copy and paste. Please prepared to share your criteria... Step Two: Review of Paragraph Structure : The Topic Sentence: Example Explanation Example  Explanation Example  Explanation Summary Sentence Step Three : Read the poem below, and write a paragraph explaining the theme: The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really ab...

Emily Dickinson's "Little Bird" "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, "And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. "I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me." (Emily Dickinson) This is an example of an extended metaphor.  How does the extended metaphor help convey the theme of the poem? Create a theme statement and select three quotations to support your statement.

Step One: make a list of five songs which you enjoy, and which you believe my have a central theme. Step Two: choose two of these songs and look up the lyrics to the song at:  www.lyrics.com Step Three: read the lyrics and determine the songs theme. Once you have determined the theme create a theme statement.  Remember to keep your theme statement short and concise. Step Four: select three separate lines (quotations) from the lyrics, which support your theme statement.