In this assignment, you are going to respond to another author's writing and write a formal literary response.Discuss theme in a clear and coherent paragraph of 200-300 words. Make reference to the selected text in your paragraph. Use the ACE-it paragraph writing strategy which is explained on the next page.
Here is an explanation for
formal literary responses
with an accompanying graphic organizer.
Here is a
Literary Analysis Guide
with some example paragraphs.
Select one of the assignments below. There are 2 different readings.
A. Readthe poem
"Here in Katmandu."
Only do this choice if you have not done it already.
Writea 200-300 word discussion addressing the following:
What is this poem's theme? State it in a single sentence. What evidence leads you to this conclusion?
- Be sure to refer directly to the poem in your comments.
B. And here is a 2nd option.Only do this choice if you have not done it already.
The Night Chanter
byNavarre Scott Momaday(born February 27, 1934) — known asN. Scott Momaday— is a
Kiowa
novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. During the 35-plus years of Momaday's academic career, he built up a reputation specializing in American Indian oral traditions and sacred concepts of the culture itself.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Scott_Momaday
Read Momaday's story
and respond to ONE of the following questions:
In paragraph form and with reference to the story...
a) Discuss the relationship between the grandson and Sam Charley.
OR
b) Identify and explain the effect of the point of view used in the story.
OR
c) Explain how the title is appropriate to the story.
Be sure to use theACE-it paragraph writing strategyyou can read about in the next page of this book.