Final Revised Paragraph for "Woodchucks" 8/29 (A)and 8/30 (B)

Assignment: Compose one completely developed paragraph using template from class. Your Topic Sentence will combine your answer your free write question with a thematic idea from the poem (see my ANNOTATED copy from class).

Label each sentence according to the template. Do not skip any portion of the format, but do remember that the 2nd element of Global Commentary (Cm2 G) may take two or three sentences of elaboration as you establish and support the thematic idea.

Links: Paragraph format

            Annotated poem with themes

            

Scoring:  Three Grades

               Annotated poem (your annotations, not mine)

               1st draft response

                Final draft

"Woodchucks" by Maxine Kumin Due 8/26 (B) 8/27 (A)

After reading the poem, compose a 10 minute free write response to one of the four analysis

Questions listed at the end of the poem using the Schaffer paragraph model

Paragraph model format

Topic Sentence  - Answer the question directly and state how your answer also addresses the theme/meaning of the work as a whole (MOW)

Q1 - First quote of evidence embedded in your own writing.

Cm1 (L) - How the quote is relevant in the passage 

Cm2 (G) - How the quote also reflects a broader theme or view of the human condition

Transitional Sentence

Q2

Cm1 (L)

Cm2 (G)

Concluding sentence