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Everyone needs to complete this by their exam day.  I will give you homework points for completing it.

Thanks.

Me

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Final Exam Essay: Due Friday

Read Oprah Winfrey's "What I Know for Sure" column from O Magazine. Here Embarrassingly, I used to like Oprah.  I used to read this magazine with fervor each month.  Even now, as my affection for Oprah has waned  I find value in them.  Life, to me, is about figuring out "the things we know fore sure."

Your final exam essay is this:  What do you know for sure?  You should explain this "thing"(just one) in a well-written, 4-6 paragraph essay--with all the voice/personality you can muster.  You may "steal" a quote from something you have seen or read as a starting point; perhaps this was your 'aha' moment(another Oprahism).  Mine, for example, came from the following lines from The Secret Life of Bees:

“In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional...What a special case I was.”

Reading that for the first time, I realized that I held on to my past, and the wounds caused there, and wore them like a badge of honor.  This, in the end, was the very thing keeping me from evolving, and it was the moment I figured that out that changed me forever.

Good luck.  They're due on Friday, either to me directly or digitally.  Typed, please.

Outline help

Name_________________________

English I Honors

Mrs. Rock

Literary Analysis Outline

Follow this handy-dandy outline format to complete an outline for your literary analysis paper—this step is key in writing a well-organized, eloquent, paper.

I.                     Introduction

A.       Opening ‘hook’

B.      Background Information

C.      Statements/summaries about sonnet

D.      Thesis statement

II.                   Body 1

A.       Transition Sentence

B.      Backup of Thesis

C.      “Proof” with quotes, research

Etc., etc., etc.,

      V.            (or whatever)  Conclusion

                       A.  Summary of main points

                      B.  Restatement of thesis

Nothing due tomorrow

We're watching the movie. Study guide and outline due Tuesday. I'll explain better tomorrow.

<3, Rock