21 October: Movie Essay

1. Information was provided to students via PowerPoint about specific parts and details of their essay.
2. Students had time to work on their rough drafts.

Paragraph-Specific Information for Essay. You may use the example sentences in your essay. I recommend that you change them up a little to better suit your writing style.

Introduction: Sentence 1 = HOOK

• The hook gets the reader’s attention. This does NOT mean saying "Hey, reader, I’m going to tell you…"
• This is a sentence that makes your essay seem interesting. You have to make the reader WANT to read your essay.
• State an opinion related to your thesis.
• Create a visual image that represents your subject.
• Define a word central to your subject.

Introduction: Summary - Summarize the movie in a few sentences.

Introduction: Thesis Statement

• Last sentence in the introduction.
• 1 sentence stating the central idea of your essay.
• What is your main goal?
• What should be included in the sentence?
  1) Title of movie (in italics or underlined if handwritten)
  2) Something about the movie being a heroic quest, journey or something like this.
  Example: In Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the heroes time-travel in order to create an awesome history project.
  Example: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a perfect example of a heroic quest in which Bill and Ted set out to pass their history test by creating a perfect presentation.

Body Paragraph 1: Topic = stages 1 & 2

• Topic sentence should include
  Call to adventure
  Toolkit
  Example: Bill and Ted set out to pass their test and get help along the way.
• Detail sentences (RENNS)
  Tell specifically what the call to adventure is.
  What happens that they have to go on this adventure? (They’re going to fail if they don’t make an A on their presentation)
  Give details about Bill and Ted’s toolkit.
  Who helps them?
  What helps them?

Body Paragraph 2:Topic = stages 3, 4, and 5

• Topic sentence should include:
  1)Monstrous world (places in the past they went)
  2)Tests and trials (conflicts)
  3)Supreme ordeal (making an A on the project)
  Example: Bill and Ted go on an adventure through time in order to gather historical figures to create the perfect history presentation.
  Example: In order to present an A+ presentation, Bill and Ted brave many obstacles as they travel through time.
• Details (RENNS)
  Give specific details about the places they went to and the conflicts they faces.

Body Paragraph 3: Topic = stages 6 & 7

• Topic sentence should include:
  1)The goal being met (awesome presentation)
  2)Their return home and recognition (reaction to the presentation; also how they were recognized by the future)
• Details (RENNS)
  Give specific details about the reward and return.

Conclusion: Thesis restated - Do NOT copy and paste your thesis from the introduction.
RESTATE (rephrase) it.

Conclusion: final statement about movie
You may want to add your thoughts about the movie, characters, quest, etc.

Conclusion: insightful thought

• Give the reader something to think about without writing "You should think about…"
• This shouldn’t be about the movie itself, but about the theme of the movie (what can someone learn from Bill and Ted’s adventure?)
• Give a symbolic or powerful fact or other detail.
• Strike a note of hope

Students' tests were returned to them. If students want extra credit, they need to see me after school Wednesday or Thursday. They must bring their test with them, and we will devise extra credit using the test.

HOMEWORK: Essay including pre-writing, all revised and edited rough drafts, and final draft is due next class.