lecture

1.  Point of view is important to understand because it helps determine the
subject/verb agreement
 We learned that the points of view are as follows:
 First-Person- narrator participates in action but has limited knowledge/vision
 Second person- narrator addresses the reader directly as though they are part of the
story
 Third Person (Objective)- narrator is unnamed/unidentified (a dethatched observer)
 Let’s take a closer look at these…

2.  Pronouns: I, me, we, and us
 Possessive pronouns: my, mine, our, and ours
 Example sentences:
 I went for a walk through the dark forest.
 I picked up Mary and we went to Dairy Queen.
 We ran away to where no one could find us

3.  Pronoun: You
 Pronouns: you and yours
 Example sentence:
 You walk through the forest and find an injured rabbit.

4.  In this point of view we use proper nouns: Mark, Ellen, Mr. Drake, Ichabod…
 Pronouns: she, her, him, her, they, them, and it
 Possessive nouns: his, hers, its, their, and theirs
 Example sentences:
 They like to play soccer on Saturdays.
 She went to the store five minutes ago.
 Brad is not a very good volley ball player.
Considering this, what point of view was The Legend of Sleepy Hollow written in?

5.  Third Person (objective)
 This can be confused with first person because
the story is being told by a narrator who heard
the tale from someone else
 Is the narrator reliable?
 How can we know for sure that SH is written in
third person

6.  Clear your desks and take out a pen or pencil
 Bring your quiz to the front when completed
 MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON IT
 Any papers without names will not be graded and
student will receive a 0 on this quiz

7.  Creating an MLA heading:
 Your name
 Your professor/instructor’s name
 Name of course
 Date
 Format: 15 September 2016
 This heading should be double spaced
 Should begin at the top of the page
 Left aligned
 On space above the title

8.  Make sure a page number is included in the heading
 Top, right-hand corner
 Include your last name and a space between
 Your title should be one space below your header:
 No underline, bold, or italics
 Same size as all text
 Centered

9. And supporting it with evidence

10.  An opinion
 Dancing is the best form of exercise.
 A policy proposal
 Teenagers should be required to complete community service before graduating high
school.
 An evaluation
 This company’s poor choices regarding salary and marketing have led to their downfall.
 A cause-and-effect statement
 If we do not change this law now then we will experience a huge tax increase on food.
 An interpretation
 I feel that Washington Irving was creating a commentary on superstition.

11.  Your instructor will assign you to a group.
 Brainstorm and come up with a claim together. It can be any claim you like. Just
make sure you can expound upon it and that it is a claim you can all agree on.
 Decide what type of claim you are making
 Write the claim at the top of a piece of paper with all your names
 Stay in your group when you have completed this task.

12.  Brainstorm ideas that support this claim
 Start with your own ideas, beliefs, and values on the topic
 Next, find scholars and sources who support this claim
 Example: Dancing is the best form of exercise.
 My ideas, beliefs, and values:
 Dancing is a lot of fun
 Dancing is good cardio
 Dancing is an art that is prevalent in many cultures
 People of all ages love dancing
 Scholastic evidence:
 Statistics on dancing and weight loss
 An article on psychology and dancing
 A book about dancing and culture
 An interview with a 81 year-old ballerina

13.  Brainstorm a list of values and beliefs regarding your claim
 Write down at least 6 of them on your piece of paper

14.  This is a sentence that captures your position on a topic, idea, or interpretation
 1-2 sentences
 Located at the end of the introductory paragraph
 Be as clear an specific as possible
 Avoid cliché language such as “The point of this paper is…”
 Avoid being too general with your statements and strive to be concise
 Examples:
 Too general:
 Dancing is the best form of exercise
 Revised:
 Dancing is one of the best work outs because it burns a lot of calories in a short time, it is a very
entertaining form of exercise, and it is an activity that is suitable for all age groups and cultures.

15.  Dancing is one of the best work outs because it burns a lot of calories in a short
time, it is a very entertaining form of exercise, and it is an activity that is suitable
for all age groups and cultures.
 What are we going to read about in this paper?

16.  Work together to create a thesis statement for your claim. Be sure to incorporate
your values and beliefs that you noted earlier.
 Thesis should be 1-2 complete sentences

17.  Answer the following questions:
 What would be a good attention grabber for your introductory paragraph?
 What scientific or scholarly support would solidify this claim?
 Who are you addressing this claim to?
 How can this claim be disputed?
 After discussion, turn your group work into your instructor for today’s participation
points.
 The paper should include:
 Names of group members
 Claim
 List of evidence
 Thesis
 4 questions

18.  Thursday 9/22:
 Finish Sleepy Hollow
 Read 157-169
 Bring rough draft of mini paper to class
 Journal due by 9/19 at midnight
 Revised mini paper is due to drop box by 9/29