This document provides an agenda for an EWRT 211 class. It includes questions about an upcoming essay assignment, a vocabulary review, brainstorming for the next essay, and an introduction to the in-class essay. The essay topic involves identifying and analyzing how a character is marginalized in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Students are instructed to choose a character, explain their marginalization with examples and quotes, and compare it to marginalization discussed in another source or song lyrics. An outline format for the essay is also provided.

1. EWRT 211 CLASS 14

2. AGENDA
• Questions about essay #3
• Vocab 19-27
• GPU: Frequently misused words
• Brainstorming for essay #4
• Marginalization: what is it?
• Lecture: Intro to in-class essay 4

3. QUESTIONS ABOUT ESSAY #3
• When is it due?
• How long should it be?
• How many sources do I need?
• Is the title of a book italicized?
• How should I submit it?

4. VOCABULARY: 19-27
19. Molt: He sat down in the only remaining chair but leapt up
again almost immediately, pulling from underneath him a
molting, gray feather duster — at least, that was what
Harry thought it was, until he saw that it was breathing.
20. Outstrip: They took turns riding Harry’s Nimbus Two
Thousand, which was easily the best broom; Ron’s old
Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies.
21. Gloat: “He’s not himself. His exam results came the day
before you did; twelve O.W.L.s and he hardly gloated at
all.”
22. Gingerly: Dizzy and bruised, covered in soot, he got
gingerly to his feet, holding his broken glasses up to his
eyes.

5. 23. Abashed: “Ha!” said Harry under his breath, pleased to see
Draco looking both abashed and angry.
24. Smirk: Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman’s
rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a
magnificent necklace of opals, Caution: Do Not Touch.
25. Leer: She leered at him, showing mossy teeth.
26. Apothecary: “Yer a mess!” said Hagrid gruffly, brushing soot
off Harry so forcefully he nearly knocked him into a barrel of
dragon dung outside an apothecary.
27. Indignantly: “So you don’t think I’m a match for Lucius
Malfoy?” said Mr. Weasley indignantly

6. • The Writing Assignment: Essay #4
• Identify, explain, and argue how a character is marginalized
• The Essay Topic and Objective:
• Identify a character in The Chamber of Secrets who is marginalized
in some way. Explain how the character is marginalized and provide
examples of the marginalization using quotes from the book.
• You can use one of the hip hop songs to quote and compare to the
character you focus on and/or take another quote from another
source that discusses marginalizations.
• Your final essay should be a minimum of five paragraphs (should
be between 500-750 words): introduction, three well-developed
body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Primary (The Chamber of Secrets) and Outside Sources:
• This essay requires at least three direct quotations from the book in
addition to at least one quote from another source. These quotes
can be written into your single-page Essay Outline that you are
preparing before writing the In-class Essay.
• Format: MLA style (For help, see “MLA Formatting” on the website).
Please give your paper an original title; do not underline or put quotation
marks around your own title.

7. WHAT IS
“MARGINALIZATION”?
• What does it mean to be
marginalized?
• “margins”: what are they?
• Who can be marginalized? Why?
• How does it feel to be
marginalized?
• Why is marginalization a bad
thing?

8. WHAT IS
MARGINALIZATION?
• Marginalization is the process of pushing a particular group or
groups of people to the edge of society by not allowing them an
active voice, identity, or place in it. Through both direct and
indirect processes, marginalized groups may be relegated to a
secondary position or made to feel as if they are less important
than those who hold more power or privilege in society. People
from marginalized groups can be the target of negative beliefs,
behaviors, or judgements from others. Individuals and groups
can be marginalized on the basis of multiple aspects of their
identity, including but not limited to: race, gender or gender
identity, ability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status,
sexuality, age, and/or religion. Some individuals identify with
multiple marginalized groups, and may experience further
marginalization as a result of their intersecting identities.

9. TYPES OF / REASONS FOR
MARGINALIZATION:
• Class
• Gender/sex
• gender expression
• orientation
• Race
• Ethnic origin /
Linguistic difference
• Body type
• Educational status
• Ability
• Age
• Other?

10. WHICH CHARACTERS DO YOU
SEE AS MARGINALIZED?
(LET’S FILL OUT A GRID!)
• Harry Potter
• Ron Weasley
• Hermione Granger
• Severus Snape
• Tom Riddle
• Draco Malfoy
• Dobby
• Hagrid
• Argus Filch
• Moaning Myrtle
• Nearly Headless Nick
• Types of / Reasons for
marginalization:
• Class
• Gender/gender
expression
• Race
• Ethnic origin /
Linguistic
• Body type
• Educational status
• Ability
• Age
• Other?

11. IN YOUR HOUSE,
CHOOSE AT
LEAST ONE
CHARACTER AND
DISCUSS THESE
IDEAS:
• How the character might be
different if he or she hadn’t
suffered from being
marginalized.
• Ways in which the character
responds to the
marginalization that you see
as productive or
unproductive and why.
• Finally, extend your insights
to contemporary society;
how does this character’s
marginalization compare to
others you see who are also
marginalized?

12. Introduction Paragraph: Presenting the subject
Introduce the novel and author; Name and describe the character; describe his
or her role in the novel.
Thesis: Describe the marginalization that you see this character experiencing
and the outcome of that marginalization.
Body Paragraphs
Body paragraph 1: Use, cite, and discuss quotations to support your
identification of the character’s marginalization, the outcomes/results
of marginalization, and ways in which the character responds to the
marginalization.
Body paragraph 2: Analyze 1) how the character might be different if he or she
hadn’t suffered from being marginalized; 2) ways in which the character
responds to the marginalization that you see as productive or unproductive and
why.
Body paragraph 3: Extend your insights to contemporary society; how does this
character’s marginalization compare to that in the real world.
ESSAY STRUCTURE

13. HOMEWORK!
Vocabulary: Vocab 28-30
HW Discussion 11
Post the beginning of your outline:
1. Pick your character..
2. How will you begin your essay? Write several
sentences of your Introduction.
3. Thesis: Include a rough thesis here.
4. Write the topic sentence (POINT) you will use for
your first paragraph.
5. Find at least two quotes from the novel to support
the POINT in your first paragraph. Include the
page number citation.
6. Write a couple sentences about how the character
responds to the marginalization.
7. Find a quote from a marginalization article that
seems relevant to your character’s experience.