This document provides recommendations for mentor texts and favorite books of writing teachers Ms. Crystal and Mr. Patrick. It summarizes 12 different books or authors that students should read to learn from the writer's craft, including Owl Moon, Ralph Fletcher, Cynthia Rylant, Barbara O'Connor, Jeff Spinelli, Jon Scieszka, Roald Dahl, Roni Schotter, and Cynthia Lord. The document emphasizes paying close attention to writing techniques like sentence structure, use of details, and characterization when reading like a writer.
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ENG 30: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
PROF. GENE MCQUILLAN
SPRING 2021 FINAL EXAM
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS REQUIRE THAT YOU REFER TO
THESE FOUR TEXTS:
=Sherman Alexie, “Superman and Me”
=Isabel Allende, “Reading the History of the World”
=the “Transcript” of the interview between Michiko Kakutani and President Barack Obama
=Alison Bechdel, Fun Home
I expect a QUOTE from each text. Make sure to use the formats we have reviewed! Please write an essay—not a list. As always, please do more than just list examples and then stop—I expect a patient and challenging conclusion to the essay.
Please do NOT refer to any outside sources or to our other readings, such as The Great Gatsby.
There are THREE questions. Choose ONE. Please do not copy the question—just indicate the letter of your choice.
QUESTIONS:
A) In all of these texts, these writers speak of how reading allowed them to claim their identity, to raise their voice, to see their world more clearly, to find the words they had been unable to say. Refer to a specific example of this process from each of the texts. Which readings (or types of readings) are mentioned? What sort of effects did these readings have on the people reading them? What might be significant about the choices they made or the reactions they had?
B) In all of these texts, these writers speak of reading and writing as a social process, one that deeply involves their families. Refer to a specific example of this process from each of the texts. Which readings are chosen and shared? Who shares them with whom? Why and how might these exchanges of texts and ideas matter?
C) In all of these readings, the writers recall that they were very curious about a range of different texts. In what ways were they influenced by “classic literature” and in what ways did they also search for inspiration in texts that might not be considered “literature?” Refer to a specific example of this process from each of the texts. Which readings (or types of readings) are mentioned? What sort of readings seem to have the most profound effects on each author? What might be significant about the types of readings that they chose and considered most influential?
It is worth 8 points (all-or-nothing). It needs to be emailed in a Word file (or just “pasted” into an email), by NOON on Thursday, June 10th.
To get 8 points, you need to:
—Write at least 600 words.
—Refer to ALL four texts.
—Refer to specific and relevant statements. Please include a quote from EACH of the texts, and when you “quote,” follow the formats we’ve reviewed.
—Do more than write a “list” of references. What MATTERS about the statements and texts you chose?
One more key thing>>
Unlike all of our previous assignments, this one will NOT feature the option of sending me a “draft”—you have two weeks to do this, SO GET IT RIGHT!
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1. Mentor Texts
Check these books out from the library
and pay attention to the writer’s craft.
Writers have a lot to teach us.
Here are some of Ms. Crystal and
Mr. Patrick’s favorites. Remember to
read these like a writer!
2. Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Owl Moon is a story about
a young girl’s memorable
place and time with her
father.
When you read, pay close
attention to the details of
the story. Also, look
closely at the variety of
sentences beginnings.
Yolen creates a balance
between short and long
sentences.
3. Ralph Fletcher
I pretty much have a writer’s crush on Ralph Fletcher. Anything
he writes can guide you to being a better writer. Also, check out
his “how-to” writing books. Ralph Fletcher ROCKS!
4. Van Gogh Café, Cynthia Rylant
The author uses a unique
structure when she gives
the reader the title of the
next chapter in the last
line of the previous
chapter. I LOVE so many of
Cynthia Rylant’s books.
5. Owen Jester and How to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O’Connor
O’Connor uses the “rule of three”. She uses three details to
make sure the reader can “visualize” each main idea.
6. Knots in My Yo-yo
String is a memoir.
Spinelli uses a
conversational tone
and has the reader
laughing at times. He
also uses the senses
to create pictures for
the reader.
8. Do you have an issue
or a cause you want to
highlight? You can
write a book like Diary
of a Worm. This is a
great book that brings
science, specifically
recycling, into a story.
Great IDEA.
9. Jon Scieszka
Anything that Jon
Scieszka writes
usually makes me
laugh. Scieszka is
another of my writer’s
crush. He is definitely
one of my favorite
authors.
ABSOLUTELY!He has a
great voice. Check out
a few of his books.
10. Roald Dahl, as we know, is
a talented writer. In Boy,
he writes about his
childhood. Pay special
attention to the
characterization in Boy.
Dahl really paints a picture
of his characters through
their descriptions and
their interaction with
others. Obviously, since it
is a memoir, the internal
thinking is great too.
11. This is a great
example of how
there are story
ideas EVERYWHERE.
We just have to pay
attention to the
little things
happening “on 90th
Street”.
12. I love words. I
love vocabulary,
and I love this
book. This is a
very clever book
by 90th Street
author Roni
Schotter.
Can you mimic
this? Try and see.
It’s a great
exercise in word
choice.
13. This is a just right book for
most fourth and fifth grade
students. Cynthia Lord does a
fantastic job of creating
character and an internal
conflict in this book. I highly
recommend proficient readers
in grades four and five read
this book.
I love Rules.
14. More to come… We have
hundreds of “favorite” young
adult novels.