See Jago textbook p. 41-58
p.41-3 Annotate the basketball poem “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” by Yusef Komunyakaa
p.41-3 Annotate the basketball poem “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” by Yusef Komunyakaa
p.44-48 Respond to the Thesis Statement and Sample Essay on “Slam, Dunk”
p. 49-56 Annotate “Fast Break” and respond to the compare and contrast essay
p.57-58 Annotate two poems about animals, “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks”
How can you apply these same skills to your essay comparing the way two characters speak differently in Hamlet? How can you organize your essay? How do you include close reading of passages and then move to a larger claim? How can you write a strong thesis?
