Students finished viewing The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Mr. Stone gave notes on the writing process and basic essay terms. He emphasized the need to collect more information during the prewriting.
Students received the first of four prewriting tables. They will end up using information from three of the tables in their final essay on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The students are making a claim of judgment about the film.
Mr. Stone worked with students to determine their opinion of the film by completing a T-chart. They reviewed a list of subtopics of the film and placed each topic into the like or dislike column.
Before the period ended Mr. Stone worked with students to complete the top of the first prewriting table. The topic of their paper is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Students should specify their viewpoint in terms of positive/negative, like/dislike, recommend viewing the film/recommend avoiding the film.
The student should select from the subtopic list which subtopic they wish to discuss. They should attempt to express their viewpoint of this subtopic.
The three concrete details requested in the table should be descriptions of scenes from the movie that support their viewpoint of the selected subtopic.
For each concrete detail (example), a student should provide two (or more) sentences of commentary (analysis). The commentary explains how the concrete detail/example demonstrates the viewpoint of the student writer on the subtopic chosen.
The first prewriting table is due at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Homework: Complete first prewriting table.
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