B day English Due May 22, 3:15 PM 5/15 - 9th Grade Final (Due Friday - 5/22) Mr. McCloskey

English Due May 22, 3:15 PM
5/15 - 9th Grade Final (Due Friday - 5/22)
Mr. McCloskey
Please see the attached document for directions on our final.

You DO NOT need to have this in by today - I'm giving you one week to get around to this. Links to the full texts are here if you need to use quotes:

Gilgamesh: https://uruk-warka.dk/Gilgamish/The%20Epic%20of%20Gilgamesh.pdf
The Odyssey: https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-by-homer/?q=macbeth&search_form=advanced
Things Fall Apart: http://marul.ffst.hr/~bwillems/fymob/things.pdf

Make sure you you open the attached document. Copy below Email me or Mr. M if  questions!

9th Grade English I FInal Essay

Throughout the year, we have focused on the theme of “Identity” within each of the works we covered. For your final, I would like to write a 1 page essay on how we’ve explored that theme in class. 

1. Directions: 

• Your essay must focus on the theme of “identity”
• Your essay can focus on one particular title (Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, or Things Fall Apart) OR can compare how “Identity” is explored within multiple titles. (For example, you can write 5 paragraphs on just The Odyssey OR you can compare the differences in identity between The Odyssey and Things Fall Apart). 
• Although your essay doesn’t have to be 5-paragraph form, it’s probably easiest to. 
• Your Intro paragraph MUST contain a clear thesis statement. Please see the thesis formula that we’ve used throughout the year at the bottom of this page. 
• Your essay must use at least 2 quotes, which must be properly cited. You’re free to use more than 2 if you so choose. 
• Your essay should be at least a page in length. 

2. QUESTION(S) TO BE EXPLORE WITH YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.

• What were the complexities of “identity” within this piece (or multiple pieces)? 
• How did the author create a central character with complications of identity? 
• Why were there conflicts between the character’s personal beliefs and actions throughout the story? 
• How did the central character’s identity change throughout the story? 

3. Thesis Statement Formula used for writing arguments:

 SUBJECT + WRITER’S ATTITUDE + REASONS + REASON + REASON =

THESIS STATEMENT

• A thesis statement is the main idea of an essay expressed in one

sentence.

• A thesis statement is the primary controlling idea or opinion holding

your writing together, the basic message you want your writing to

express

• A thesis statement is never phrased as a question
• A thesis statement never expresses only a fact