What is a thesis?

Due Friday- Write and POST a paragraph about "Thesis"
- What is a thesis? How does it shape a person's writing? Structure?
- Create a thesis based on the events in A Tale of Two Cities

Due Monday- Read to the end of Book II (196-221)
- List the major events from each chapter
- State one of the purposes of Book II
- Select "the most important" quotation from each chapter.

Thematic Page

Create a One Page Response that discusses one of the many topics of Theme.

1. Your 1st sentence should state and define the topic of theme- For example, wealth, greed, anger, identity, etc. Original Thought, Please.
2. State what you think the author is trying to say, without using "I and My", to the reader through the events, characters and conflicts.
3. Use one quote along with the conflict, and at least one character that reflect the author's view on life.
4. One page in length-Double space-12pt-Times

Tale of Two Cities

Capitalistic competition, during Victorian times, was an emerging entity in the world. Through literature, Dickens often portrays characters, or individuals, that cherish greed and self-accomplishment over a group, or even societal goal. In many cases, Dickens' perspective often had the two things opposed, an individuals greed vs. societal advancement.


Do you agree or disagree? Explain why using modern day examples.

What in the Dickens is this?

In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, our characters are dealing with the effects of war, and civil chaos amongst an ever changing world. The effects are startling. People mistreating other people based on the side in which they are standing. Thus, the question:

• How can people commit evil deeds, even murder, towards others w/o feeling ashamed or awful about the deed they imposed on another?

Possible helping thoughts are:

• Motivation- what could it be?
• Separation of emotion from action. How could that happen?
• What emotional state must one be in to be able to hurt others?

Chapters 12 and 13

Please post an original quote, one not used by anther classmate, from the reading. Place your quote in quotation marks, along with the page number using MLA format.

Select a passage that you believe is the most important of the chapter in how it reveals:

1. Gene's change and/or development,
2. a theme
3. a symbol

Be able, willing and ready to share your quote.
Respond to at least one other person's posted text by stating what you believe to be the importance of their quote.
Bring quote, and response to another person's quote to class tomorrow for credit and a group activity.

Quotation for Chapter 11

Please post an original quote, one not used by anther classmate, from the reading. Place your quote in quotation marks, along with the page number using MLA format.

1. Please select a passage that you believe is the most important of the chapter in how it reveals a theme, or topic of theme. Be able, willing and ready to share your quote, and be able to relate the quote to the insight in life of the novel.
2. Respond to at least one other person's posted text by stating what you believe to be the thematic importance of their quote.
3. Bring quote, and response to another person's quote to class tomorrow for credit and a group activity.

Vocab Quiz Friday- Unit 4

Quotation Bank

Please post a quote from the reading. Place your quote in quotation marks, along with the page number using MLA format.

Topic of quotation MUST relate to theme. Be able, willing and ready to share your quote, and be able to relate the quote to the insight in life of the novel.