Final Paper: a Lesson Before Dying

Name: ______

Date: ______

Assessments

Final Paper: A Lesson Before Dying

Your assignment:

Now that we’ve reached the end of the unit and “finished” A Lesson Before Dying, it’s time to evaluate our characters and make some claims in writing. Below are two questions that you will choose from to answer in writing. You will write an analytical paper responding to the question you choose in 3-5 BCR paragraphs. Once you choose your question, you will develop a claim, find 3-5 piece of textual evidence, and then analyze your evidence.

The questions: (choose one)

What do you think are the greatest lessons learned by the characters in A Lesson Before Dying? Make sure to explain the lessons learned and how they were both taught to and learned by the other characters.

OR

How have Jefferson and Grant influenced each other’s identities? Explain how both characters have had an influence on each other and evaluate who had a bigger influence on who and why.

Now what?? 

1.  Choose the question you will respond to

2.  Develop a claim statement

3.  Find 3-5 pieces of evidence

4.  Analyze your evidence

5.  Begin to write the paper!

Name: ______Date: ______Assessments

Final Paper: Outline

Use this outline to organize the pieces of your final paper. Make sure to include all of the necessary pieces!

The Question:
[What question are you answering?]
Your Claim:
[What is YOUR opinion on the question? Remember your claim must be a statement that can be proven by evidence.]
Evidence:
[Remember to include all of the necessary pieces…]
·  Introduce the quote
·  Quotation marks
·  Page number inside of parentheses / Analysis
[Use “lawyer talk”!]
·  This shows that…
·  This proves…
·  Therefore…
Evidence:
[Remember to include all of the necessary pieces…]
·  Introduce the quote
·  Quotation marks
·  Page number inside of parentheses / Analysis
[Use “lawyer talk”!]
·  This shows that…
·  This proves…
·  Therefore…
Evidence:
[Remember to include all of the necessary pieces…]
·  Introduce the quote
·  Quotation marks
·  Page number inside of parentheses / Analysis
[Use “lawyer talk”!]
·  This shows that…
·  This proves…
·  Therefore…