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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Writing Claims about Themes

H/W - Just read tonight. Feel free to write anything down about your reading you notice (optional)

Lesson Recap

Claim = An arguable opinion about  a text

e.g. In the opening scene of the short story, Thank you Ma’am by Langston Hughes the author teaches readers that when faced with desperate situations, people will often do whatever it takes to survive




Sentence Starters


Help - I don't get claims.... READ THIS

Big tip for finding claims - Google the topic or cliche and adjust your claim based on the images you find e.g. perseverance. You CANNOT just copy the quote, but you can use the quote to help build an idea. e.g.

Image result for perseverance

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