Wed and Thursday

In Class
We analyzed the poem "Spelling" by Margaret Atwood to compare her message with that of Gilman in The Yellow Wallpaper.

Homework
Write your controlling idea essay (six paragraphs). The prompt is below. Period 2 and 7 will get your papers back from Ms. Harris on Friday; Period 3, you can pick up your papers on Monday. Use the comments from your last essay and the controlling idea rubric to help you with this essay.

Also, don't forget to study for your vocabulary quiz - It's on Wednesday. Any word or root we've studied this year is fair game!!!!

Your Task: (Controlling Idea)
After you have read the passages , write a unified essay about women as revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about women. Using evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.
Guidelines:Be sure to

• Use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about man’s control of nature
• Use specific and relevant evidence from each passage to develop your controlling idea
• Show how each author uses specific literary elements (for example: theme, characterization, structure, point of view) or techniques (for example: symbolism, irony, figurative language) to convey the controlling idea
• Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner
• Use language that communicates ideas effectively

• Follow the conventions of standard written English