Guiding Question
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Your Thoughts
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Evidence from Flight
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Why did Sherman Alexie choose to make Zits travel in time, in addition to changing bodies?
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Which body (or bodies) changed Zits the most? Why?
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What things/concepts did each body symbolize? What did Zits learn about these things/concepts?
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Guiding Question
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Your Thoughts
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Evidence from Flight
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How do the personal stories Zits hears in each body help him?
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Why did Sherman Alexie include so much violence? How does each act of violence change Zits?
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Why did Sherman Alexie write about so many plane crashes? What do the plane crashes symbolize?
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How are Mary and Robert different from the other foster families Zits has been with? How will these differences affect his
growth?
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Guiding Question
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Your Thoughts
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Evidence from Flight
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What common experiences do all humans share?
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How do people cope with betrayal?
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What are the consequences of seeking revenge?
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What does it mean to be a family?
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Discovery Draft – Developing a claim
Prompt:
What part of Flight did you find most interesting? What might you like to write about in your paper? Consider writing about how Zits sees himself or what has made him the way he is. Use your answers to the final discussion questions to help you decide what you would like to write about.
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Literary Analysis Final Paper – Claims
Paper
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A paper is a written argument that makes and proves a point about a text.
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Other names for a paper are: essay, argument, academic paper, academic essay.
Claim
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A claim is a sentence (or two) that states the main point you will prove in your paper.
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Your main point should be your own individual opinion about some part of the text.
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Other names for a claim are main point, thesis statement, argument.
Example Claim
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Laurie Halse Anderson uses Melinda’s artwork to symbolize her emotional growth throughout the novel Speak.
Notice that this claim includes
my own opinion
about Melinda’s emotional growth
AND a part of the text
(Melinda’s symbolic artwork).
Use the space below to draft your claim for the Flight paper.
Use the space below to revise/finalize your claim IF NECESSARY.
Gathering Evidence
Claim:
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Analysis/Explanation
How does this quotation prove your claim?
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