write about anyone who has a burial at the pere lachaise cemetery.
The Second Essay: A Visit tothe Cemetery Père Lachaise
Schedule of Instruction
Week1 Day 1: Introduce the assignment
Homework: Students complete Worksheet 1 which hopefully leads them to their prompt
Day 2: Groups share worksheets
Refine prompts
Class lecture and discussion
on the thesis
introduction leading to the thesis
Homework: Worksheet 2
Week 2 Day 1: Groups discuss tentative theses
and share introductions
Class lecture and discussion on structuring the essay
and building body paragraphs
Homework: Worksheet 3
Day 2: Groups review and discuss each other’s outlines
Lecture and discussion on writing the conclusion
Homework: Second draft
Week 3 Day 1: Peer review
Lecture and discussion on global revision and editing
Day 2: Assignment Due
A Visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Worksheet 1 Name (Print – Last, First) _____________ _____________
1. My person of interest: ____________________________
2. Copy the Wikipedia page about your person and highlight information that in your opinion …
is interesting
requires more investigation
leads to an interesting question
Staple this page to the back of your worksheet
3. Where did your research take you from there? (1 Paragraph)
4. Write out an interesting question about your person that could possibly serve as a prompt for your paper.
A Visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Worksheet 2 Name (Print – Last, First) ____________________ _____________
1. What is the title of your essay?
2. What is your tentative thesis?
3. Write a tentative introduction to your essay. This introduction should contain the following:
o A hook (suggested but not required)
o Sentences that clearly and logically lead the reader to your thesis statement.
o A bridge to the thesis
o A tentative thesis
o A bridge to the first body paragraph (suggested but not required)
A Visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Worksheet 3 Name (Print – Last, First) ____________________ _____________
1. Do a rough draft of your paper (two to three pages).Don’t worry about neatness, grammar, punctuation, or sentence structure. Just write.
Staple the rough draft to this worksheet
2. Outline. Go through your rough draft and type out the following for each body paragraph:
(Body paragraph # _____)
Topic sentence –
What I want this paragraph to cover (one or two sentences) –
Solution Preview
Oscar Wilde’s Influence on Art and Culture
People throughout history receive recognition for a range of reasons. While some of such reasons are positive and contribute to a significant influence of the individuals in question on activities in contemporary society, others take a more negative perception. Nonetheless, some personalities have managed to sexist along the border of positive and negative due to their extensive influence on culture and other activities. The Père Lachaise Cemeteryserves as a resting place or such individuals and has long formed one of the attraction sites in France,
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