Today's Writing Assignment: Counts as an essay grade

First, we will read the article: "Introducing the Novel" --annotating as needed.

Here is the link for "Introducing the Novel" (Scroll down to pages 10-11)

Then, we will work on our paragraphed writing assignment for the remainder of the period. The directions are below:

Writing Assignment: Women in the 19^th Century mini-unit

Use the 2 articles “Introducing the Novel” and “Meet Jane Austen” as well as the short-story “The Best Sort of Husband” to write a paragraphed response that supports a claim about:

The role of women during the 19^th century.

*You must first develop your thesis

Use the TREEES response format below for help:

Thesis—the point you are proving

Reason-general overview on why you believe your thesis to be true

Evidence/Explain (connect your evidence to your thesis) “The Best Sort of Husband”

Evidence/Explain (connect your evidence to your thesis) “Meet Jane Austen”

Evidence/Explain (connect your evidence to your thesis) “Introducing the Novel”

Summarize—sum up your main points

(Note: Please be sure to use correct in-text citations. Since you are using 3 sources, you will need to make sure you are not only citing the page number, but also the source)