We read the short story, The Lady or the Tiger, and talked about the ending. They also answered parts A, B, and D of the questions at the end of the story. The story and the questions will have to be picked up in class.
Next we began talking about the paper we will write with the story. It will be a persuasion paper in which students answer what came out of the door and why they think that. To help them with the paper, we filled out the following worksheet:
You've just read The Lady
or the Tiger? So, look at the last
question that the story asks you. What
do you think came out? The lady or the
tiger? Think about that princess. What clues might help us know which door she
picked?
Also, think about human
nature and how we act. Are we generally
jealous people and make decisions based mainly on our own selfish
interests? Or are we pretty generous in
our actions and put the desires of others ahead of our own.
Based on what you think,
circle what came out.
THE
LADY THE
TIGER
Give me two quotes from the STORY that support your
answer. Include the paragraph number as
well. Then explain how this quote
supports your answer.
1.
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Explanation:
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Explanation:
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Now think about human nature.
Write down two examples of how people act towards each other that help support
your answer from above. Then give a
specific example.
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Specific example: _________________________________________________________
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Specific example:
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Now that you’ve got an idea
of what came out of the door, and how you are going to go about proving this,
let’s work on your first paragraph-the Grabber sentence and the Thesis
statement.
Grabber sentence: Think of an
interesting way to begin the paper. You
want to grab the reader’s attention.
Maybe ask the reader a question, or make a dramatic statement about the
nature of love. Or jealousy.
Write a possible grabber sentence here.
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Now that you have your
reader’s attention, you have to let that person know what the paper is going to
be about. You need a THESIS STATEMENT.
Thesis statement: Your thesis
statement is a one- or two- sentence statement that tells your reader what your
paper is going to be about. You want to
convince your reader what came out of the door and why. A good thesis statement might follow this
template:
In “The Lady or the Tiger,”
the (lady or tiger) came out
of the door on the right because (give
a brief statement about either the princess’ personality or human nature in
general).
Now write your thesis
statement here.
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Take a look at these two
sentences, the Grabber and the Thesis statement. This is your first paragraph. Do they work together well, or does it sound
wrong? Your thesis statement should flow
nicely from your grabber sentence. Read
it as a paragraph to someone else and brainstorm a way to make it a nicely flowing
paragraph.
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Name of paragraph helper Signature
