Study Sync Unit 3 Outline
PROMPT: How can dreams and aspirations positively or negatively affect people’s
lives and relationships? What qualities make a dream worth pursuing? How do people
decide when a dream is unrealistic, out of reach, or even harmful?
In a five-paragraph essay, you will answer the prompt using Of Mice and Men, and then choose
2 other writings we have gone over during this unit.
Choices include:
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
“After being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election” by Susan by Anthony
"The Case of Susan B Anthony" by Lillie Devereux Blake
"United States V. Susan B. Anthony: Justice Ward Hunt's Court Ruling" by Justice Ward Hunt
Intro (TASK)
Summary of Unit: __________________________________________________________________________
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Thesis:___________________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph #1
Title + author + summary: ____________________________________________________________________
Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________
Topic/Thesis: ______________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
SS + Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
SS + Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph #2
Title + author + summary: ____________________________________________________________________
Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________
Topic/Thesis: ______________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
SS + Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
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More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph #3
Title + author + summary: ____________________________________________________________________
Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________
Topic/Thesis: ______________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
SS + Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
SS + Evidence + MLA: ______________________________________________________________________
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More Analysis: _____________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion (Get in and get out!)
Remind thesis: _____________________________________________________________________________
Last “aha” idea: ____________________________________________________________________________
Remember, LITERATURE IS ALIVE!
Use PRESENT TENSE VERB FORMS!
**Don’t forget MLA: Sentence starter + “quote” (author, page).