Samurai's Garden paper outline

Name(s): _______________________________________ School: _________ Section: _________


TOPIC:_________________________________________________________________________
I. Introduction
A. Attention getter and short background: ______________________________________________________________________________________

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B. Thesis & Blueprint____________________________________________________________________

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II. Transition and TOPIC SENTENCE A: First supporting argument, illustration or piece of evidence in support of your thesis

Supporting details: Provide specifics about the paragraph A topic. (include a cited passage)
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III. Transition and TOPIC SENTENCE B: Second supporting argument, illustration or piece of evidence in support of your thesis


Supporting details: Provide specifics about the paragraph B topic. (include a cited passage)
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IV. Transition and TOPIC SENTENCE C: Third supporting argument, illustration or piece of evidence in support of your thesis


Supporting details: Provide specifics about the paragraph C topic. (include a cited passage)
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V. Conclusion: Write a thoughtful, original, creative summary, rewording, or review of your thesis. Be careful to avoid introducing any new ideas as this is a restatement of what you have already proven!
A. Transition and echo of thesis____________________________________________________________

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B. Remind reader of three main points______________________________________________________

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C. End interestingly with an application for your reader_________________________________________

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VI. TITLE: The last thing you need to do is create a title. An example of a title for an expository essay:
Love and Loyalty on the Homefront: A Comparison of Penelope in The Odyssey
and Penny in O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?
Or, if you are writing a persuasive essay:
The Romans: Why Military Expansion Led to Their Downfall
Your Title
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The focus of this paper may be on one or more of the following writing conventions,

_____ Introduction (writing "hooks" as part of the introduction)
_____ Writing conclusions (do new ideas ever fit here?)
_____ Thesis development (the key to any writing)
_____ Citations (the when, where, and how of citing in MLA style)
_____ Integrating quotes (provide clear signal phrases that include author’s name)
_____ How to paraphrase (retelling information in roughly the same number of words)
_____ Voice: writing for the proper audience (writing “voice” changes based on your audience)
_____ Writing effective titles (sets the tone. Your reader’s first impression is formed)
_____ Rewriting and editing (the importance of proof-reading and fixing mistakes)
_____ Conventions: Grammar and syntax (the key to your paper making sense)

Theme Capsule Planning Sheet

Theme Capsule Planning Name:________________________

Choose three topics that interest you from the book The Samurai’s Garden. Below that topic write down questions the author raises about this topic.

1. Topic:___________________________________
Question:______________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Topic:___________________________________
Question:______________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Topic:___________________________________
Question:______________________________________________________________________________________
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Now………brainstorm answers for these questions both your answers and Tsukiyama’s answers.
#1 #2 #3





















Choose two of the above topics and find quotes that support the statements you are making. You must explain how these quotes back up the point you want to make.

















Brainstorm symbols, song lyrics, poems, etc. that you might want to use on your final project.






What materials will you need to complete this project?

Samurai Garden Close Reading (Pages 73-95) In-class assignment (complete, if you were absent, on your own),

Poetic Language in Samurai’s Garden Names _______________________
20 points _______________________

Part I:
1. Choose a passage from pgs.73-95 to read closely. Try to choose a passage that strikes you as particularly descriptive, important, or beautiful. It should be between 5 and 10 sentences long. Transcribe the passage, in your neatest handwriting, here:

























2. Look at the passage as if it is a poem. On the passage, above, note the details of language that you look for when studying poetry (word choice, tone/mood, sentence/line length, natural/sensory imagery, metaphors/similes, space between words, etc.). Also note any other observations about the way Tsukiyama uses language. (7 points)

3. Summarize your observations about the particular mood/tone of this passage, and how Gail Tsukiyama achieves this (3 points).






(Over →)
Part II:
1. Explain what this passage shows you, the reader, about each of the characters involved. (Note what they do and don’t say/think. Read between the lines.) (2 points)







2. How does this passage contribute to the plot of The Samurai’s Garden, as a whole? Think about how it moves the plot forward; what it shows about characters’ emotions; etc. (2 points)





3. Look at the list of themes on your Samurai’s Garden theme chart. Name two themes that are relevant to this passage. Explain the presence of this theme in this particular passage using specific words/phrases from the passage to describe the relevant theme. Lastly, explain what you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is. (6 points)

a. Theme 1: _______________________
Explain:




What do you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is?



b. Theme 2: _______________________
Explain:



What do you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is?