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6. Drawing on ideas and evidence you discussed earlier in groups, work as a class to craft and revise a thesis statement about the motif of sportsmanship in the novel Tangerine.
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WrITING to SOUrCES Expository Writing Prompt: Write an introduction to an essay about the motif of sportsmanship in Tangerine. Use one of the quotes from
the Quickwrite exercise as a hook. Be sure to:
• Begin with a quote as a hook.
• Interpret the quote and connect it to the text.
• Cite evidence from the text and ideas from your group discussion to support your interpretation.
• End with a thesis statement that organizes the ideas.
Then use your introduction, class discussion notes, and evidence from the text to draft a conclusion to an essay about the motif of sportsmanship in the novel Tangerine. Be sure to:
• Begin with a restatement of the thesis. (Literal)
• Evaluate the author’s purpose (what you think Bloor was trying to say about sportsmanship). (Interpretive)
• Restate key evidence from the text. (Literal)
• Discuss the larger issues and the importance of sportsmanship in real life. (Universal)
Check Your Understanding
If you were writing a literary analysis essay about the motif of sportsmanship in the novel Tangerine, which two characters would you use as examples of good and bad sportsmanship? What textual evidence would you provide as support?
my Notes
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To interpret is to explain the meaning of something. Thus, an interpretation is an explanation of meaning.
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