Slaughterhouse Five Capstone Essay

Guys, I went away to the WV Book Festival and became incredibly confused with our Week in Reviews! You can read more about that adventure HERE. 

As far as the AP Lit life, we've been sketch-noting with our SH5 Visual Notes, studying mentor texts, and kicking off our Slaughterhouse Five capstone essays. We're in the thick of our work and using class time to draft our essays. 

Remember, this essay is different in both kind and degree. This is not a typical "academic sounding" essay where you throw in a few five dollar words. This is an essay that should aim at being sophisticated in style and content, and an essay that requires depth of thought and careful, crafted language. 
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Mentor Text Noticings 

You should borrow from this list of writers' moves that you have so thoughtfully identified:

Writers of analysis essays that exist in the world...
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• Use first person point of view
• Include sections of personal narratives or personal anecdotes
• Use conversational voice 
• Embed quotations from piece being analyzed
• Use clear, precise language 
• Echo the style of the writer or work they're analyzing 
• Use comparisons from outside sources or texts 
• Use simple language and elevated style -- lots of dashes, colons, varying sentence lengths 

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Assignment & Student Models 

​Click HERE for the Slaughterhouse Five capstone essay task
Click HERE for the rubric
Click HERE for Madi Cazz's model

​P.S. Check out some of these awesome sketch notes!