English III - Alpha Omega Academy

Atticus Finch as a teacher and a father, using chapters 9-11 of To Kill a Mockingbird to supportyour ideas. In Chapter 2, Miss Caroline Fisher tells Scout, "Your father does not know how toteach." Through much of these three chapters, however, he shows himself to be an excellentteacher who takes his responsibility to raise his children very seriously. Your essay will detailAtticus's excellence at teaching his children. Use direct quotes from the novel as evidence.Prewriting:Decided on a thesis. Remember, this essay focuses on Atticus’ skill as a father and ateacher, so your thesis will need to be a statement about his ability in those areas.Review the text for specific examples, details, and direct quotes that support your thesis.You will be expected to use these references and quotations to defend your thesis. Takenotes of the page numbers where you find your ideas or direct quotations from the text—you will need them later for your parenthetical citations.Drafting:Write a character analysis defending the thesis you have chosen. Remember to include anintroduction and a conclusion.Your essay must be between 300-500 words. To use the “word count” tool in a MicrosoftWord document, first highlight the text that you want to count, then press Alt T to accessthe tools menu, and then press W for the word count.Editing and revising:You must use proper MLA documentation, or your project will be reassigned with thestandard 20% grade deduction.Proofread your draft. Be sure that you catch any mechanical errors in your writing(spelling or grammar mistakes), but also make sure that your essay proves your thesis.Every fact, opinion, or idea you include needs to prove or explain your thesis. If itdoesn’t get rid of it.Write your essay below.Option B (note—for this option you must have a scanner or some type of advancedcomputer drawing program):In this option you will sketch a realistic picture (no cartoons or stick figures, please) of Atticus.In your picture you will include props that show important details about the character. You musthave a central idea that you wish to get across with your drawing. Write this central idea down. Itis really a thesis statement/topic sentence that will be used to create a caption.Once you have completed the drawing, you must create a paragraph that would serve as acaption. Your first sentence will be your thesis/topic sentence. Write at least 5 additionalsentences to explain the sketch, the props incorporated, and any other important points that your25