Writing Assignment Update

Here are a few announcements for our writing assignment that was initially due next Wednesday:

1. The assignment is now due on Friday of next week.

2. At the end of LA today, each of you should have your document saved to Google Drive. Some of you have also saved your draft to a flash drive or have printed out what you have so far. In order to access your Google Doc at home:
   1. Log in to your TLS Gmail.
   2. Go to the white squares forming a box at the upper right corner of the screen.
   3. Select "Drive" (it looks like a triangle).
   4. View your Google Docs and look for "Cleopatra Theme."
   5. Open the document.

3. Your homework over the break is to draft your first two paragraphs. Use your graphic organizer for the opening paragraph, which should include:
- An opening sentence which grab's the reader's attention, but does not "give away" the main idea just yet
- A little bit of background information on the story, since we are assuming our reader has never read the book (use your plot chart to think of the key events from the story)
- A thesis statement at the end of the paragraph, which states your claim (our claim for this paper is that the theme of Cleopatra is "coming of age")

Your second (body) paragraph should include four examples from the story that "prove" your claim by citing evidence. Use specific examples from the text to support your thesis; show the reader how Cleopatra went from naive and immature to mature and knowledgeable (aware of how the world truly works). We will work on transitions and a closing paragraph on Wednesday and will go through the revision stage on Thursday. My goal is for our paper to be finished by Friday, but if we need more time, we will extend the due date.