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Today: “Through The Woods”�

  • Integrating quotes
  • Outlining

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Agenda

  1. Review Stranger Than Fiction outlines
  2. Read “Through the Woods” and find quotes
  3. Journal
  4. Discuss
  5. Integrating quotes
  6. Begin outlining

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Stranger Than Fiction Outlines

  • Overall they were really good!
  • Good quotes and explanations of the quotes

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Need to work on:

  • Integrating quotes (punctuation/format)
  • Relating quote back to thesis– “Pertain”
  • Transitions

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While you’re reading…

  • Write down quotes that illustrate the choices (and consequences) that different characters make.

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  • Example:

“Matthew tugged his shirtsleeves down to cover the bruises” (p. 1)

  • Explain what each quote says about the character

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  • Example:

Matthew is trying to hide something. He doesn’t want to stand out. He may have been in a fight or abused by someone. (p. 1)

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Journal/Brainstorming

  • What choices does the main character make?

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  • What are the consequences of these choices? (Think about the possibilities as well as what actually happens.)

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  • What do these choices/consequences say about the character and his feelings, beliefs, and desires?

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Integrating quotes

There are two basic ways to do this.

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  1. Use an introductory or explanatory phrase, but not a complete sentence, separated from the quotation with a comma.
    • In the beginning of “Into the Woods,” the author says, “Matthew tugged his shirtsleeves down to cover the bruises.”

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  • Use a complete sentence and then a colon
    • Matthew makes a choice not to let anyone see his bruises: “Matthew tugged his shirtsleeves down to cover the bruises.”

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  • A third, more advanced way to integrate quotes.
  • Don’t try this unless you know you’ve got the other two ways perfected!

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  • Use short quotations--only a few words--as part of your own sentence.
    • In “Into the Woods,” the author writes that Matthew “worked hard at not looking conspicuous” and “didn’t want to draw any attention.”

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Punctuation

  • Someone says, "quotation.”
    • Period goes inside the quotes!

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  • Complete sentence: "quotation.”

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  • Notice that there are only two punctuation marks that are used to introduce quotations: the comma and the colon (:). Note that a semicolon (;) is not used to introduce quotations.
    • Question marks and exclamation points go outside of the final quotation mark if the punctuation mark is part of your sentence--your question or your exclamation ("like this"?). Those marks go inside of the final quotation mark if they are a part of the original--the writer's question or exclamation ("like this!").

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Outlining

  1. Start with choice 1, 2, and 3.

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  • For each choice, pick the quote that gives the best example/illustration

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  • Write these in complete sentences with correct formatting and punctuation on your outline

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  • Continue filling in the outline

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Introduce, explain, pertain

    • In the beginning of “Into the Woods,” the author says, “Matthew tugged his shirtsleeves down to cover the bruises.” Matthew is trying to hide the evidence that someone, most likely one of his parents, has been hurting him. This quote illustrates that Matthew is a selfless individual who would rather keep his problems to himself in order to focus on helping others.

PERTAIN WORDS:

    • Illustrates
    • Shows
    • Provides evidence
    • Explains
    • Demonstrates
    • Proves
    • Establishes
    • Determines

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