Power of English: Monday
22 02 2010Today, we will start in our regular room, them move to the library to use the computers there. You’ll be writing and typing your archetypes essays, ”
I have written an example essay, about archetypes and the film Cars. You might want to have a quick read of it to understand the structure that I am looking for.
The essay question is “How are archetypes used in ‘Killed by Death’?”
Your response will have;
An introduction that explains the basic idea of archetypes and introduces the text (Killed by Death)
A paragraph about one archetype and which character(s) in this episode fit this type. Your middle three paragraphs will use specific examples from the text and explain how these characters and their actions are consistent with particular character archetypes.
A paragraph about a second archetype and which character(s) in this episode fit this type.
A paragraph about a third archetype and which character(s) in this episode fit this type.
A conclusion, restating the main points of your explanation.
Here is the presentation about this essay that we looked at the other day.
If you want to get some quotations, try this site.
Important Bit
At the end of this double session, you need to copy your essay-in-progress over to my Drop Box on the W drive. I will give you some feedback and put it back in my resources folder in time for you to finish this piece by lunchtime on Wednesday.





