The main protagonist in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, Speak, is Melinda Sordino. She enters high school after an immense personal trauma that she has yet to share with anyone. Throughout the novel, Melinda's growth and change is emphasized.
Your task:
Choose two pieces of textual evidence that support a tree as a symbol for Melinda's growth and change throughout the course of the novel. Make sure you structure your claim as such:
Laurie Halse Anderson uses the symbol of a tree to represent Melinda's growth and change throughout the novel, Speak.
Embedding your pieces textual evidence will come next, followed by your reasoning and commentary.
The final comment below should be in the form of an analytical paragraph
that fully supports your claim.
When you are finished, comment on another student's blog post with
insightful commentary. This should be more than just, "Good job."
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Your task:
Choose two pieces of textual evidence that support a tree as a symbol for Melinda's growth and change throughout the course of the novel. Make sure you structure your claim as such:
Laurie Halse Anderson uses the symbol of a tree to represent Melinda's growth and change throughout the novel, Speak.
Embedding your pieces textual evidence will come next, followed by your reasoning and commentary.
The final comment below should be in the form of an analytical paragraph
that fully supports your claim.
When you are finished, comment on another student's blog post with
insightful commentary. This should be more than just, "Good job."
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.