Formal essay assignment
 To
understand the five-paragraph
essay format
 To plan to write a formal essay on
Miss Peregrine’s
 Read
the sample five paragraph essay on The
Chrysalids (the former novel study for ENG1D)
 Essay
 Writing
 It
 It
is laid out like a
hamburger
 It is formal
takes planning
 It
takes some getting
used to (no “I”, “me”,
etc.)
1, 3, 1, then you’re done!
 Thesis:
• The main argument of
the essay
 The
three greatest
ranges in different
reactions to
Blasphemes would
come from the
characters: Joseph
Strorm, Aunt Harriet,
and Sophie Wender.
Key number: 3
Main idea
Rapidfire!
 Write
as many themes as you can in two
minutes
 We will develop a master list of themes
 Must narrow down to a maximum of five
 The
five-paragraph essay may be on a wide
variety of topics
 Ours will be on an important theme
 Sample thesis:
 In
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,
the theme of trust is developed through Dr.
Golan, Miss Peregrine, and Emma. Key number: 3
 You
will be assigned a number that
corresponds to one of the five main themes
that we’ve selected
 With a partner, think of three Key number: 3
• Characters
• Events
 That
tell you that this theme is important in
the novel