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Lesson One - The Possibility of Evil

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Introduction

angel and demonLesson One - The Possibility of Evil
Duration - 4 blocks (4 x 80 min + homework)

"When we cannot stand certain people, we try to have suspicions about them." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher

Recall a time when you had a favourable opinion of someone, only to learn that that person had betrayed your trust. How did you feel?

Lesson

Read "The Possibility of Evil".

Review your notes from Unit One on "How to Write a Literary Essay" and "Editing".
Review the essay writing rubric and exemplars linked on the Resources page.

Review the writing websites on the Resources page.
Use the essay skeleton or one of the visualization tools to help you plan your essay.

Assignment 1

Respond to the questions posted in the U4L1 Forum: Possibility of Evil

Respond to the questions in as much detail as possible in order to earn full marks.

The forum is worth 50 marks.

Your first post - that is, your answers to the questions posed - are worth 35 of those 50 marks. 
Compose your answers in a document and then copy and paste them into the forum.
If you compose in the forum window, and it is open for too long, it may time out before you click "submit" and all of your work will be lost!!

The remaining 15 marks are earned by your comments on your classmates' posts. 
You must comment on at least three of your classmates' posts.
Writing "I agree, good post" will earn you no marks, as that engenders no discussion.

The forums in this course replace the discussions that would be held in a traditional classroom.
Be sure that your comments add to a discussion.

Assignment 2

ASSIGNMENT (100 marks)

Open a new Word document. Label it E101U4L1surname 
In this document, write the good copy of the essay outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox Folder for U4L1 Possibility of Evil essay

Much literature examines individuals who, as a result of choice or circumstance, are outsiders within a society.

Write a literary essay based on "The Possibility of Evil" in which Shirley Jackson examines how people become outsiders, either by choice or circumstance - or both, perhaps.

What idea does Shirley Jackson develop regarding the outsider?

  • Be sure that EACH body paragraph in your essay follows the pattern below, ensuring that you are following the "principle of thirds": (NEXT)
    • New idea - answer the question and provide a statement of theme (thesis) for the paragraph
    • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
    • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
    • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
    • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
    • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
    • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
    • Transition - provide a transition from this paragraph to the next

      Your essay will be evaluated using the essay writing rubric.

Conclusion

Shirley Jackson illustrates that there are many ways for an individual to become an outsider.