On MONDAY, October 26, the rewrite of your Poisonwood Bible essay thesis is due. Please include your original thesis statement AND your new, re-written thesis on a separate sheet of paper. Do not return your essay to me. 

However, you MAY rewrite your essay for a new grade if you schedule a conference with me in the next two weeks. 

Don't forget we are going to be writing a short explication of Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" on Wednesday. 

Pick ONE aspect you think you want to focus on, such as the author's tone, as revealed by the language, or how the repetition affects the mood of the reader, or how the use of oppositional ideas (antithesis) affects the meaning of the work, etc. We will narrow the target on HOW you write explications on Wednesday. You can print a copy of the poem from the link at the left or wait for a copy in class on Wed.