Junior AP English Thesis Author Essay #1: Evaluating Your Novel

2008-2009
After completing the second reading and annotation of your first novel written by
your Thesis Author, write a 3-4 page (double spaced) literary essay in which you
address the following assignment:

Is this novel “good” or “great?” What is your evaluation of this novel? Does this
novel meet your criteria for an excellent novel?

Use appropriate and convincing support from the novel in the form of quoted
passages and specific evidence.

Your essay should make a compelling argument about how this novel does or does
not (or does a little of both) meet your criteria for a good book. As such, your essay
will need to define and discuss your criteria and apply these criteria to the novel in
specific ways.

Be sure to use proper MLA formatting when you quote text from the novel (use parenthetical
page numbers to indicate where in the novel the quoted material is located.)

Due dates:
First Draft:__Thursday, Nov. 6
Final Draft: Thursday, Nov. 13

A reminder about my late-work policy:

 All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date. There are no
exceptions. CO MPUTER PRO BLE MS ARE NO T A N EX CU SE.
 If a student is absent due to illness, medical appointment, or field trip, the student must still turn in
the assignment that day, which can be done in the following ways:
a. Send your assignment with a friend or neighbor, or bring it to me yourself.
b. Ask a teacher or secretary to place the assignment in my mailbox before you leave on a
field trip.
 In dire circumstances, e-mail your assignment to vwarfield@pps.k12.or.us, and th en p rov id e a
hard c op y u po n y ou r ret ur n, or mail your assignment to me (postmarked on the due date) at:
Gran t H ig h Sc hoo l
2245 NE 3 6 th A ve.
Po rt la nd, Ore gon 97212
Attn .: Ms. W arf iel d
 If you know you will be away on a due date, turn your assignment in early.

If these steps are not followed, then the assignment is late. You will be graded down
for each day that it is late. I will accept assignments up to a week late, but not later.

The best practice is to complete your assignment WELL AHEAD of the

due date, rather than waiting until the night before or morning it is due.
Manage your time effectively! DO NOT ASK ME TO PRINT YOUR
ESSAY ON THE DAY IT IS DUE.