Activity 4.2.1 - An Outline for a Short Story Essay
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Review the short story Grisha by Anton Chekhov which was assigned in Lesson 3.5, the last lesson of the Short Story Unit, as homework. It is also available in the Unit 4 - Resource Folder.
CREATE A DRAFT ONLY of a Five (5) paragraph Literary Analysis Essay on one of the following topics:
(1) What events and details in Chekhov’s short story suggest the strangeness of the outside world to the young child named Grisha
OR
(2) Explain how Grisha’s day of adventure into the city with his caretaker/nurse can be understood and applied as an example of The Hero’s Journey
In this activity:
- Write out a full thesis statement based on the topic you have chosen.
- Select three (3) quotations as evidence that will support each of your three points/ideas/arguments.
Submit your draft of the Thesis and your three (3) quotations for teacher’s feedback.
Submission: PDF format. (file size can't be more than 20 MB)