Comrades

1. Check books
2. Review vocab
3. Let's get writing

• You will be assigned 1 of 4 in-class writing topics. You will have 45 minutes to execute this essay. All essays must follow the SPA format, include textual evidence, and consist of one (maybe two, but one is surely fabulous enough) awesome, confident, well thought out paragraph.
• After the allotted time, you will break up into small groups. Each group will have one essay on each topic in the group. You will read each other's work and comment on strengths and weaknesses.
• After you have worked in small groups, we will come together as a large group and discuss.

Topics to write about:

1. What is the significance of the title?
2. What are the greatest differences that separate Hattie and the young men?
3. In what way is the woman, Hattie, conflicted? In other words, in what ways is Hattie struggling on the "woman versus self" level?
4. What is the point of view and what the effects of it? Keep in mind the narrator.