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Since we have already started our SAT Writing, we are completing the LATE FALL to SPRING ASSIGNMENT during our days off. Should this absence stretch into days 4-6, look here again; we will work on another of the stories listed at the LATE FALL to SPRING ASSIGNMENT page.

We will be reading and discussing and writing about the story "Paul's Case," by Willa Cather. You may read it anytime today. But at 8:30 pm, I will be in a google.doc in our shared folder. Join me there if you have questions.

After you have read "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather, you will **select 2 of the 4 paragraph options** to write on the story.

“Paul’s Case”—a Paragraph Review

You will complete **two separate body paragraphs**. Note: this set of paragraphs has no introduction or conclusion; be sure to TAG the story in the topic sentence of each paragraph. BE SURE to document your direct quotations (and use many for support). (Cather in parenthesis will be enough if there are no page numbers on an on-line text.)

Day 1: Read the story. Email me to tell me how long this took and to ask any questions over what happened in the story. IN ADDITION: I will be at our google.docs folder starting a "Paul's Case" on-line discussion at 8:30 tonight. Feel free to join us and ask questions at that time. How to get there? Go to your school mail in-box. Select the word DRIVE from the top left toolbar. Open the "Paul's Case" Document. You can add comments and/or join the COMMENTS at the right. Day 2: Write one of the paragraphs below. Share it with me as a google.doc by 10 pm. Day 3: Write the second of your choice from the topics below. Share it with me as a google.doc by 10 pm.

Define the word “case” as you describe Cather’s special use of the word in the title and story (combine several of these types of definition: by classification, by synonyms, by example, by illustration, by enumeration). For information on a DEFINITION paragraph, click here.
 * OPTION 1: A Paragraph of Definition:**

Discuss the growing awareness of the audience of the seriousness of Paul’s problem. This topic calls for chronological development. For information on an ILLUSTRATION paragraph, click here.
 * OPTION 2: A Paragraph by Illustration:**

How does Paul’s real world different from his imaginary world? For information on a COMPARISON or CONTRAST paragraph, click here. Remember, there are two ways to organize this paragraph:
 * OPTION 3: A Paragraph of Comparison or Contrast:**

imaginary world. || FACT 2 about Paul's real world followed by FACT 2 about his imaginary world. ||
 * Way One || Way Two ||
 * TOPIC SENTENCE || TOPIC SENTENCE ||
 * FACTS 1, 2, and 3 about Paul's real world. || FACT 1 about Paul's real world followed by FACT 1 about his imaginary world. ||
 * FACTS 1, 2, and 3 about Paul's
 * CLINCHER SENTENCE || FACT 3 about Paul's real world followed by FACT 3 about his imaginary world. ||
 * || CLINCHER SENTENCE ||

Describe the interior of Paul’s hotel suite. OR Describe the interior of Paul’s bedroom on Cordelia Street. For information on a DESCRIPTIVE paragraph, click here.
 * OPTION 4: A Descriptive Paragraph using Spatial Clues:**