1.Capture the reader’s interest. (An effective way to do this is to explain why you chose your thematic topic. Use
personal anecdotes and vivid images. Allow your voice to emerge.)
? Give background information about the theory as it relates to your text. Incorporate research. Define
necessary terms.
? State the thesis and projected plan
2. The body consists of 3 paragraphs.Begining each paragraph with a topic sentence that states an idea related to
the thesis. Organize your essay around ideas relating to your critical lens.

? Develop your ideas fully. In each section, integrate quotations and textual details from sources. Analyze
all examples, probing to the underlying ideas. Be sure to provide clear topic sentences and transitions to guide
your reader.

3. The conclusion is a single paragraph that recalls the thesis and discusses the relevance and significance of
the ideas that you have explored. Explain what you have learned about your novel and your critical theory. Put
your own personal stampon this paragraph. Explain how these books relate to your life and to America today.
The last sentence must have impact.
I. Attention Getter:Poetry could change history, but not always._____________________________
A. Background, overview of critical lens: _______Mahmoud Darwish’s poems, and GhassanKanafani’s
novella.__________________________
B. Thesis: _______Poetry is a strong way to change things, but this is not everything. ____________
II. Main point of first paragraph:________Mahmoud Darwish and GhassanKanafani role in presenting the Palestinians
issue.__________
A. Quotes or examples to illustrate argument: ____Give the general idea about what they did.______
B. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrates a facet of your thesis:
_____________What Mahmoud and Ghassan trying to do to change the history.___________________
C. . Quotes or examples to illustrate argument: _______Some poems and parts of the novella._______
D. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrates a facet of your thesis:
__________Mahmoud and Ghassan did not change what they were aiming to, but they changed themselves.
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E. How does the previous paragraph relate to your thesis? __It gives more explanation to the thsis._____
III. Main point of second paragraph: _________Analyzing Mahmoud’s poems. ________________________________
A. Quote or example to illustrate argument: Passport poems. ____________________
B. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrates a facet of your thesis:
_____He is trying to explain his suffering. ___________________________
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C. Quotes or examples to illustrate argument: _____Mural poem.___________________________
D. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrate a facet of your thesis:
_____Analyze the poems and relate it to the thesis.__________________________
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E. How does the previous paragraph relate to your thesis? ___It tells how he changed. _______________
IV. Main point of third paragraph: ______Ghassan explaining his suffering through a
novella.______________________________________
F. Quote or example to illustrate argument: _____Parts of his novella. _______________________________
G. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrates a facet of your thesis:
_______________It shows how he was trying to change people to work with Palestine.___
H. Quotes or examples to illustrate argument: More deeper meanings of his poems.______________________________
I. Explanation of how quote/example demonstrate a facet of your thesis:
____It shows how other worked with the Palestinian issue.___________________________
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J. How does the previous paragraph relate to your thesis? _______It shows how he presented the other countries
stand on the Palestinian case.
V. Conclusion: Application to Society—what do we learn about human nature, society, culture, history, or
individuals from these texts? ____________________
How poem changed throughout the history, and how poem and literature changed only the writers or limited number of
people, not everyone.
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