Children of Blood and Bone Essay Writing Practice -- SEXXYY Body Paragraphs
In English, we use the acronym SEXY (sometimes SEXXY, SEXXYY, SEXXXYY, etc., depending on your level) to help us write excellent body paragraphs in our essays. Body paragraphs are in the middle of an essay, after the introduction and before the conclusion.
You may want to use this website for quotes: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/children-of-blood-and-bone/quotes, but you can also use the book itself.
Complete the boxes below based on discussions in your group. Each student should complete this and post to their blogs with a Learning Outcome.
Essay question: ‘Describe an incident which changes the course of events in the text. Explain how this helped you to understand an important idea in the text’
Keywords from the question have been highlighted for you.
Statement | Example/Evidence (include a quote) | EXplain quote | EXplain Effect on the Reader | Your link -- to another part of the text | Your link -- to the wider world |
The incident of king saran killed binta helped me to understand the important idea of king saran being ruthless and hateful to diviners because it showed me that hes cold and killed binta. | We see this in the text when “Father strikes fast. Quick like lighting One moment binta stands In the next, Fatjers sword plungfes through her chest No!”
| This means that… | This made the reader feel________ because _________. | It reminded me of another important part in the book when __________, because this also shows the idea of __________. | In the real world, this idea is important because ___________. |
Another way the incident of ___________________ helped me to understand the important idea of _________________ was because ___________________. | We see this in the text when... | This means that… | This made the reader feel________ because _________. | It reminded me of another important part in the book when __________, because this also shows the idea of __________. | In the real world, this idea is important because ___________. |