Born a Crime vs. Searching for Sugar Man
__1. Parenting/Home
__2. Government oppressing citizens
__3. Belonging/Love
__4. Censorship
__5. Other
__Make a claim in your first sentence.
__Not: Born a Crime and Searching for Sugar Man are stories about parenting.
(This is just a fact. The writer needs to make a claim about parenting. Is it good? Bad?)
__Rather:
Born a Crime and Searching for Sugar Man both highlight parents who inspire and educate their children by showing them world of possibilities beyond their immediate reality.
Highlight the following:
Red- Topic Sentence in which you make a claim
Yellow- Specific, high quality textual evidence with quotes and page numbers (They Say)
Green- Specific, high quality commentary from my reading, observations, or experiences (I say)