Respond to Wilde on Resisting Temptation

Read the quote and the note together, and talk through any defined word such as malice or adversity. Use one sheet a week as a warm-up for argument writing, or pair it with a unit on the same author.

List three temptations, explain why Oscar Wilde's paradox undoes itself, then write a paradox of your own. The directions on the page read: Read the quote and the Topic. Then complete Steps 1 and 2 on the lines.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade writing topics, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

They include Paine's these are the times that try men's souls, Lincoln's a house divided against itself cannot stand, Keats's a thing of beauty is a joy for ever and Dorothy's there is no place like home. Shakespeare appears five times, from Julius Caesar to As You Like It.

They read the quote, the note and the topic question, complete the planning step and then write 9 to 11 lines. Respond to Pasteur on Luck and Preparation adds a restatement, an example and a claim before the paragraph.

Yes. Respond to Wordsworth on the Child and the Adult and Respond to Wilde on Resisting Temptation define a paradox, and Respond to Shelley on What Power Leaves Behind and Respond to Polonius on Brevity define irony before students explain it.