English
Summer Reading In-Class Essay
Read and follow the directions listed below:
· In one paragraph, respond to one of the prompts below.
· Your paragraph must begin with your thesis statement. This should be your first sentence.
· Make sure to use relevant and meaningful textual evidence to support your thesis.
· Consider utilizing your dialectical journals (quotes and commentary/analysis) for this task.
· Please proofread your work and maintain proper MLA format.
Prompt 1: Personal identity is often shaped by emotions, self-perception, views of the world, and familial or societal expectations. Choose a narrator and analyze the forces that challenge the character’s identity and explain how these forces illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole (central idea).
Prompt 2: Personal narratives often depict individuals caught between colliding cultures -- national, regional, ethnic, religious, or institutional. Such collisions can call a person’s sense of identity into question. Select a text in which the narrator responds to such a cultural collision. Then evaluate the individual’s response and explain its relevance to the work as a whole (central idea).
Directions for Submission: Write your paragraph in a separate document, then submit to Google Classroom. Double check that you are submitting to the correct folder before logging off.
Unit I Assessment Rubric
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5 |
4 |
3 |
2-1 |
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Infer a Central Idea RI. 2 |
Student accurately infers a central idea that applies to the entire text. |
Student has inferred a central idea, but it could be more precise, accurate, or better suited to the entire text. |
Student has a vague or confusing central idea. |
Student has misidentified a central idea, or the student has confused a topic and a central idea, or no central idea has been identified. |
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Introduce Precise Claim
W.1 a |
Establishes and sustains a precise claim or position |
Establishes a claim or position |
Provides an inconsistent or vague claim or position |
Provides NO claim or position. |
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Developing Body Paragraphs
W.2 b |
Provides relevant content and specific and effective supporting details |
Provides relevant content and supporting details that are not specific |
Provides insufficient content and ineffective supporting details |
Provides random or haphazard evidence that may not help to reinforce the claim. |
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Offers a thorough, well-considered evaluation of the author’s use of evidence |
Competently evaluates the author’s use of evidence |
Identifies and attempts to describe the author’s use of evidence |
Identifies without explanation some aspects of the author’s use of evidence |
Total: ____/20