Essay for English

Essay 1 – Illustration

Important Due Dates:   Please remember that you lose ten points if you come unprepared on workshop days, and if you fail to check in with me about alternative ways to satisfy that step, I’m not grading the final!         

                      

____________________        Outline

 

____________________        Rough Draft

 

____________________        Final Draft MUSTS

· Be submitted through Turnitin.com

· Meet the 750-1000 word requirement without the works cited.

· Outline and Rough Draft must have received a score of 7 or higher for the essay to be read for a passing grade. Completing the Postwrite is the last step of the process. It will help us keep track of your goals and progress this term.

· Format your essay using MLA 8. Use your resources, office hours, module links and the Writing Center. You can make your essay look professional

Prompt

Think about a community to which you belong. This might be tied to your gender, race, community or religion. Is this community accurately represented by entertainment? Or is your community presented as a stereotype or inaccurately in another way? This is an illustration essay. Gather evidence from what you watch, listen or read. Refer to specific episodes, dialogue and/or lyrics to defend your claim.

Brainstorming ideas:

Look for yourself in billboards where you drive in advertisements you see. Think of commercials you have seen and even what you see on cereal boxes! Collect these visual pieces of evidence to analyze. Then create a claim. Can you say that advertising is making progress in representing diverse communities? You could even compare/contrast advertisements from the past vs today.

Think about what you watch or listen to from a different angle. What might someone who does NOT belong to your community infer by what they see or hear?

Make a list of things that people who know you have said “you have to check this out” because of the community to which you belong. Or have you ever shared something because you were excited about the content? Think about what elements moved them or you to share the song, movie, show, etc. That will lead you to specific evidence.

What I’ll be assessing:

· Clear essay structure. An introduction that identifies the community to which you belong, distinct body paragraphs and a conclusion that reflects or gives a call to action. Thesis and topic sentences must provide a clear structure and logical organization for your discussion.

· Your ability to identify appropriate evidence. You might need to summarize the plotline of a show or the history of the artist to provide context necessary to understand the evidence you select.

· Sufficient development. Every paragraph should have at least two specific examples from the entertainment source you chose to explore (TV and/or advertisements; music; movies). Your discussion will employ inference in order to analyze the validity of the example.

Evaluation Rubric for essays that have met all process steps.

	Mastery of skill	Demonstrates skill	Developing the skill	Not yet passing
Essay
Sense of audience—academic tone and language
Organization – Intro offers hook and segue to thesis Conclusion provides reflection or takeaway for reader
Thesis Statement – clear analytical claim that controls the content of the essay.
Paragraph
Unity – A) Topic sentences which connect to thesis and control par B) Each topic sentence is clearly distinct from other topic sentences. C) All analysis and details support the topic sentence
Development – MEETS WORD COUNT A) Summary provides context B Quotations support main idea C) Use of inference to analyze support chosen D) Explanation of how all support ties to the main idea
Cohesiveness – A) Paragraphs are manageable and proceed logically B) Provides appropriate transitions within and between Paragraphs C)Quotations are integrated and cited properly
Sentences
Content Clear, readable style, well-chosen words, and sentence variety
College-level grammar and proofreading
Correct MLA 8 Formatting

Grade: __________

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