What's the Mood - Final Assessment Unit 1 Close Reading/South Pole Assignment

Students use their analysis to independently write a detailed-based explanation of one of the texts. This essay will focus on a central idea to demonstrate the author's perspective related to MOOD and how it is developed across the text through the details, key words and phrases.  

Students write a multi-paragraph explanation, using textual evidence that explains:

RUBRIC http://blogs.egusd.net/ccss/files/2013/10/Info.Exp_.7th-8th-CCSS-w410k0.pdf

ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Describe accurately central ideas of a text

• Explain observations about the author’s perspective

• Identify something they have learned from their reading that is clearly text-related

• Reference details related to each of these writing purposes.

Essay should include:  

1- Introductory paragraph to discuss which text the student is writing about and introduce the claim 

2- Three body paragraphs to discuss evidence supporting claim 

3- Conclusion paragraph

• Transition words and phrases both between paragraphs and within paragraph
• Quotations and paraphrasing from the text to support the claim
• Cited references (paragraph #'s/line #'s) to confirm where the evidence came from
• Explanation of how the quote/paraphrase relates to the initial claim.
• Best effort at correct grammar and spelling.  Be sure to use spell check before submitting.  
• Best effort at variety of sentence structure, word choice, academic vocabulary. 

TO BE SUBMITTED:  

1- Questioning Text/Analyzing Details worksheet Prewrite  (Mission Accomplished) 

2- Rough draft - Paper Copy (Mission Accomplished) 

3 - Final Draft - Submitted to LEARN  -   MLA FORMAT (See LEARN topic above)