Today we will discuss your journals on "There Will Come Soft Rains" and look at an article on the house of the future (in your textbook on page 336-339 do questions 1, 2, 4).
HW: Study literary terms - you have a quiz tomorrow.
Afterward we read, you will need to start outlining an essay. Please outline it first before you write anything. I will give you some class time tomorrow and/or Thursday to work on it.
In an essay with a thesis statement (or a controlling idea) compare “There Will Come Soft Rains” to the "The Pedestrian" and/or “Harrison Bergeron” (so three stories) by either characters, symbols, allusions or themes. Make sure you use specific examples from the text to back up your thesis.
Grading:
Thesis – 10 pts
Examples from text – 15 pts
Grammar – 5 pts
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Thesis Statement
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Clear and
defendable thesis, hook and order of development connect with thesis
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Defendable thesis,
hook present
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Thesis statement
attempted, but might be clunky, wordy, or unclear
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No thesis
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Evidence
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2 pieces of
evidence for each point; evidence is analyzed and makes connections between
the evidence and the thesis
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Two pieces of
evidence for each point; some analysis is made between the evidence and
thesis but it might be taken out of context, misinterpreted or oversimplified
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Evidence form at
least two sources. No analysis is made
between the evidence and the thesis.
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Body paragraphs
either simply restates the thesis or the evidence is unclear or unrelated to
the prompt; or less than two sources are provided.
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Sophistication of
Writing
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Effective
paragraph structures, high level vocabulary, vivid writing, varied sentence
structures and effective rhetorical choices
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Some high level
vocabulary and some variety of sentence structures. Some effective rhetorical strategies.
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Essay use same
words over and over again. Sentences
are wordy and/or clunky.
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Student makes
sweeping generalizations or comparisons that are oversimplified. Very little variety in word choice and
sentence structure.
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Grammar/Conventions
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1-2 small mistakes
that do not impair reading
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3-5 small mistakes
that do not impair reading
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Many mistakes;
and/or reading impaired by mistakes made
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Writing is plagued
with errors |
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owH9-VeJPge70lz8aB-42k48rJkFfHpmfyVWbtc0TIw/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I_Clp6a3R1aT9fCNJ0EpJAboYQyYqPSCxw8y_v_nKDA/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDQYfhU88oMM0POHDx3xyt3ZhGPiRhRaV6pspvFiz2k/edit?usp=sharing
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