Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Tuesday -Thursday Dec 2/3/4 cumulative assessment: essay

Per Posted School Policies: Non-negotiables results in immediate removal from the classroom.

This includes, but is not limited to: fighting; physical altercations, vandalism, theft, chronic disruption and suspicion of being under the influence of illegal drugs.

You have a writing assessment that is due at the end of class tomorrow. This is independent work. You may take it home this evening to work on the essay, if you wish.  Raise your hand, if you have a specific question.

Disruptive students (spoken to 3 times) will be referred to Ms. Aspenlieter for a Saturday detention.

Please note you have a vocabulary test this Friday. This was handed out on Monday; another copy is at the end of this blog.

All essays are due at the close of class on Thursday- finished or not.  Please turn in your graphic organizer, if you chose topics 2 and 3.   Thank you.
   Vocabulary test tomorrow.  If you are excused for the music field trip, you have until Monday 9th period to make up the test. You may make up the test any period but during your English class. 

Cumulative  Assessment 


Assessed Standard(s)

RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
RI.11-12.2
Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

in class handout / copy below
Final Assessment for Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”
You have a choice of three different topics that have been differentiated in terms of complexity and length. For all three, you will need to use your completed graphic organizer for textual evidence. As well, make use of your annotations. All essays are due at the end of class on Thursday.  Work on this at home and study halls for added time. There will be no extensions. Begin with a MLA heading.

Essay choice 1: the challenge
 How are the central ideas of patriarchy and chastity developed through the characters of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Judith in Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own?”
                   Organize your ideas in outline form before you begin to write. Please turn this in with your essay.
           Details: minimum 5 paragraphs / minimum 500 words; include an introduction with a hook sentence and clearly stated thesis.
              Body paragraphs: focus on literary elements: character, plot, themes, tone and rhetorical devices; (rhetorical questioning, parallelism, irony). Weave in textual evidence when possible. Make sure each paragraph has a clear main idea, proof and an analysis statement. Why is what you have just written significant? Consider family and societal expectations.
      Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is the larger significance as related to your original thesis statement?  Can you make a societal, historical or cultural connection?
              
Essay 2:
 How did Woolf’s fictional Judith fare under patriarchy, which is a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it?

             Begin by using your graphic organizer to complete the evidence collection tool. This will allow you to collect the textual evidence for each of your paragraphs. This must be turned in with your essay.
Details: minimum 5 paragraphs / 450 words; include an introduction with a hook sentence and clearly stated thesis that incorporates three of the four topics you have researched: (voice, family, chastity, mental health)
     Body Paragraphs: for organizational purposes, focus only on one topic per body paragraph. Make sure you have a clear thesis statement, proof, which may be text woven in your sentences, and an analysis statement.  The analysis statement must give a reason (how or why) what you just wrote is significant.
              Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is the larger significance as related to your original thesis statement?  Can you make a societal, historical or cultural connection?



Essay 3:
Compare (emphasize the similarities) and contrast (emphasize the differences) between Shakespeare’s life and that of the fictional Judith as described in her essay “A Room of One’s Own.”
Begin by using the graphic organizer on Shakespeare’s & Judith’s lives. Select 4 of the 5 areas and find textual examples. This must be turned in with your essay.
Details: minimum 400 words / 5 paragraphs; include an introduction with a hook sentence and clearly stated thesis that incorporates four of the five topics you have researched: work, family, relationships, entertainment and education.
 Body Paragraphs: You will need to combine a couple of the topics into your body paragraphs.  Make sure you have a clear thesis statement, proof, which may be text woven in your sentences, and an analysis statement.  The analysis statement must give a reason (how or why) what you just wrote is significant.
 Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is the larger significance as related to your original thesis statement?  Can you make a societal, historical or cultural connection?

Graphic organizer for essay selection 2
Evidence Collection Tool: Woolf
Prompt
How did Woolf’s fictional Judith fare under patriarchy, which is a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it? Find evidence for 3 of the following: family duty, chastity, voice and mental health.
Idea
Text Evidence in A Room of One’s Own 1
Text Evidence 2












Graphic organizer for essay selection 3
Shakespeare’s and Judith’s life and opportunities


Shakespeare
Judith
work




family




education




relationships




entertainment









“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
Vocabulary test on Friday, December 5

1.     kin (noun)- one's family and relations.
2.     kirk (noun)- church (most often used in Scotland)
3.     tyrannous (adjective)- unjustly severe  (think of a tyrant)
4.     prow (noun)- the portion of a ship's bow above water.
5.     shroud (noun)- a length of cloth in which a dead person is wrapped for burial; a thing that envelops
6.     to aver (verb)- state or assert to be the case.
7.     furrow (noun)- long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow or a rut or groove
8.     agape (adjective) -     agog, wide open, especially with surprise or wonder.
9.     gossamers (noun)- a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs; used to refer to something very light, delicate.
10.                        spectre-bark (noun)    - ghost ship





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