ENGLISH IISTATEWRITING ASSESSMENTREVIEWWORKSHOP

Westbrook

DAY 1 Understanding prompts Recognizing context/occasion Recognizing audience Recognizing purpose Recognizing subject Brainstorming Organizing thoughts Thesis formation Outlining

Rhetorical Triangle Purpose and

Context/Occasion

Audience Subject

Rhetorical Triangle Purpose

and Context/Oc-casion

Audience Subject

BRAINSTORMING Definition

Term Class Characteristic

Support

Human rights

Guarantees Just Article 1

Morally right

Article 1

Legal Article 2Inalienable SlaveryCommon sense

Church

Cause

Cause & Elaboration/Support

Cause & Elaboration/Support

Cause & Elaboration/Support

Effect Effect

• Elaboration• Support

Effect

• Elaboration• Support

Effect

• Elaboration• Support

ORGANIZATIONDEFINITION

Most/least important to least/most importantMost/least obvious to least/most obvious

CAUSEMost/least important to least/most importantMost/least obvious to least/most obvious “Snowball”

EFFECTMost/least important to least/most importantMost /least obvious to least/most obvious “Ripple”

THESIS AND OUTLINE FORMATION

DefinitionTerm + Class + 3 Characteristics

I. IntroductionA. HookB. BridgeC. Thesis StatementII. Characteristic 1 Topic SentenceIII. Characteristic 2 Topic SentenceIV. Characteristic 3 Topic SentenceV. ConclusionA. New PerspectiveB. Relevancy

CauseEvent + 3 Causes

I. IntroductionA. HookB. BridgeC. Thesis StatementII. Cause 1 Topic SentenceIII. Cause 2 Topic SentenceIV. Cause 3 Topic SentenceV. ConclusionA. New PerspectiveB. Relevancy

EffectEvent + 3 Effects

I. IntroductionA. HookB. BridgeC. Thesis StatementII. Effect 1 Topic SentenceIII. Effect 2 Topic SentenceIV. Effect 3 Topic SentenceV. ConclusionA. New PerspectiveB. Relevancy

DAY 2 Grading rubric Elaboration Support Incorporating quotes

GRADING RUBRIC

SUPPORT & ELABORATION

INCORPORATING QUOTES “Sandwiching”

One sentence introduces, i.e. makes reference to some idea from the quote

Quote One sentence concludes, i.e. explains what

the quote means in relation to your point

DAY 3 Revising for conventions Scoring

CONVENTIONS Complete sentences Agreement Tense Case Capitalization Punctuation Spelling

SCORING