DE102: Timed Essay Test50 pts

You may use: Your copy of “The Child’s Need for Magic”Your copy of “The Pleasures of Fiction”Your notes on the “Neuroscience of Imagination”Your Magical Realism Notes

You may not: reference the “The Boy Who Lived”

Prompt:How does “The Boy Who Lived” exemplify the necessity for magic, imagination, and fiction? Specifically, explain the text’s literary value from the perspective of a child or adult who is attempting to make sense of the world.

Process:1. Make a list of all of the details you remember from “The Boy Who Lived”. 2. Consult your notes for “The Child’s Need for Magic”.3. Consult your copy of “The Pleasures of Fiction”.4. Spend 5 minutes creating a thesis and outline.5. Draft a 1-2 page response.

Due:At the end of lunch today.

Scoring RubricA B C D/F

Thesis is clear, unique, and thought-provoking.

Thesis is clear and well supported.

Thesis is clear. Thesis is unclear and/or unsupported.

Supporting details have been meticulously chosen and supported.

Supporting details have been well-chosen and supported.

Supporting details are generic but well-supported.

This writing sample suggests the student did not complete last night’s reading.

Student skillfully synthesizes ideas and concepts from at all sources.

Student accurately synthesizes ideas and concepts from three sources.

Student synthesizes all three sources, but doesn’t quite develop the perspective or justification for their connection.

This paper is a summary or synopsis, not a synthesis.