AssignmentYour assignment is to write a passage analysis of a key coming-of-age scene from To Kill a Mockingbird. After annotating the text to analyze Harper Lee’s use of literary elements in your selected passage, write an essay explaining how the literary elements in this passage help develop a theme of the novel.

Planning and Prewriting: Take time to select and annotate a passage.• Whichpassagefromthenovelwillyouchoosetoillustrateasignificant

coming-of-age moment?

• Howwillyoubesureyouunderstandalltheliteraryelementsthatyouhavestudiedinthisunit?(SeethelistyoucreatedinActivity3.23.)

• Howcanyoubesurereadersknowwhatpassageyouhavechosentomarkandannotate to analyze literary elements?

• Howwillyouuseyourannotationstogenerateaworkingthesisthatshowsthesignificance of the passage to a theme of the book?

Drafting: Determine the structure of your essay and how to incorporate necessary elements. • Howwillyouorganizeyouressay?Whattoolswillyouusetohelpyouorganize?

• Whatisyourthesis?Doyourtopicsentencessupportyourthesis?

• Whattextualevidencedoyouneedtosupportyourthesisandtopicsentences?

• Whatelementsdoyouneedtoincludeinyourintroductionandconclusion?

Evaluating and Revising: Create opportunities to review and gain feedback for revisions.• Howwillyouaskforfeedbackonyourdraft?Whomwillyouask?

• HowwillyoureviseyourdraftforseamlessintegrationofquotationsusingtheTLQCmethod(transition,leadin,quote,andcommentary)?

Editing for Publication: Confirm that the final draft is ready for publication.• Howwillyouproofreadandedityourdrafttodemonstratecommandofthe

conventionsofstandardEnglish(capitalization,punctuation,spelling,grammar,andusage)?

• HowwillyouusetheScoringGuidetobesureyouhavemetallofthecriteriaforthis assignment?

ReflectionAfter completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about accomplishing this task, and respond to the following question: What have you learned about the significance of individual passages to a novel as a whole?

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SCORING GUIDE

Scoring Criteria Exemplary Proficient Emerging Incomplete

Ideas The essay•includesawell-

chosen passage that reveals the complex relationship between the literary elements and the major ideas and concepts of the entire work

•providessupportingdetails to enhance understanding of the writer’s position

•relatescommentarydirectly to the thesis.

The essay•reflectsacareful

choice of passage to show the relationship between a scene and the major ideas and concepts of the novel

•providesrelevantdetails to explain the writer’s position

•usesappropratecommentary.

The essay•attemptstolinka

passage to a major theme of the novel

•presentssupportingdetails that may be fully developed or provide an understanding of the writer’s position

•hascommentarythat may not relate directly to the thesis or may be a plot summary.

The essay•hasapassagethat

does not represent a major theme of the novel

•ismissingsupportingdetails or presents undeveloped ideas

•ismissingcommentary or includes commentary that does not relate directly to the thesis.

Structure The essay•hasmultiple

paragraphs and a clear and precise thesis that directs the organization of the body

•usestransitionstoclarify and connect ideas

•providesrelevantand insightful commentary; the conclusion follows from the ideas presented.

The essay•hasmultiple

paragraphs and is organized with an introduction, detailed body paragraphs, and a conclusion

•usestransitionstoestablish connections between ideas.

The essay•attemptstoorganize

ideas but key pieces are lacking

•maybemissinganintroduction, detailed body paragraphs, and/or a conclusion

•usesfewornotransitions to connect ideas.

The essay•doesnothavea

focus with a clear organization of introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion

•doesnotusetransitions to connect paragraphs and/or ideas.

Use of Language

The essay•usesaformalstyle•seamlessly

incorporates literary analysis vocabulary

•ismostlyerror-free, with proper punctuation and capitalization to embed quotations into the text.

The essay•usesdictionthatis

appropriate for an academic topic

•incorporatessomeliterary analysis vocabulary

•hasfewerrors.

The essay•usessimple

language that is not appropriate for an academic topic

•includeslittleliteraryanalysis vocabulary

•haserrorsthatinterfere with meaning.

The essay•usesslangor

informal words that are not appropriate for an academic topic

•includeslittleorno literary analysis vocabulary

•hasnumerouserrorsthat interfere with meaning.

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