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Honors English 2/Brown

3B

Essay Assignment for The Alchemist

Important Dates:

Rough Draft: due 4/20

Conferences: 4/23 and 4/25. You may turn it in early if you so choose.

Final Draft: due 4/30. You may also turn it in early.

Requirements:

o 2 to 3 pages, doubled spaced, typed, Times New Roman, 12 font.o use parenthetical citations – if you are unsure about how to format these, use the

MLA Handbook on The Owl Perdue websiteo must conform to essay formatting (refer to the Owl Perdue Handbook- link is on

the class web page)o you may use other sources in addition to the primary source –for example, the

article on Alchemy– but you will need to include a bibliography and this will alter the parenthetical citations

o rubric for the essay is attachedo all pieces must be turned in: rough draft, final draft, notes or note cards you use (a

must if you are using a second source)

if you have questions, you can set up a separate conference with me before school, after, school, or during lunch.

I am more critical of rough draft because that is where we do the most work for smoothing out the final draft.

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Name: _________________________

Rubric for Literary Analysis Essay

1. CONTENT (60 points)Introduction and Thesis (10 points)_____ Excellent -- effective opening, enlightened and related background information, author and title(s) of primary works included, organized and insightful thesis, appropriate title. (10 points)

_____ Good -- appropriate background material, author and title(s) of primary sources included, thesis stated at the end of the

introduction, appropriate title. (9-8 points)

_____ Fair – problems in one of the above areas. (7-6 points)

_____ Poor – multiple problems in the above areas. (5 -0 points)

Topic Sentences, Transitions, and Organization (10)_____ Excellent – topic sentences introduce the paragraph topic and relate to the thesis, major and minor transition are highly effective, logical, clear organization, arguments are well placed and easy to follow, order of the topics develop thesis. (10)

_____ Good – topic sentences introduce the paragraph topic and relate to the thesis, major and minor transition are apparent, but not always effective , logical organization, reader able to follow argument. (9-7 points) _____ Fair – some, but not all topic sentences relate to thesis, problems especially in major transition, organization does not always relate to thesis. (8-5 points)

_____ Poor – few or none of the topic sentences relate to thesis, transitions are poor or absent, organization is muddled and confused (5-0 points)

Development (20 Points)_____ Excellent – specific, strong examples from primary source to support argument, most primary source examples are not quoted good use of secondary sources when required, highly effective synthesis of material from primary source. ( 20 points)

_____Good – examples from primary source to support thesis, good synthesis of text from primary and secondary sources. (19-12 points)

_____ Fair – examples from the primary source do not always support argument, inconsistent synthesis of primary and secondary sources. (11-6 points)

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_____ Poor – examples form primary source rarely support argument, undeveloped synthesis of primary and secondary sources (5-0 points)

Documentation (10 Points)_____ Excellent – all paraphrases, quotations, and summaries are clearly documented, no evidence of plagiarism. (10 points)

_____ Good – sources of some information not clearly documented, no evidence of plagiarism. (9-7 points)

_____ Fair – difficulty in understanding source of information, no evidence of plagiarism (8-5 points)

____ Poor – can not understand documentation, no evidence of plagiarism (5-0 points)

Conclusion (5 Points) ____ Excellent -- very effective restatement of thesis, summary of main points is clear, but not repetitious, no new arguments drawn from research. (5 points

_____Good – restatement of thesis, summary and main points is clear, no new arguments included. (4 points)

_____ Fair – thesis not restated clearly, summary of main points is either inadequate or repetitious, may have included a new argument. ( 3 - 2 points )

_____ Poor – thesis not restated, summary of main points is either inadequate or repetitious, may have included a new argument. (21-0 points)

Materials to hand in ( 15 points)_____ rough draft (5 points)_____final draft (5 points_____note cards (5 points)

Mechanics (35 points)_____ Punctuation (5 points)

_____Spelling (5 points)

_____Usage – agreement, tense. pronoun reference, etc. (5 points)

_____Sentence Structure – fragments, run-ons, variety, etc.. (5 points)

_____ Bibliography (5 points)

_____ Essay Format (10 points)

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