Mn s Day, February 4: Meditatins n Bewulf EQ: Is yur essay ready t submit? Welcme and Prepare Ye! Wrk n Analytical Essay #1: Meditatins n Bewulf Write! Prfread with Checklist! Check Qutatin Frmat! Wrks Cited! wrdhrd nleac! ELACC12RL-RI1: Cite strng and thrugh textual evidence t supprt analysis ELACC12RL-RI2: Analyze tw r mre themes r central ideas f text ELACC12RI3: Analyze explain individuals, ideas, r events interact and develp ELACC12RL4-RI4: Determine the meaning f wrds and phrases as they are used in text ELACC12RL6: Distinguish what is directly stated in a text frm what is really meant ELACC12RI6: Determine an authr s pint f view r purpse in a text ELACC12RI8: Delineate and evaluate the reasning in seminal British texts ELACC12RL10: Read and cmprehend cmplex literature independently and prficiently. ELACC12W2: Write infrmative/explanatry texts t examine and cnvey cmplex ideas ELACC12W4: Prduce clear and cherent writing apprpriate t task, purpse, and audience ELACC12W5: Develp and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting ELACC12W9: Draw evidence frm literary r infrmatinal texts t supprt analysis ELACC12W10: Write rutinely ver extended and shrter time frames ELACC12SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range f cllabrative discussins ELACC12SL6: Adapt speech t a variety f tasks, demnstrating a cmmand f frmal English ELACC12L1: Demnstrate standard English grammar and usage in speaking and writing. ELACC12L2: Use standard English capitalizatin, punctuatin, spelling in writing.
BritLitCmp Analytical Essay #1: Bewulf 60 pint Majr Assessment due at the end f class Tyr s Day, February 5 This week and last we have read, studied and discussed Bewulf thrugh many critical lenses : Strength Heres Leaders Mnsters Gender Chices Ontlgy Technlgy In grups yu made a presentatin t define yur tpic, explain why it s imprtant, and make a pint abut hw the idea wrks in life and in Bewulf. Nw write an essay ding that. Yu cme up with a pint t make. Yu can build ff f yur grup s wrk and teaching, use anther grup s idea, r g in a new directin entirely. Yu are writing abut yur pint, nt abut Bewulf. Yu must use the pem t help make yur pint, quting at least twice (but nt summarizing); but yu will als use illustratins frm wrlds utside the pem ther stries, philsphy, yur wn experience. T be judged adequate, yur essay MUST: Be at least 500 wrds lng. Yu cannt pssibly d all I am asking in less. Be submitted in MLA Frmat, Standard Academic English. Review expectatins. Be rganized int well-develped paragraphs which develp yur thesis the specific argument yur essay seeks t make. Yur essay needs the fllwing: Intrductin giving verview f the questin and leading t yur answer yur thesis. Bdy f several paragraphs which develp yur thesis in several ways: Philsphical discussin f thesis; Evidence frm Bewulf that supprts thesis; Evidence frm real life supprting thesis, and/r reflectin n why it matters; Cunterargument articulated and answered. Cnclusin which prpses new thinking r call t actin based n thesis. Qute at least twice frm Bewulf, prperly frmatting, citing and integrating each passage. Yu may qute additinal surces ALSO but nt INSTEAD. See Syllabus. Have a Wrks Cited sectin at the end f yur paper. See Syllabus. This essay will be graded using the rubric n the ther side f this page.
Standard r Cmpnent scre MLA Frmat Dcument /10 pts MLA Frmat Qutatins /10 pts BritLitCmp Essay Evaluatin Rubric NO EVIDENCE Rewrite Required N Credit Missing: - Header tp left - student name - class name - teacher name - submit date - Title - name/page# tp rt. - duble spacing Lacks assigned qutatins /10 pts MLA Frmat Nt attempted Wrks Cited Cgency: quality f argument /30 pts Cntent: evidence /30 pts Language: /10 pts Nt clearly rganized in paragraph frm N clear intrductin Mstly summary T brief t assess (<75% length req.) Lacks ne r mre required qutatins Inapprpriate lan 5+ nnstandard - secnd persn - slang/nnwrds - ther nnstanda NOT YET MET Rewrite Urged 20-60% credit Prblem with: - Header tp left - ut f rder - wrng name, date - Title lame, nt cent. - name/page# pp. 2 ff. - incnsistent spacing - fnt prblems - margin prblems 3+ errrs exist: - frmat - citatin - integratin 3+ frmat errrs: - title nt centered - Nt Alphabetized - 2 nd line nt indented - Authr nt last/first - Titles nt punctuated - Publishing inf. T much summary Essay des nt attempt t make a pint abut the tpic Intrductin des nt have a thesis N philsphical discussin f thesis N discussin f thesis in text r life N attempt at cunterargument N clear cnclusin Thesis nt in fcus fr mst f essay <100% length req. Errrs f fact/lgic in develpment f thesis Errrs f fact/lgic in evidence / examples Sme qutatins seem irrelevant t thesis Very cnfusing 3-4 nnstandard - secnd persn - slang/nnwrds - ther nnstandard BARELY MET Rewrite Suggested 70-79% credit Other Prblem 2 errrs exist: - frmat - citatin - integratin 2 frmat errrs: - title nt centered - Nt Alphabetized - 2 nd line nt indented - Authr nt last/first - Titles nt punctuated - Publishing inf. Essay s pint already bvius; n real chance fr argument Vague thesis Philsphical discussin scattered Weak discussin f thesis in text r life Cunterargument raise but nt answered Cnclusin weak n why thesis matters r call t actin Thesis smewhat in fcus thrugh essay Examples/evidence vague; few specifics Qutatins relevance smewhat explained A little cnfusing 1-2 nnstandard - secnd persn - slang/nnwrds - ther nnstandard STANDARD MET Rewrite Welcmed 80-89% credit 1 errr exists: - frmat - citatin - integratin 1 frmat errr: - title nt centered - Nt Alphabetized - 2 nd line nt indented - Authr nt last/first - Titles nt punctuated - Publishing inf. Essay prpses general argument Arguable thesis Philsphical discussin fcused Gd discussin f thesis in text r life Cunterargument raised and answered Cnclusin gd n why thesis matters, clear call t actin Thesis in fcus fr mst f essay Examples/evidence specific but scant Examples/evidence numerus but vague Qutatins relevance smewhat explained Clear language Gd cmmand f Standard English Raw Essay Grade CAP PA SP PUN CRUSHED IT! Yu may glat! 90 100% credit Perfect MLA Frmat All qutatins cited, frmatted and integrated perfectly (+5 pts) Perfect (+5 pts) Exceptinal essay: Argument specific, riginal, surprising Tightly stated thesis Philsphical discussin rich Strng discussin f thesis in text & life Cunterargument raise and crushed Cnclusin nails why thesis matters, call t actin Thesis in fcus all thrugh essay Exceptinal essay: Abundant and specific details fr evidence/examples Qutes plentiful, fully supprtive f thesis Sphisticated language with an riginal vice FR SV WW 1 pts/errr penalty: - RO TP TS 5 pt. bnus if nne: + Late Penalty ten pints/day afterward, n revisin Bnus Pints ten pints fr submitting thrugh email as Wrd attachment Cmments: Essay Grade
Analytical Essay Checklist BS! (that means BrainStrm t yur Best Stuff!) Figure ut what yu re being asked t d; Decide n YOUR answer; Decide what makes it a gd answer Philsphically WHY? ( The purpse f _ is ) Evidence PROOF (histry, reading, life exper.) Anticipate cunterargument f a skeptic! DRAFT in gd sentences and paragraphs! Intrductin (1 st ) leads t thesis (answer t questin) Bdy develping thesis several ways: Philsphical Discussin f thesis (usually 2 nd ) Evidence supprting thesis (several s histry, literature, science, ther classes, etc.) Answer the cunterargument (1 ) Cnclusin (1 shrt, memrable call t actin ) PROOFREAD! Lk especially fr the fllwing: Parameters. 500 wrds, 3 qutatins (2 Unit, 1 bk/class); qutatins frmatted, integrated and cited MLA Frmat with Wrks Cited sectin. Review rules n syllabus. Frmal Academic English. Avid yu in all frms (search Ctrl+F); watch slang, hisself, he dn t, prfanity, etc. Paragraph Structure. Need 4-6 s be sure t indent! Capitalizing, punctuatin, spelling, etc. Nnsense. Make sure each sentence makes sense. Fragments and Runns. Use nly cmplete sentences. Prnun-Antecedent Agreement. Remember: everybdy and similar wrds are singular, they and similar are plural.
Frmat, Integratin, Citatin: Verse Write a shrt essay frmatting, integrating and citing ONE LONG and ONE SHORT passage f verse frm anywhere r shw this prperly dne in an essay. Remember what yu must d: FORMAT Bewulf is petry, s remember: Shrt qutatins (1-3 lines f petry): qutatin marks ; slash ( / ) at line breaks. Lng qutatins (3+ lines f petry): NO qutatin marks; NO slashes. Shw line breaks by indenting s lines lk EXACTLY as they d n surce page. INTEGRATE yur qutatin smthly int yur wn prse. CITE authr/title in text, line number (usually) in parentheses after qutatin. SAMPLE Accrding t Geffrey Chaucer, peple need curage and integrity t cnfrnt s it the filthy stuff we d rather nt see, hear r deal with in ur lives. Sme f the Canterbury pilgrims fear s it, and d all they can t avid. The Priresse, fr instance, cannt cmfrt the suffering because she fears them: She was s charitably slicitus She used t weep if she but saw a muse Caught in a trap, if it were dead r bleeding (ll. 198-201) [LONG VERSE]. Terrified f s it, she hides her lneliness by vereating, hide frm mthering urges by feeding milk t her little dgs, and is always straining / T cunterfeit a curtly kind f grace (ll. 188-189) [SHORT VERSE WITH LINE BREAK] in rder t hide insecurities abut class. Other pilgrims actually embrace s it, becming cheerfully and even aggressively filthy. The Miller is like any sw r fx (ll. 352) [SHORT VERSE] in his greedy, sly life; the Pardner brags f hypcrisy; and the Summner mcks Jesus by wearing. a garland set upn his head Large as the hlly-bush upn a stake Outside an ale-huse. (ll. 402-404) [LONG VERSE] A few Pilgrims deal well with s it. The Plwman manures his gd crps, the Parsn washes it frm the suls f his sheep, and the Knight gets the bld f Gd s wars n his armr but never his sul. But mst hide frm s it r wallw in it, making the wrld wrse frm fear f and/r fascinatin with filth.