MYP YEAR 3 FALCONS
Argumentative (Opinion) Essay Project (MYP Year 3) Criterion A (Analyzing) strands i, ii, iii, iv and B (Organizing) strands i, ii, and iiiLanguage and LiteratureDirections: Students will write an argumentative (opinion) essay using proper opinion essay structure. The essay must respond to the following prompt: The internet has both positive and negative effects on students. Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not students should limit their internet usage. Support your argument using evidence from the articles “Social Media as Community,” “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price.” Students will have 120 minutes (three class periods) to complete your essay, including reading the passages, planning, writing, and revising. Student Name: _______________Date: ______Criterion A (Analyzing) Score: ______Criterion B (Organizing) Score: ______Recommended Area(s) for Growth:Criterion A (Analyzing):Recommended Area(s) for Growth:Criterion B (Organizing):Student Reflection: In two paragraphs, students will reflect upon the extent to which they effectively persuaded their reader of their opinion (Criterion A – Analyzing) and used argumentative essay structure (Criterion B – Organizing). Criterion A: AnalyzingIB LevelIB Descriptors(from subject guide)87 provides perceptive identification and explanation of the content, context, language, structure, technique and style, and explains the relationships among texts thoroughly in the essay provides perceptive identification and explanation of the effects of the creator’s choices on an audience in the essay gives detailed justification of opinions and ideas with a range of examples, and thorough explanations; uses accurate terminology in the essay perceptively compares and contrasts features within and between genres and texts in the essay6 5 provides substantial identification and explanation of the content, context, language, structure, technique and style, and explains the relationships among texts in the essay provides substantial identification and explanation of the effects of the creator’s choices on an audience in the essay sufficiently justifies opinions and ideas with examples and explanations; uses accurate terminology in the essay competently interprets similarities and differences in features within and between genres and texts in the essay43 provides adequate identification and explanation of the content, context, language, structure, technique and style, and some explanation of the relationships among texts in the essay provides adequate identification and explanation of the effects of the creator’s choices on an audience in the essay justifies opinions and ideas with some examples and explanations, though this may not be consistent; uses some terminology in the essay interprets some similarities and differences in features within and between genres and texts in the essay.2 1 provides minimal identification or explanation of the content, context, language, structure, technique and style, and does not explain the relationships among texts in the essay provides minimal identification and explanation of the effects of the creator’s choices on an audience in the essay rarely justifies opinions and ideas with examples or explanations; uses little or no terminology in the essay interprets few similarities and differences in features within and between genres and texts in the essay0The student has not reached a standard described by any of the descriptors given above in the essayCriterion B: OrganizingIB LevelIB Descriptors(from subject guide)87 makes sophisticated use of organizational structures that serve the context and intention effectively in the essay effectively organizes opinions and ideas in a coherent and logical manner with ideas building on each other in a sophisticated way in the essay makes excellent use of referencing and formatting tools to create an effective presentation style in the essay6 5 makes competent use of organizational structures that serve the context and intention in the essay organizes opinions and ideas in a coherent and logical manner with ideas building on each other in the essay makes competent use of referencing and formatting tools to create a presentation style suitable to the context and intention in the essay43 makes adequate use of organizational structures that serve the context and intention in the essay organizes opinions and ideas with some degree of coherence and logic in the essay makes adequate use of referencing and formatting tools to create a presentation style suitable to the context and intention in the essay.2 1 makes minimal use of organizational structures though these may not always serve the context and intention in the essay organizes opinions and ideas with a minimal degree of coherence and logic in the essay makes minimal use of referencing and formatting tools to create a presentation style that may not always be suitable to the context and intention in the essay0The student has not reached a standard described by any of the descriptors given above in the essay ................
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