Remembering September 11th Assignment Sheet



Polished Essay: Short Story Literary Analysis

Prompt

“Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil:  The only crime is pride.”

Take some time to think about the implications of the quotation. Then write a carefully reasoned essay that explores the validity of the assertion, using examples from the text (short story) to support your ideas.

Logistics

✓ Final draft due to turnitin by : __________________________.

✓ Hard Copy due in class on: __________________________.

✓ Turnitin instructions:

1. First and foremost: Figure out if you already have a account. Ask your English and Social Studies teachers from last year.

2. If you have a turnitin account, then:

➢ Enroll in my class.

➢ For 1st Period, the class ID is 17069017

➢ For 2nd Period, the class ID is 17069024

➢ For all, the password is “superstud” (all lower case, no quotation marks)

3. If you do NOT have a turnitin account, then:

➢ Go to

➢ Click on “Create Account.”

➢ Fill out the required information.

➢ Remember the e-mail you use to create your account!

➢ Write down the password you create to log in to your account. I cannot access this for you!

➢ See Step 2 above and follow all directions.

✓ 100 points possible; half of final grade.

o Other 100 points of final grade earned during finals week.

o The final test will include multiple choice questions on grammar, roots, and reading comprehension as well as a paragraph development section (in the same format as the “By the Waters of Babylon” paragraph that we completed together in class).

✓ Four checkpoints worth 10 formative points each.

o You will either earn a 10 or a 0 for each checkpoint: 10 meaning you completed the task on time, 0 meaning you did not completed the task on time. Your final essay is graded separately from the checkpoint scores. Full credit on all checkpoints does not equal a perfect grade on your essay. It is up to you to incorporate feedback given on checkpoints to improve your paper. If you have an excused absence on a checkpoint day, you’ll be excused from the checkpoint.

✓ Checkpoints and timeline (see back)

Assignment Parameters

✓ Polished writing

o Typed

o MLA format

o Proofread

o Careful, thoughtful literary analysis

✓ 4-6 paragraphs (2-3 pages)

✓ Rubric available on my webpage

✓ Plagiarized work will receive a grade of 0 and an office referral.

✓ No late work accepted.

Timeline

|Day |Date |Tasks & Checkpoints |/10 |

|1 |Thursday |Polished Essay Planning |n/a |

| |21 December | | |

|2 |Friday |Sign-up for story |n/a |

| |22 December |Find concrete details | |

|3 |Monday |Introduce assignment, timeline, and rubric |n/a |

| |8 January |Write Thesis | |

|4 |Tuesday |Thesis (Checkpoint 1) | |

| |9 January |Work on Introduction | |

|5 |Wednesday |MLA Formatting mini-lesson | |

| |10 January |Introduction Paragraph (Checkpoint 2) | |

| | |Time on computers in Da Vinci Lab: Set up document in MLA format; Work on body paragraphs | |

|6 |Thursday |Turnitin mini-lesson | |

| |11 January |First Body Paragraph (Checkpoint 3) | |

| | |Time on computers in Da Vinci Lab: Work on body paragraphs | |

|7 |Friday |Reminders and Rubric mini-lesson | |

| |12 January |MLA formatting (Checkpoint 4) | |

| | |Time on computers in Da Vinci Lab: Work on body paragraphs and conclusion | |

| | |* * Essay due by midnight to * * | |

| |Tuesday | |n/a |

| |16 January |* * Hard copy of essay due in class * * | |

| | |Review for final test | |

| |Wednesday – Friday 17-19|Finals: Exact time and date to be determined by DHS administration |n/a |

| |January | | |

o You will either earn a 10 or a 0 for each checkpoint: 10 meaning you completed the task on time, 0 meaning you did not completed the task on time. You final essay grade is graded separately from the checkpoint scores. Full credit on all checkpoints does not equal a perfect grade on your essay. It is up to you to incorporate feedback given on checkpoints to improve your paper.

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