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British LiteratureMrs. Wilkerson“Diary of Samuel Pepys”Standards:2.2.a: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.Writing Prompt/ QuizDirections: Answer the prompt question below on your own piece of paper. You have 10 minutes to complete your response. Prompt Rubric5 – Advanced4 – Proficient3 – Partially Proficient2 or less - UnsatisfactoryStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves a thorough understanding of the text overall proves a thorough understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves a thorough understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves an adequate understanding of the text overall proves an adequate understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves an adequate understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . implies an understanding of the text overall implies an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose implies an understanding of the author’s style and content Student’s response to the writing prompt . . . does not prove an understanding of the text overall does not prove an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose does not prove an understanding of the author’s style and contentThe author Virginia Woolf once said that the “chief delight” of Pepys’s diary might be its revelation of “those very weaknesses and idiosyncrasies which in our own case we would die rather than reveal.” What personal weaknesses and idiosyncrasies does Pepys unintentionally reveal? How do these weaknesses influence your opinion of him? British LiteratureMrs. Wilkerson“Epigrams”Writing Prompt/ QuizStandards:2.2.a: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.Directions: Answer the prompt question below on your own piece of paper. You have 10 minutes to complete your response. Do you think Pope is optimistic or pessimistic about human behavior? Support your answer with details from the poems. Prompt Rubric5 – Advanced4 – Proficient3 – Partially Proficient2 or less - UnsatisfactoryStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves a thorough understanding of the text overall proves a thorough understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves a thorough understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves an adequate understanding of the text overall proves an adequate understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves an adequate understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . implies an understanding of the text overall implies an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose implies an understanding of the author’s style and content Student’s response to the writing prompt . . . does not prove an understanding of the text overall does not prove an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose does not prove an understanding of the author’s style and contentBritish LiteratureMrs. Wilkerson“Gulliver’s Travels”Writing Prompt/ QuizStandards:2.2.a: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.Directions: Answer the prompt question below on your own piece of paper. You have 10 minutes to complete your response. Choose one characteristic of humanity that Swift is satirizing through the characters in “Gulliver’s Travels.” Explain the character, the characteristic, and then the satire.Prompt Rubric5 – Advanced4 – Proficient3 – Partially Proficient2 or less - UnsatisfactoryStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves a thorough understanding of the text overall proves a thorough understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves a thorough understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . proves an adequate understanding of the text overall proves an adequate understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose proves an adequate understanding of the author’s style and contentStudent’s response to the writing prompt . . . implies an understanding of the text overall implies an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose implies an understanding of the author’s style and content Student’s response to the writing prompt . . . does not prove an understanding of the text overall does not prove an understanding of the author’s point of view and/or purpose does not prove an understanding of the author’s style and content ................
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