Tuesday

 Today you will work on your essays comparing Pa Sexton to Granddaddy Cain.

Please use your outlines from yesterday. This essay is would 20 points.

This essay is due on Friday.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hyGCHSB3sDPCCduRmYrHNRnNioHHsbyXUGvhYeYHCRE/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MxufNU18xQtiMTjGkcN6MxXedGcp1_AGXrDlA1CfNkc/edit

 

	4	3	2	1
Thesis Statement	Clear and defendable thesis,  and order of development connect with thesis	Defendable thesis,	Thesis statement attempted, but might be clunky, wordy, or unclear	No thesis
Evidence	2 pieces of evidence for each point; evidence is analyzed and makes connections between the evidence and the thesis	Two pieces of evidence for each point; some analysis is made	Evidence form at least two sources.  No analysis is made between the evidence and the thesis.	Body paragraphs either simply restates the thesis or the evidence is unclear or unrelated to the prompt; or less than two sources are provided.
Sophistication of Writing	Effective paragraph structures, varied sentence structures	Some high level vocabulary and some variety of sentence structures.	Essay use same words over and over again.  Sentences are wordy and/or clunky.	Student makes sweeping generalizations or comparisons that are oversimplified.  Very little variety in word choice and sentence structure.
Grammar/Conventions	1-2 small mistakes that do not impair reading	3-5 small mistakes that do not impair reading	Many mistakes; and/or reading impaired by mistakes made	Writing is plagued with errors