Day 1- Essay Planning
Essay Assignment- Write
a four to five paragraph essay on the human lesson and historical connection in
Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”
Required tools to complete this task:
1.
Paragraph written about “Literature in Context”
(p350) and “Meeting Leo Tolstoy” (p337)
2.
Thorough understanding of the short story itself
3.
Understanding of the vocabulary’s connection to
the story’s theme
4.
Research of a reliable source from the internet
In class activity:
take an inventory of the tools that you possess from above, create an
organized outline and write an introduction for the essay.
Homework-
Research and find a reliable source from the internet that connects to the
short story’s assignment; write the information into a paragraph and document
your source.
YOU MAY USE THE CENGAGE LIBRARY THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE
Day 2- Essay Planning
Task- write a
four to five paragraph (approximately five complete sentences in each
paragraph) essay on the theme of Leo Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”
that incorporates biographical and historical
information, with support from a
research source. Your essay should
communicate your ideas clearly through the use of vocabulary from the unit and
English language conventions.
Use your prior knowledge of source documentation, formalist
analysis and writing process. Here are
four key elements that should be included in your essay. The Rubric below graphs your evaluation on
the assignment as a whole. Each step of
this process will be graded as well.
2.
Inclusion of historical and biographical
information
3.
Expression of theme and support from deep
reading
4.
Use of vocabulary from the lesson and English
language conventions
RUBRIC
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Criteria:
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1-9pts
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10-14pts
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15-19pts
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20-25pts
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Theme and Support- formalist argument
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Point is unclear or vague with minimal development. Lack of a thorough and interesting
discussion of the texts meaning and/ or value
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Expression of the overall point of the short story with references to
the text to support your reading of the meaning
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Thorough statement on the value and meaning of the text through the
use of a literary element that supports your formalist reading
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Complex and thorough statement about the meaning and value of the
text with support from the text, using literary elements such as symbolism,
characterization and plot analysis
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Cross Curriculum Connect
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Mentioning of the historical or biographical information that doesn’t
clearly connect to your analysis of the story
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Use of either the historical or the biographical information that
connects to your analysis of the story
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Incorporation of historical and biographical information into the
essay that adequately discusses the connection between the literary and the
historical
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Incorporation of the historical and biographical information that
adds interesting dimensions to the
meaning of the text and the value of literary texts to understanding
historical moments
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Research Support
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Minimal discussion of a research source with little connection to any
of the points in your essay with not citation in the text or work cited
information
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Mentioning of your source in order to discuss and support one of your
points, without citation or work cited information.
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Useful selection of a reliable source that discusses your point about
the short story or the biographical/ historical information you have
discussed. Use of a technically
correct work citation of your source.
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Careful selection of a reliable source that reinforces your formalist
reading of the text and the
historical/ biographical connection
you have made. Use of in text citation
and a work citation, accurately and technically correct
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Organization, Vocabulary and Language Conventions
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No use of the vocabulary in an appropriate and correct manner
throughout the essay. Essay
organization lacks proper paragraphing.
Language and sentence structure is an obstacle to understanding the
writer’s point
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All paragraphs are not used adequately to express each aspect of the
whole essay, but some paragraphs are present that express the points of the
essay. Paragraphs may be too long or
too short or even missing. Language is
clear enough to understand the point of the writer. Less than five words from the unit are used
to greater and lesser degrees of accuracy
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Adequately planned and organized into clear points through
paragraphing, appropriate sentence structure and word choice. Five words from the unit are used but not
all are accurately and correctly placed into their respective sentences.
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The essay is organized in a thoughtful and artful manner that clearly
discusses each aspect flowing smoothly with use of not only appropriate
sentence structure but at least five of the vocabulary words studied in this
unit.
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