Exploring Literary Genres: My Favorite and Why

1. Unit One Assignments The Extended Response

2. Name______________ Period #____Extended Response Rubric 1 point each • Content Development: • Presents a clear central idea about the topic • Fully develops the central idea with specific details that are insightful and/or relevant details • Sustains focus on central idea throughout the writing • Organization: • Has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. • Provides a smooth progression of ideas throughout the writing. • MLA formating • Voice: • Uses precise and/or vivid vocabulary appropriate for the topic • Phrasing is effective, not predictable or obvious • Varies sentence structure to promote rhythmic reading • Strongly aware of audience and task; tone is • Conventions/Grammar: • Minor errors in standard written English may be present. Writing Process must be shown to be graded.

3. Question: Of all the genres you have read so far, which is your favorite and why? genre Type of literature • Follow the writing processto write an extended • response (4 or more paragraphs) • Type in MLA format • Turn in with all work • Please see the rubric for details about grading .

4. Extended Response Essay

5. Remember your Construction • Introduction paragraph • Hook sentence • Background sentence • Thesis • 1st Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Example sentence • Elaboration sentence • Transition sentence • 2nd Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Example sentence • Elaboration sentence • Concluding Paragraph • Thesis • Truism

6. The extended response Essay • 4 or more paragraphs. Hook Background Information Thesis Introduction Body EACH PARAGRAPH: - Topic Sentence - Point - Example - Elaboration - Transition Conclusion Thesis Summary Statement Truism

7. The Introduction • HOOK • Background • Thesis -

8. The Body • Topic sentence --- Point • Example • Elaboration • Transition

9. The Conclusion • Thesis • Summary sentence • Truism

10. HOW is the Extended Response Graded????? CONTENT/DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION VOICE CONVENTIONS 4 B Blank OT Off Topic IS Insufficient amount of original writing to evaluate UR Unreadable or illegible

11. Content • Presents a clear central idea about the topic • Fully develops the central idea with specific details that are insightful and/or relevant details • Sustains focus on central idea throughout the writing

12. Organization • Has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. • Provides a smooth progression of ideas throughout the writing.

13. Voice • Uses precise and/or vivid vocabulary appropriate for the topic • • Phrasing is effective, not predictable or obvious • Varies sentence structure to promote rhythmic reading • Strongly aware of audience and task; tone is

14. Conventions • Minor errors in standard written English may be present.

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