All Classes: Open-Ended Question Rubric

Please copy the following rubric and add it to your English binder notes.

Open-Ended Question Rubric
Score Point	Correct Response	Embedded Text Support	Awesome Analysis Supported By Text
0	No	No	N/A
1	Yes	No	N/A
1	No	Yes	N/A
2	Yes	Yes	N/A
2	Yes	Yes	Average
3	Yes	Yes	Awesome!
1	Yes	Yes	Unsupported

All it takes to get a Score Point "2" on the open-ended questions is a correct answer and a quote supporting that answer embedded in your own words. Assume your reader has not read the story and cannot make the same connections between answer and text that you can.

Do not repeat your answer in the quote, or vice-versa (e.g. Scrooge's partner Marley was as dead as a doornail. We know this because in the opening chapter the narrator says "Old Marley was as dead as a doornail."). This will only score you a 1. (Shame, shame, I know your name.)

While you can spend considerable time and effort crafting what you hope will earn a 3, it is possible that your reader won't be as impressed with your commentary as you are (knocking you down to a 2, which you could have had with far less time and effort spent), or s/he will find some detail that you thought was supported by text that they don't see that way (knocking you down to a 1 and burying you in shame).

If you're not fatigued after working for a 3 or a 4 on the essay, go back and re-visit your OEQ response(s). (Then again, if you aren't fatigued after the essay, you probably won't be scoring a 3 or a 4 on it. Just sayin'.)

All English Classes: Thwack It!

Need to review today's notes on revising/editing? Please do.

How to Remember Where / Were / We're

When revising/editing your writing, check each instance of Where, Were, or We’re and ask yourself if you're showing location, past tense, or contraction. Each word carries a hint about how it should be used.

Where:

Here shows location.
Where shows location.

Were:

Ere is a poetic preposition meaning before.
Were is the past tense of to be, showing what happened before the present moment.

We’re:

A contraction of we and are.
Think of the apostrophe as a little a.
We’re = We^are = We are.

Presentation on Story Intros

How to remember: There / Their / They’re

When revising/editing your writing, check each instance of There, Their, or They’re and ask yourself if you're showing location, possession, or contraction. Each word carries a hint about how it should be used.

There:

Here shows location.
There shows location.

Their:

An heir possesses an inheritance.
Their shows possession.

They’re:

A contraction of they and are.
Think of the apostrophe as a little a.
They’re = They^are = They are.

English I (Pre-AP): STAAR/EOC Literary Writing Analysis

Remember that you need to explain why the story that was rated a "2" was not rated a "3," and why the story rated a "4" was rated a "4."

Remember to use your rubric.

Pre-AP English II: Anthem Scavenger Hunt

Please find examples of the following literary devices and techniques in Anthem. Be sure to accurately transcribe the text and include a page number.

• Alliteration


• Allusion


• Anaphora


• Hyperbole


• Imagery of:
  • sight
  • smell
  • sound
  • taste
  • touch


• Irony:
  • dramatic irony
  • situational irony


• Metaphor


• Metonymy


• Onomatopoeia


• Personification


• Simile