Explanation for the Poe essay scores 2013
A critical analysis of a piece of literature should most
importantly analyze the story/stories focusing on a clear position. For these essays, most students examined how
the narrators of the stories were reliable or unreliable. Therefore, the piece should, in an organized
manner, clearly explain, with multiple examples from the text, their reasons
why they think Poe’s narrators are reliable or unreliable. The essay can include some summary to
establish a context for discussion, but the main focus of the essay should be
analysis, and the tone of that analysis is formal. Finally, there should be very few errors
because errors cause a reader to lose focus on the information being presented.
I divided the essays into four levels: Exceeds, Meets, Approaching, and Below.
Essays that Meet or
Exceed exhibit the expectations I explained above. The papers that Exceed do this in a way that is intelligent and easy to read. The papers that Meet the expectations do these in an organized manner.
Essays that are
Approaching do just that. Some
papers were a little light on proving with examples. Some did not have good introductions or
transitions to make the piece cohesive.
These papers have the basic idea, but they are not the quality required
of a proper analysis. With some improvements, they would Meet
the requirements.
Essays that are Below
do not meet the requirements of an analysis.
These papers were short or contained too much summary. They could have wandered through topics but
did not really prove a specific point.
These are not terrible papers. However, these students must improve their
analysis skills over the course of this year.
My goal for Sections 2 and 3 is to continually require them
to analyze, organize, and write. These
are the skills required for Common Core and for AP classes in high school.
The Below papers are
not C papers… yet. I am not ready to
grade quite that strict.
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Exceeds
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100
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Meets
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95
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Approaching
|
85
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Below
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80
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