Pre AP 10th Grade ELA

Monday
Read Candide 1-3 and write one blog entry.
http://itsmystory.net/Writers/Voltaire/candide01.htm#1

Tuesday
Read Candide and write one blog entry identifying the four elements of satire.


Wednesday
Bring in your analytic literary essays today.
Bring in your analytic film essay drafts today.

Thursday
Read up to Chapter Fifteen and write one blog entry.

Friday
Complete Candide and write one blog entry.


Criteria
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Development
Student began with an unclear thesis, began to develop an argument and re-summarized his/her argument in his/her conclusion.
Student began with a clear thesis, developed an argument with little analysis and re-summarized his/her argument in his/her conclusion.
Student began with a clear thesis followed by a succinctly developed argument based on close reading, as well as an interesting conclusion.
Mechanics
Student use an excessive amount of semi-colons or did not punctuate correctly inside quotation marks, or made spelling and subject-verb errors.
Student didn’t use an excessive amount of semi-colons, yet did punctuate inside quotation marks, or made some a few spelling errors.
Student wrote extremely well, fluidly moving between ideas as represented in paragraphs with good word choices.