If you haven’t done it yet,
give yourself a score (0-3)
for your independent short
answer on the provided
handout from block day,
and explain why this is the
score you deserve.
Staple your scoring sheet to
your independent short
answer and turn it in!
Crossover Short
Answer
A short answer in which you are
comparing two different pieces in
one written response.
Sample prompt:
What is the shared message in
both Story X and Poem Y?
“The Lesson of
Cecil” Expository
Article
“The Lesson of
Cecil” Expository
Article
What is the shared
message between
“The Most Dangerous
Game” and “The
Lesson of Cecil”?
the message
What is the shared message between “The Most
Dangerous Game” and “The Lesson of Cecil”?
 The structure is the same as a single
selection short answer (thesis,
blended concrete details,
commentary, thematic connection).
 Since there are two stories, you need
to pull quotes from BOTH passages.
The highest you can get is a 1 if you
don’t use concrete details from both.
 Transitions are critical for a wellwritten short answer.
Both “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Lesson of Cecil” address a shared
message regarding the value and sacredness of all life. Though at the beginning
of “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford has no compassion for “how the
jaguar feels,” he soon learns to empathize when he becomes “a beast at bay” in
Zaroff’s twisted game. Similarly, in “The Lesson of Cecil,” the writer states that
“lives should not be taken purely for fun.” While he is referring to big game
animals specifically, all “sentient beings” should have “the right to live”
according to the article. All life, whether human or animal, deserves respect
and protection. Both passages focus on the sacred nature of existence and the
importance in defending it.
Both “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Lesson of
Cecil” address a shared message regarding the value and
sacredness of all life. Though at the beginning of “The
Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford has no compassion for
“how the jaguar feels,” he soon learns to empathize
when he becomes “a beast at bay” in Zaroff’s twisted
game. Similarly, in “The Lesson of Cecil,” the writer
states that “lives should not be taken purely for fun.”
While he is referring to big game animals specifically, all
“sentient beings” should have “the right to live”
according to the article. All life, whether human or
animal, deserves respect and protection. Both passages
focus on the sacred nature of existence and the
importance in defending it.