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Embedded Assessment
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Essential Question: What is the relationship between choices and consequences?
Warm-Up:
Preview the essential question for the Embedded Assessment. What is the question asking? ("unpacking" the assessment)
In Edward Bloor's novel Tangerine, how did one character's choices and the consequences of these choices affect the development of the main character?
Homework:
­Write intro, choice 1 and choice 2 paragraphs (3 total paragraphs). ­We will peer edit tomorrow, so make sure you are prepared with your rough draft (minus the conclusion).
1. Review all your double entry journal about choices on for each part of the book on p.173, p. 191, p. 200, and p. 205. Tear these out of your SpringBoard. 2. Choose one character whose choices had significant consequences in the development of Paul's character. Select 3 of the character's choices from any part of the book. Highlight these choices.
If you do not have three examples, it is your job to look back in the text to find more before you begin writing.
***You cannot successfully write a thesis without first determining what you are going to write about!!!
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SB 209 ­ Writing an Analytical Essay
You will write a multi­paragraph essay in which you analyze the choices made by a character from the novel. Consider the choices' impacts on Paul ­ his life, self­concept, relationships with peers/family members.
Respond to the prompt ­ In Edward Bloor's novel, Tangerine, how did one character's choices and the consequences of these choices affect the development of the main character? Drafting­ See Tangerine Analysis Outline and p. 206 in SpringBoard
Introduction:
­ title and author of novel
­ BRIEF summary (just a few sentences)
­ explain the fact that one person's choices can impact another person's life
­ Thesis Statement: state your opinion about the character's choices and their impact on Paul (without using an "I" statement ­ I think, I feel, etc.)
Example: The choices of Paul's father negatively impact Paul because they cause him to question himself, hurt his relationship with Erik, and inhibit his ability to fit in with other people. (red = opinion; green = long­term impact)
Body:
­ write the details you have in your charts
­ be sure to provide specific examples from the novel
­ explain both the short­term and long­term consequences for Paul (from chart: "consequences" = short­term; "impact" = long­
term; may deal with feelings
­ each choice you write about should have a corresponding quote from the novel with a page number
Conclusion:
­ Evaluate the character's choices and the consequences by answering the following questions:
1. Overall, how was Paul affected?
2. How might he have turned out differently if the character had different choices?
3. Do you think the character meant well? Why or why not?
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Sample Introduction
Throughout the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, the characters are faced with tough choices. In this book, Paul interacts with many different people as he begins a new school year, first at Lake Windsor Middle School, then at Tangerine Middle School, and then eventually at St. Anthony's Catholic School. His experiences on the soccer team, with his parents who ignore him, and with his brother who Paul knows somehow caused his legal blindness, all mold him into the person he becomes by the end of the novel. Just as in reality our choices can affect each other, the characters in the book are closely intertwined and impact each other with the decisions they make. While many characters affect him, the choices of Paul's father most negatively impact Paul, because they cause him to question himself, hurt his relationship with Erik, and inhibit his ability to fit in with other people.
Notice the parts of the introduction
­ title and author
­ brief statement that one person's choices impact another person
­ BRIEF summary of novel
­ thesis statement with opinion and list of long­term impacts on Paul
Example "choice paragraph"­
First, Luis chooses to go up to Erik and Arthur and stand up for his brother. He makes this choice because Erik hit Tino, and he does not think that was right. Luis “held his long arms out and extended his palms. ‘You would smack me?” (211). Paul admires Luis’s bravery when he does this, and he wishes that he had the courage to tell the truth and figure out what happened to him. As he faces Erik and Arthur in the final confrontaon, he remembers how Luis stood up to Erik. Paul “stepped forward and faced them, just as he had seen Luis do. He held his hands out, as he had done, and said “I’m not afraid of you, Erik” (261). Luis is a role model for Paul, and he has shown him how to stand up for himself and for what is right.
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Embedded Assessment
October 16, 2014
10/17/14
Essential Question: What is the relationship between choices and
consequences?
Warm-Up: What do you think is the weakest part of your rough draft?
What do you think is the strongest part of your rough draft?
Homework: Final copy of essay due next Tuesday. Staple order: Final
copy, rough draft, peer revision checklist. Test is Monday.
Peer Revision of Tangerine Analytical Essay
In groups of 3, you will revise and edit each other’s papers. One person in the group will do the peer revision checklist for each person and the other will edit for grammar and punctuaon. It can be decided in the group who is responsible for each task. Peer revision checklist is organized into what you should have in your Intro, Body, and Conclusion. Embedded_Assessment_1.notebook
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Study Guide for Monday's Test­The Fall of the House of Usher
Attachments
Forming a Hypothesis About a Character.docx
Inferring a Character's Personality.docx
Folklore Introduction Notes.ppt
Folk Literature Chart.doc
Profile Sheet ­ Philip and Narwin.docx
Generalizations and Examples.ppt
Character iPhone.iTouch Project.docx
Double Entry Journal Template.docx
Double Entry Journal Template Samples.docx