Prose Essay Analysis Success Criteria
Explore the steps involved in analyzing a prose essay for success criteria. From reading the exemplar essay to developing criteria and reflecting on improvement strategies, this process aims to enhance writing skills and achieve measurable goals in future essays.
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Prose Essay Analysis SUCCESS CRITERIA
Step 1: Read the exemplar essay As you read, look for strong points in the writing and analysis What does the writer do well? Based on the rubric, what should this essay score?
Step 2: Develop Success Criteria What SKILLS are needed for an essay to score well? What evidence should help us to determine that these skills are met? What could this essay do better? Share on Padlet link
Step 3: Examine this paragraph Similarily, by creating some sort of dialogue in the passage, Desai allows the reader to easily characterize the American family and, thus, contrast it with Arun. At the beginning of the text, when Arun is trying to decline going to the beach, Mrs. Patton s dialogue serves as a blatant establishment of her role in the plot. As a host, she assumes her duty is to entertain, a task she sees as essential to Arun s comfort. Ironically, however, Arun s discomfort expands exponentially by repeated refusal ( No, no oh no ) to accept Arun s excuses. Later in the text when Arun hears Mrs. Patton singing the lyrics to Summertime , the words also serve to point out irony within Anita Desai s text. By belting that the living is eeh-zee , Mrs. Patton is established as a character whose oblivion allows her to maintain bliss. Despite Arun s obvious discomfort, the American host falsely perceived his denials as shyness, a polite gesture because he wished not to disturb them. Ironically, the living, for Arun, is not easy at all, indeed in the final paragraph he shows the audience his true emotions regarding the situation.
Step 4: Anything to add to our criteria? Return to Padlet link if you discovered something to add https://padlet.com/davis_erical/7zl460aw6ddz
Step 5: Reflect and record In your notebook, record your essay score on the Essay Data Chart (PROSE category)- Section 3 In the PROSE section (5), write out a reflection that discusses 1. Your strengths and weaknesses in this essay 2. Your strategies for improvement (how will you work to improve)? 3. Your goal for the next prose essay- make it measurable!
