Culminating Writing Task Prompt In this autobiographical piece Jerry Spinelli, the author, shares his attention to neatness. Write an essay in which you analyze the author’s experiences with neatness as a boy, and discuss the influence those events have on Jerry as he grows up. Be sure to use text evidence to support your response. Teacher Instructions Students identify their writing task from the prompt provided. Students complete an evidence chart as a pre-writing activity. Teachers should remind students to use any relevant notes they compiled while reading and answering the text-dependent questions. Evidence Justification of Events’ Placements Quote or paraphrase I would measure a perfect shape with my The author uses multiple examples of how he was “First ruler, then draw it with a sharp pencil. Then with and a perfectionist. “neat” my scissors I would cut it out. But not just cut it out. I would cut precisely along the right edge of the pencil line…” He shares that he my shop teacher, “…astonished Mr. Rohn, with the precision of my mechanical drawings and the perfection of my hand-lettering.” He won Palmer Method penmanship “…numerous certificates and was declared the outstanding boy penmeister.” He had to use colored pencils, not crayons. His sharpened points “…frequently
Culminating Writing Task Prompt In this autobiographical piece Jerry Spinelli, the author, shares his attention to neatness. Write an essay in which you analyze the author’s experiences with neatness as a boy, and discuss the influence those events have on Jerry as he grows up. Be sure to use text evidence to support your response. Teacher Instructions Students identify their writing task from the prompt provided. Students complete an evidence chart as a pre-writing activity. Teachers should remind students to use any relevant notes they compiled while reading and answering the text-dependent questions. Evidence Quote or paraphrase Justification of Events’ Placements “First I would measure a perfect shape with my ruler, then draw it with a sharp pencil. Then with my scissors I would cut it out. But not just cut it out. I would cut precisely along the right edge of the pencil line…” He shares that he “…astonished my shop teacher, Mr. Rohn, with the precision of my mechanical drawings and the perfection of my hand-lettering.” He won “…numerous Palmer Method penmanship certificates and was declared the outstanding boy penmeister.” He had to use colored pencils, not crayons. His “…frequently sharpened points The author uses multiple examples of how he was “neat” and a perfectionist.
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