ENG4U Unit 3 Culminating Task We are learning to… Construct an effective analysis of literary texts (not plot summary) Independently select and use reading comprehension strategies for challenging Develop effective discussion questions I will know I am successful when I can… Make complex inferences about the text by combining ideas from a variety of places within the texts with my own knowledge, and draw conclusions Create questions to develop ideas for an essay that require you to use evidence to support ideas* Identify a variety of literary devices including metaphor, symbol, imagery, diction, and draw conclusions about their significance Use evidence from the text to draw conclusions Apply one literary theory to a text to develop critical interpretations Use literary theory to draw conclusions that go beyond the obvious and literal interpretation of a text Use literary theory to create a thesis statement that is specific, detailed, and arguable* Criteria R Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 4+ 50-59% 60-69% 70-79% 80-94% 95-100% Knowledge Includes most Includes most Includes most Includes most Includes most includes important ideas important ideas important ideas important ideas important ideas most important and supporting and supporting and supporting and supporting and supporting ideas and details from text details from text details from text details from text details from text supporting through through through through through details from text incorporation of incorporation of incorporation of incorporation of incorporation of through specific evidence specific evidence specific evidence specific evidence specific evidence incorporation of with limited with some with considerable with a high with specific evidence relevance relevance relevance degree relevance sophisticated from the text. relevance R1.3 Writer identifies Writer identifies Writer identifies a Writer identifies Writer identifies Writer identifies a variety of a variety of variety of literary a variety of a variety of a variety of literary devices literary devices devices and literary devices literary devices literary devices and explains and explains how explains how they and explains how and explains how and explains how they they contribute contribute to they contribute they contribute how they contribute to to meaning with meaning with to meaning with to meaning with contribute to meaning limited insight some insight considerable a high degree of meaning with R2.3 insight insight sophisticated insight Thinking Planning notes Planning notes Planning Planning notes Planning notes Planning notes demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate (brainstorming, complex complex complex complex complex concept map, inferences with inferences with inferences with inferences with a inferences with pre-writing) limited depth some depth considerable high degree of sophisticated demonstrate depth depth depth complex
ENG4U Unit 3 Culminating Task We are learning to… Construct an effective analysis of literary texts (not plot summary) Independently select and use reading comprehension strategies for challenging Develop effective discussion questions I will know I am successful when I can… Make complex inferences about the text by combining ideas from a variety of places within the texts with my own knowledge, and draw conclusions Create questions to develop ideas for an essay that require you to use evidence to support ideas* Identify a variety of literary devices including metaphor, symbol, imagery, diction, and draw conclusions about their significance Use evidence from the text to draw conclusions Apply one literary theory to a text to develop critical interpretations Use literary theory to draw conclusions that go beyond the obvious and literal interpretation of a text Use literary theory to create a thesis statement that is specific, detailed, and arguable* Criteria R Level 1 50-59% Level 2 60-69% Level 3 70-79% Level 4 80-94% Level 4+ 95-100% Knowledge includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence from the text. R1.3 Includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence with limited relevance Includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence with some relevance Includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence with considerable relevance Includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence with a high degree relevance Includes most important ideas and supporting details from text through incorporation of specific evidence with sophisticated relevance Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning R2.3 Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning with limited insight Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning with some insight Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning with considerable insight Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning with a high degree of insight Writer identifies a variety of literary devices and explains how they contribute to meaning with sophisticated insight Thinking Planning notes (brainstorming, concept map, pre-writing) demonstrate complex Planning notes demonstrate complex inferences with limited depth Planning notes demonstrate complex inferences with some depth Planning demonstrate complex inferences with considerable depth Planning notes demonstrate complex inferences with a high degree of depth Planning notes demonstrate complex inferences with sophisticated depth
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