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This assessment is designed to evaluate your proficiency in the following standards: CCSS: W.11-12.4 – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (6 point value) CCSS: RL.11-12.3. Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of the story or drama (for example, where the story is set, how the action is ordered, and how the characters are introduced and developed). (6 point value) CCSS: RI.11-12.1 – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
You will produce clear and coherent writing that is well organized and edited. After reading and watching S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders”.
Cite by page number in MLA format using in-text citation.
In 300 words or more write about two possible themes that are present in S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders” and how they are developed over the course of the text.
Use this sentence frame below:
There are many different themes woven throughout “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton. The topics range from _________to __________. The audience is given a myriad of opportunities to construct their own meaning and purpose in the writing. However there are themes that stand out and beg the reader to contemplate them further. One of the themes is _#1THEME_____. A defining moment this theme can be seen in ____DESCRIBE THE MOMENT___. MAKE A CLAIM ABOUT THE MOMENT AND HOW IT BUILDS THE THEME. USE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU HAVE SAID (CITATION). STATE WHY IT MATTERS. TRANSITION TO THE NEXT MOMENT.
On the other hand CONTEXT. THEME [EXAMPLE OF THE THEME IN THE STORY]. CONTEXT DESCRIBE THE MOMENT. On page __ it states “TEXTUAL EVIDENCE” suggesting that REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. CLAIM ABOUT HOW THE THEME IS DEVELOPED. EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS CLAIM. REASONING
