Unit 3: Literature & Life Assessment Prompt
Guiding Question: How can literature inform our understanding of how current social, economic, and/or political issues impact individuals?
Prompt:
Write a well developed essay in which you discuss the current state of a social, economic, and/or political issue in America today, analyze the way two or more pieces of literature provide insight into the issue, and formulate your own claim related to that issue.
The Importance of Community (and/or the Effects of a Fractured Community); What Defines a Community?
*Your topic is “The Importance of Community”, focus on the effects of COVID on social/emotional wellbeing due to people being cut off from their community.
This is a “synthesis” paper, which means you are synthesizing a variety of perspectives: two authors as well as your OWN perspective.
Some notes on this kind of essay:
You will be using the 2 stories of your choice as representative of the author’s perspectives.
-”What you Pawn I will redeem” by Sherman Alexie
-”Monsters are due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling
In other words, you can say that “Rod Sterling believes…
You can then point to specific lines in his story to support your thinking.
You can then talk about whether or not you agree or disagree with Serling or Alexie’s thinking.
DIRECTIONS
1. Your topic is “The Importance of Community”, focus on the effects of COVID on social/emotional wellbeing due to people being cut off from their community.
2. Choose the 2 pieces of literature that you will work with for this assignment.
-”What you Pawn I will redeem” by Sherman Alexie
-”Monsters are due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling
3. Do some additional research to make sure you have the information you need to start writing your essay. Find at least 3 more sources that deal with your focused topic. Have a work cited page in MLA format for each article or website.
*I found 1 to start* “The Importance of Community.” Wellbeing People, 24 May 2021, www.wellbeingpeople.com/2020/07/23/the-importance-of-an-engaging-community/.
4. Dive into the pieces of literature that you chose and clarify what these authors are saying about the topic you’ve chosen. What are their perspectives? What insight do we gain into the issue from the stories or poems?
5. Consider your own perspective. What conclusions can you draw? Do you agree with the authors and what they are saying?
Your essay must have a works cited page at the end of the essay, in proper MLA format.
Your assessment will be scored using the English 11 Analysis Scoring Guide:
English 11 Analysis Scoring Guide
Unit 3: Literature & Life Assessment Prompt Guiding Question: How can literature inform our understanding
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