Unit 2 Defining Style, Part 2 Writing a Style Analysis Essay

2.11 Previewing & Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2

• Review the “Learning Targets,” “Making Connections,” on pg. 128

• Read the prompt “Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2” at the bottom of page 128. In your spiral, summarize in your own words what you will need to know to complete this assessment successfully.

2.11 Previewing & Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2

• Next, review the assignment description and rubric on pages 167 and 168.

• Create a t-chart check list with 2 categories in your spiral: Writing Skills, and Knowledge Needed. Title the t-chart “Understanding Assessment.”

• Under each heading, list the things you will need to do/know to be successful on the assessment. Put a star next to the skills you have already learned.

Understanding Assessment 2

Writing Skills• Introduction• Strong thesis• Body paragraph • Specific evidence• Insightful commentary• Perceptive conclusion• Organization• Sentence structure• Conventions• Sophisticated diction

Knowledge Needed (of)• Tim Burton• Tim Burton’s style• Multiple Burton films. • Cinematic Techniques• Effects of cinematic

techniques• Formal Style of writing• Standard English Usage

2.11 Previewing & Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2

• In your table group, pair share your independent findings. Discuss EA2 and “unpack” it into your group chart.Task Prior Knowledge

Need to Learn Steps to be Successful

EA2: Style Analysis Essay

2.11 Previewing & Unpacking EA 2

• Read “Style Analysis” on page 129 and answer question #1 in your text

• Read #2 on page 129 and the “Sample Style Analysis Essay” by Edgar Allan Poe. Highlight/mark details that describe Poe’s style

• Discuss Poe’s style with a partner. Answer #3 on page 130 addressing these stylistic characteristics: subject matter, diction and syntax, imagery, point of view, and tone.

• Answer #4 in your text on your own.