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Embedded Assessment 1Packet : Write a multi-paragraph essay that defines your concept of heroism. (Page 53-56)

WRITING PROCESS REQUIREMENTS

All of this must be turned in: Embedded Assessment Packet Prewriting/Brainstorm Web

oOn your paper 3 Hero Graphic Organizers - included

Rough Draft- on your paper oRevise/ Edit

Must have 3 editors signatures

Final Copy- oFree of errorsoOn your own paper

Title: __________________________________The three heroes that I have chosen to discuss in my essay:

1.________________________________________________________

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2.________________________________________________________

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3.________________________________________________________

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The thesis will explore one quality evident in three people that serve as examples of a hero.

The thesis statement would look something like this: Person A, Person B, and Person C all have Quality X, so they qualify as a hero.

Example of Pattern A: Bruce Wayne, Mulan, and Odysseus all possessed bravery, thereby qualifying them as heroes.

Thesis Statement/Hook:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph Shaping:

Shaping Body Paragraph #1: Introduction sentence Function sentence Function sentence Function sentence Thesis sentence

Shaping Body Paragraph #2-4: Introduction Sentence

Function Sentence Example Sentence

o Include “quotes” Example Sentence Example Sentence Closing Sentence

o Repeat for paragraphs #2-4- (all three heroes)

Shaping Body Paragraph #5: Introduction sentence Recap example paragraph 1 Recap example paragraph 2 Recap example paragraph 3 Restate the thesis Closing sentence that recaps the entire essay

Your Brainstorm Web should look like this on your own paper:

It will have Heroes in the center and ideas branching from it.

Definition Strategies1. Function- what the hero does/is

a. Example: brave, resourceful, strong2. Example- examples from the text that prove the

functiona.Example: Batman saved Rachel from

perishing from the poison just in the nick of time.

3. Negation- what the hero is nota.Example: A hero is not selfish; he thinks of

others first.

Grading Rubric is on page 55-56

Strategies of Definition:FunctionExampleNegation