Shoreline Community College annual outcomes assessment report—2002-03
Assignment Title: Writing Assignment Two: Comparison Essay
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Assignment Title: Writing Assignment Two: Comparison EssayAssignment Description: Students write a short essay comparing their education to one of three ways described in their textbook. Student Population: ESL 098 students are three quarters away from English 101. They are learning essay structure and have mastered intermediate grammar skills. They are learning more complicated verb usage and sentence structure. Assignment Timeframe: Students have two weeks to complete this assignment with process help in class. Communication Outcomes Addressed: I. Listen to, understand, evaluate and respond to verbal and non-verbal messages. II. Comprehend, analyze and evaluate information in a given text (such as a story, essay, poem, textbook, etc.). III. Formulate and verbally express focused, coherent, and organized information, ideas, and opinions, with style and content appropriate for the purpose and audience, in a variety of communication contexts, such as one-on-one situations, small groups and classes. IV. Formulate and express information, ideas and opinions in mechanically sound written forms that have a clear purpose, focus, thesis and organization; that are appropriate for their audience in content and style; and that support, clarify, and expand complex ideas with relevant details, examples and arguments. VI. Assess themselves as communicators, based on the standards of clear and effective communication expressed or implied above and make adjustments and improvements in their communication strategies. Other Outcomes AddressedGeneral Intellectual Abilities: Information Literacy: I, II, IV
ESL098/Biscay Writing Assignment #2: Alternative Education Objective: Write an essay that compares your educational experience with your reading. Topic: Compare the way that you were educated with one of the three ways described in Chapter 4: The Montessori method, The Paul Robeson Academy method or The Foxfire method. Pre-writing Suggestions: 1) Find the three most important pieces of information in the method you chose. Brainstorm ways your education was similar to or different from this method. Make a plan: What will go in each body paragraph? 4) What is your thesis? Review Organizational Markers, page 247 (comparison and contrast) and logical connectors (blue paper). (These words in your writing to demonstrate connections between ideas.) Due: Monday, November 15 On Monday during class your paper will be “peer reviewed” by two other students. You will take the paper and reviews home on Monday night. On Monday night, after you read the peer reviews, you may change your paper. You will also complete a “Response Form” On Tuesday, bring the Response Form, your Peer Review forms and your draft back. Format: Typed, 12-point font, double spaced Submit to teacher in pocket portfolio. Grading: Total points possible for draft and final: 30 points First draft: 10 points Final draft: 20 points
Name: ____________________ Assignment: ____________________ High Passing Pass Not Passing Introduction: General Topic Introduced _____ _____ _____ Background Information _____ _____ _____ Thesis Statement _____ _____ _____
Support/Details _____ _____ _____ Unity _____ _____ _____ Cohesion _____ _____ _____ Transitions _____ _____ _____
Restates Main Ideas _____ _____ _____ Closing Remarks _____ _____ _____
Sentence Boundaries _____ _____ _____ Clause Structure _____ _____ _____ Noun Phrases _____ _____ _____ Subject/Verb Agreement _____ _____ _____ Word Choice _____ _____ _____ Word Form _____ _____ _____ Word Order _____ _____ _____ Expression/Idiom _____ _____ _____ Spelling/Punctuation _____ _____ _____
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