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Students write a letter to a character in their novel.Each letter should contain all parts of a letter. Each student needs to include a question about a major conflict in the story and an imagined response from them.

Students write a letter to a character in the story Running Loose. Each letter should contain all parts of a letter. Each student needs to include a connection with the character and a piece of advice to the character about their situation.

This rubric is used as a scoring tool for the Senior English Literary Research Paper. Because research paper assessments are both objective and subjective, this detailed rubric will assure that a certain level of objectivity is maintained. As a result, learners are more clear about the expectations prior to assessment and are clear about their areas of weakness and strength after the assessment.

Rubric for research papers completed by English 103--Composition & Critical Thinking

Research Paper Outline

Rubric for a formal MLA cited research paper.

Research Paper Rubric

Research the approved topic. Submit 3-5 typed pages of publishing the results of your research. Include a Works Cited page with at least 3 sources used researching the paper. Paper will be graded on quality of research, effective use of information gained through research, credibility of sources, and relevance of included information. Grade will be based on organization, clarity, use of transitions, appropriate voice, correct citation format, grammar, spelling and punctuation.

This rubric can be used to assess and score any kind of literary analysis essay for students in grades 7-12.

Using literary concepts to support an arguable thesis.

Gender Roles

Analyzing themes

Using one of the attached poems write a five paragraph essay comparing and contrasting the words of the poem with one of the characters in Of Mice and Men. You will want to write an introductory paragraph describing why the entire poem fits a specific character. (Think if this as though a character actually wrote one of the poems and why.) Then choose three different parts of the poem for your three body paragraphs. Feel free to also use direct passages from the novel in your body paragraphs as well as your intro and conclusion! Then for the conclusion paragraph sum it all up!

Analyzing themes