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Students will explain how literary elements are developed and emphasized via cinematic techniques - OR- Students will explain what the filmmaker achieves through his/her use of specific techniques in our chosen film

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Descriptive Essay scoring rubric.

A rubric to use for grading creative writing assignments.

An essay answering 1 of the 5 prompts on the Common App, this must have a brisk opening that puts me into the middle of a story, memorable and concrete details (Twix bars, greasy pizza, 54-12 score at the basketball game), an aha moment, revealed strengths/lessons, how strengths/lessons will influence college/career choices, spotlight on YOU (reader knows you well after essay), concise (no wordiness), consistent verb tense (past or present; be consistent)

Students view film versions of Hamlet while identifying, analyzing, and interpreting the techniques used in the film to achieve the director's purpose.

Final Exam - students will explicate the theme of a poem and scaffold multiple choice questions for development.

Students will write a Spoken Word poem. The writing will reflect the speaking style of the poem. The poem is free verse, however, some poetic elements should be incorporated.

Modified/Simplified NYS Critical Lens essay rubric.

Rhetorical Analysis

Over the course of reading our novel, you have written numerous personal narratives. For the final personal narrative assignment, you will choose one of your narratives and develop it into a polished piece of writing.

Students will compose a five-paragraph essay that explores one of the questions provided about character, theme or conflict in The Great Gatsby with support their claims using relevant examples from the text.

Students will compose a five-paragraph essay that explores at least two of the three types of irony in The Crucible. Students will explore how the Author depicts evil through irony. Students will support their claims with relevant examples from the text.