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Culminating ENG2D Literary Analysis Essay

For the culminating task for ENG2D, students will complete a 5 paragraph literary analysis essay based on the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by author Mark Haddon. This task is worth 30% of the student's overall mark in the course.

Rubric Code: L23W2W5

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

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	Level 4 8 pts	Level 3 6 pts	Level 2 4 pts	Level 1 1 pts	Remedial 0 pts
Introduction (Organization)	Level 4 There is a well-focused Thesis Statement that introduces the essay ad clearly addresses all elements of the outline.	Level 3 Introduction clearly states the main topic, adequately addressing the elements of the outline.	Level 2 Introduction is somewhat clear, but only partially addresses the elements of the outline.	Level 1 Introduction does not address the elements of the outline.	Remedial No introduction is present.
Support for Thesis (details)	Level 4 Each body paragraph contains a topic sentence and relevant, telling, quality concrete details that give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable. All supporting details serve to prove the thesis statement.	Level 3 Each body paragraph contains a topic sentence that is adequately supported by relevant concrete details. Most supporting details serve to prove the thesis statement.	Level 2 Topic sentence is stated in some body paragraphs. Supporting details are relevant but some key issues are unsupported. Support for the thesis statement is weak.	Level 1 Topic sentence is weak. Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic. There is a seemingly random collection of information. Thesis statement lacks proof.	Remedial No topic sentence is present OR no concrete details are present. The paragraph contains no facts, details or examples.
Commentary	Level 4 Essay contains explanation, analysis, discussion, comparison and/or contrast that demonstrates mastery and depth of understanding.	Level 3 Essay contains explanation, analysis, discussion, comparison and/or contrast that logically supports the concrete details.	Level 2 Essay contains explanation, analysis, discussion, comparison and/or contrast that is weak, incomplete, or partially doesn't make sense.	Level 1 Essay contains explanation, analysis, discussion, comparison and/or contrast that is off topic or completely doesn't make sense.	Remedial No commentary is present. The paragraph contains no attempt to explain, discuss, analyze, evaluate, compare and/or contrast the factual information (concrete details) is present.
Conclusion (Organization)	Level 4 The conclusion is strong and logical; provides a clear answer to the question, "So what?"	Level 3 The conclusion is logical and adequately answers the question, "So what?"	Level 2 The conclusion is logical but does not answer the question, "So what?"	Level 1 Conclusion is illogical.	Remedial There is no clear conclusion, the paper just ends.
Mechanics	Level 4 The essay contains only 1-2 errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.	Level 3 The essay contains 3-4 errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.	Level 2 The essay contains several errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.	Level 1 The essay is readable, but contains many errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.	Remedial The essay is unreadable because of errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.

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