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"My Name" Parody

Parody

Studens were asked to make a literary parody of Sandra Cisneros' "My Name" essay excerpt from A House on Mango Street.

Rubric Code: TXX24X3

By MsGlen

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Parody Creation
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Theme Grade: ______	Excellent Overall theme of the parody has a precise message of how the author feels about their name.	Good Overall theme of the parody has a clear message of how the author feels about their name.	Fair Overall theme of the parody is about the author's name, but at times is unclear or goes off topic.	Needs Improvement Overall theme of the parody is about the author's name a tims, but frequently goes off topic or is difficult to understand.	Poor Overall theme of the parody is not clear.
Word Choice / Diction Grade: _______	Excellent Word Choice was carefully chosen and assist in getting the overall theme of the parody across to the audience clearly.	Good Word Choice was sometimes chosen carefully and assist in getting the overall theme of the parody across to the audience.	Fair Word Choice was chosen with basic care and get the general idea of the theme across to the audience.	Needs Improvement Word choice was sometimes chosen with basic care, but at times appears not to fit in with the overall theme of the parody.	Poor Word Choice was not chosen carefully and appears to be randomly placed.
Length Grade: _______	Excellent The parody has the exact same number of paragraphs as the original author's work and the message is enhanced because of this.	Good The parody has most of the same paragraph types and the message is still clear.	Fair The parody has the major paragraphs structure, but is missing the minor paragraph mimicking of the author's original work.	Needs Improvement Has some of the paragraphs required, but missing one or more of the major paragraphs from the author's original work.	Poor Has no mimicked paragraphs and the message is lost because of it.