Use this ROUGH PLAN worksheet Download ROUGH PLAN worksheetto help you plan you response to the Assignment #1 writing prompt. The short story I chose was the Cast of Amontillado, by Edgar Allen Poe, and the required and chosen essaus and the short story will be included in the files: FILL OUT THIS CHART AS THE ASSINGMENT
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How a ROUGH PLAN works
Once you’ve generated some ideas about your possible responses to Assignment #1 through brainstorming, focused freewriting, clustering, listing, or your preferred method of prewriting, try to impose some tentative order on your ideas.
First, create a rough thesis by responding directly to the Assignment #1 prompt. You can use the language of the prompt if it helps you to more clearly express your response.
Next, think about the points you need to make in order to support your thesis. These points will become your topic sentences.
Choose concrete examples from “Hills Like White Elephants,” ONE other short story from the list, and ONE of the critical articles that support your thesis and help the reader to understand your thinking about the topic of subtlety and omission in the short story. Explain how the examples you’ve selected advance your thesis.
The ROUGH PLAN worksheet asks you to fill in a “Purpose” for each paragraph. Another way to think about this purpose is to think about what the paragraph is “doing” to advance your thesis. Refer to the list below to help you think about what your paragraph is “doing” in the essay.
Use as many paragraph sections as you need; depending on your thesis, you may need fewer or more sections.
What is my Paragraph DOING?
Here are some suggestions for how to think about what your paragraph is “doing” (this list is not exhaustive):
Stating: Making an assertion.
Supporting: Providing evidence for an assertion.
Concurring: Agreeing with another author’s assertion.
Qualifying: Restricting the meaning of an assertion already made.
Negating: Offering reasoning or evidence to demonstrate the falsehood of an assertion.
Expanding: Stating more comprehensively an idea or assertion already expressed.
Analyzing: Breaking an assertion down into its constituent parts in order to clarify or evaluate it.
Describing: Naming one or more features of an object or concept, to help the reader imagine it
precisely or understand it fully.
Comparing and contrasting: Examining objects alongside each other for the purpose of clarifying their
features, evaluating them or noting differences and similarities.
Evaluating: Making a judgment about something discussed previously
Synthesizing: Combining elements of previous paragraphs into a coherent whole; often this includes
presenting a new perspective on the subject.
Summarizing: Restating the principal idea of an argument or point already introduced.
Transitioning: Moving from one aspect of the argument to another by connecting the points for the reader.
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Rubric
A#1 Rough Plan Rubric
A#1 Rough Plan Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDescription of criterion
30 to >27.0 ptsExcellent / Exemplary
Rough Plan is impressively thorough in its inclusion of specific points and supporting examples. In addition, the plan is well-written. Reader has a strong sense of writer’s thesis and the direction of the essay’s argument.
27 to >24.0 ptsGood / Above Average
Rough Plan contains some concrete details and is clearly written. Reader has a good sense of writer’s thesis and the general direction of the essay’s argument.
24 to >21.0 ptsAcceptable / Average
Rough Plan contains general points and support, but reader has some sense of the essay’s tentative thesis and direction.
21 to >18.0 ptsBelow Average / Needs Improvement
Rough Plan is overly general and superficial. Reader cannot identify writer’s thesis and/or the direction of the essay.
18 to >0 ptsFar Below Average
Rough Plan does not meet minimum requirements of assignment and/or student did not submit the assignment.
30 pts
Total Points: 30
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