LHS English Department
Name: ___________________________
Unit 3 Assessment 2
British Literature and Composition
STANDARDS
ELACC11-12RI2: Determine theme or central idea of text and
analyze the development over the course of the text.
ELACC11-12RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inference drawn from the text, including determining where
the text leaves matters uncertain.
ELACC11-12SL3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning,
and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance,
premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
ELACC11-12W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization (including focused topic
sentence), and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.
ELACC11-12L1&2: Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Teacher comments:
Total Score 4
3.6
90
3.3
80
3.0
75
2.8
70
2.4
60
Advanced/
Exemplary
Proficient
4
90-100
3
80-89
Partially
Proficient/
Developing
2
60
Not
Proficient/
Ineffective
1
50
Unit 3
Assessment 2
How does “the adversity and struggle” elicit the mot noble and most contemptible qualities of the individual?
Friday/Monday – February 6/9
View Rowlings’ and Jobs’ Speeches
Close Read the Speeches
Group – Discuss/Develop Similarities and Differences
Tuesday/Wednesday February 10/11
Instruction – Assessment/Outline
Differientiated Instruction - Develop Similarities and Differences/Outline/Draft
Thursday/Friday
Draft
Final Copy
February 12/13
Assessment 2
Task
Part A: In her speech, J.K. Rowling expresses her perspective on adversity (failure). In your own words,
construct a central idea/theme statement that states her central idea.
Part B: In his speech, Steve Jobs expresses his perspective on adversity (failure). In your own words, construct a
central idea/theme statement that states his central idea.
Part C: Compare/Contrast the two themes and analyze how each demonstrates that failure elicit the most notable
and contemptible qualities of an individual.
The Comparison/Contrast Essay should
 Provide an objective summary of each speech
 State the central idea/theme of each speech
 State a thesis statement
 Analyze the similarities between the speakers’ point of view (At least two similarities)
 Analyze the differences between the speakers’ point of view (At least two differences)
 Analyze the similarities/differences between the speakers’ word choice, syntax, and/or style (At least
one similarity/one difference)
 Use textual evidence to support your analysis