Analytic Scale for the Archetype Essay about Either Scar or Simba in The Lion King
Show evidence of your understanding of simple, compound, and complex sentence types. In each of your
body paragraphs, use one or more of each of the three types of sentences listed above.
____________ of 14 points
Use well-placed adjectives and adverbs in your sentences.
____________ of 7 points
Make sure your pronouns agree with your antecedents and that each one is close enough to its antecedent
so that you do not have a faulty pronoun reference.
____________ of 7 points
Show at least one example of parallel structure used correctly and meaningfully in the essay.
____________ of 7 points
(Note: The first 35 points relate to Targeted Writing Skills Assessments (TWSA).
Write a thesis sentence as your first sentence in Body 1 that begins like this:
In Disney’s 1994 movie The Lion King, Scar…OR In Disney’s 1994 movie The Lion King, Simba…
(according to whether you are writing about Scar or about Simba).
__________ of 10 points
(When you are typing your essay, place the movie’s title in italics; if you are handwriting it, underline the
title of the movie). Double space your lines and use Times New Roman, 12 point font.
Write every other line and front side only for your first handwritten draft THEN show evidence of
revision between the lines and on the back of the paper once we discuss revision strategies.
___________ of 10 points
Include some evidence from the movie concerning why each Archetype is that particular Archetype;
relate each to either Scar or Simba (according to your essay topic).
___________ of 20 points
Focus on one main Archetype for Simba OR one main Archetype for Scar but also include at least
TWELVE other Archetypes that connect to that character. You may also select Situation Archetypes
and Symbolic Archetypes as well as Character Archetypes. Make sure to analyze the character according
to the Archetypes and don’t write plot summary.
___________ of 25 points
Write and revise your essay in class time Tuesday and Wednesday; continue to revise as you type your
essay at home on Wednesday night. Type your own essay so that you can revise as you type – own it
yourself.
Type your essay on Wednesday night, print a copy of what you have typed, and bring that to class so that
you can revise your latest copy when I teach revision strategies on Thursday.
Give me the handwritten draft as well as the typed final, revised draft on Friday, September 27.
MAJOR GRADE for your essay:
_____________ of 100 points