1100 3rd Block
Reflecting on Renaissance and Restoration and Enlightenment Units
Writing Options from Purple Text p. 504 from the English Renaissance
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Option One Love is the theme of many of the works in this unit: unrequited, lost love, bereavement, bonds
between parent and child, etc… Which work do you find most meaningful to today? In an essay examine
connections between the works and experiences you have had , witnessed or heard about.
Evaluation:
1. Essay demonstrates selected work’s theme is love
2. Essay demonstrates selected work is relevant to writer
3. Essay demonstrates how work is relevant in modern day
4. Grammar and spelling 0-2 errors
2. Option Three Recall John Donne’s quote, “ No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a
part of the main.” Choose two of your favorite writers from the this unit, other than Donne, and create a diary entry for each of
them in which you explore the writer’s reactions to the quotation. Then jot dot what it means to you.
Evaluation:
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Two writers other than Donne selected
Diary entries in voice of writer’s examine their thoughts about Donne’s quote
Student’s thoughts included
Grammar and spelling 0-2 errors
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Option One Some of the writers in the 17th and 18th century portrayed life as it was and others portrayed life as they
felt it should be. Choose two of the writers- one to represent each perspective. What does each reveal about how
people see themselves and others? Which had the greater impact on your understanding of humans and society?
Explain your choices in one or two paragraphs.
Evaluation:
1. Writers select represent each of the two perspectives
2. Examples noted reveal how people of the day saw themselves and others
3. Explains which writer had the greater impact and why
4. Grammar and spelling 0-2 errors
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Option Two Of all the literary forms covered in this non-fiction section: letters, diaries, essays, biographies, which did
you enjoy reading the most? Which gives you the clearest and most objective view of human nature? Make a chart of
each literary form and list one strength and one weakness for each.
Evaluation:
1. Identifies form student enjoys most and why.
2. Identifies the form that gives the clearest and most objective view of human nature.
3. Chart includes six forms and a valid strength and weakness for each.
4. Grammar and Spelling 0-2