Animal Farm 8-11 Sentence Paragraph Analysis
Directions: Using your paragraph you wrote last Friday and the form below, determine the efficacy of the following:
I.
II.
III.
Format-- How closely did I follow it?
Transitions-- How often and meaningfully did I use them?
Substance-- How well do my CDs and CMs work together to support my thesis?
Sentence 1: Thesis: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentence, and an X beside each that does not:
Names the BOOK _____, GENRE _____, AUTHOR ______, CHARACTER/EVENT OF PARALLEL _____.
Sentence 2: 1st Concrete Detail: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentence, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains a TRANSITION WORD ______, DIRECT QUOTE FROM TEXT ______
Sentence 3: First sentence of commentary for CD #1: Record yours:
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Sentence 4: Second sentence of commentary for CD #1: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentences, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains at least 1 transition word/phrase: ______
What are they? _______________________________; _________________________________
Do both sentence succeed in explaining how the concrete detail in sentence 2 supports some aspect of the thesis?
Yes _____; Not really ________; I’m not sure _______
Sentence 5: 2nd Concrete Detail: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentence, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains a TRANSITION WORD ______; DIRECT QUOTE FROM TEXT ______
Sentence 6: First sentence of commentary for CD #1: Record yours:
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Sentence 7: Second sentence of commentary for CD #1: Record yours:
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentences, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains at least 1 transition word/phrase: ______
What are they? _______________________________; _________________________________
Do both sentence succeed in explaining how the concrete detail in sentence 2 supports some aspect of the thesis?
Yes _____;
Not really ________;
I’m not sure _______
IF YOU WROTE AN 11-SENTENCE PARAGRAPH, SKIP THIS “SENTENCE 8.”
Sentence 8: Concluding Sentence—IF YOU WROTE AN 8-SENTENCE PARAGRAPH ONLY: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentences, and an X beside each that does not:
Begins with a transitional word/phrase: ______
What is it? ________________________________
Does your concluding sentence refer back to and reiterate your thesis WITHOUT repeating it verbatim (word for
word)?
Yes ______;
Not well _____;
I’m not sure ______
If you wrote an 11-sentence paragraph, continue below:
Sentence 5: 3rd Concrete Detail: Record yours:
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentence, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains a TRANSITION WORD ______, DIRECT QUOTE FROM TEXT ______
Sentence 9: First sentence of commentary for CD #1: Record yours:
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Sentence 10: Second sentence of commentary for CD #1: Record yours:
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentences, and an X beside each that does not:
Contains at least 1 transition word/phrase: ______
What are they? _______________________________; _________________________________
Do both sentence succeed in explaining how the concrete detail in sentence 2 supports some aspect of the thesis?
Yes _____; Not really ________; I’m not sure _______
Sentence 11: Concluding Sentence: (Record yours):
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Place a check beside each of these that apply to your sentences, and an X beside each that does not:
Begins with a transitional word/phrase: ______
What is it? ________________________________
Does your concluding sentence refer back to and reiterate your thesis WITHOUT repeating it verbatim (word for
word)?
Yes ______;
Not well _____;
I’m not sure ______
RATE YOUR ESSAY according to these scores: 1, 2, 3—3 being the high score, 2 being average, and 1 being
insufficient:
Format:
1
2
3
Use of Transitions
1
2
3
Substance
1
2
3