I just finished evaluating the writing prompt portion of the final. As I still have some make-ups occurring after break, I cannot go into too much detail on this blog.
For an overview -- and this does not give anything away as to the content on the final -- the highest scores understood the complexities of BOTH poems. Looking at the two texts, one poem's meaning is very apparent and all of you jumped right on its feelings and strategies. However, one of the poems had a more layered approach - which we will discuss during class on Thursday - that a close, close, close reading would find.
In addition, as with all poetry prompts, the identification and analysis of poetry devices and structure aids all essays.
Last note, how you present your ideas creates the difference from a 5-6 to a 7, 8, 9. While this may seem minor, active verb choice sets your writing apart from the thesis statement onto the body paragraphs. We will work on this and other presentation elements (Punctuation?) during the next three writing prompts we will be accomplishing in class (yes, I have a plot of the next month already gestating on Post-It notes on my dining room table).
If you did not peruse the last blog, your book card for The Cherry Orchard will be due on Friday instead of the day we return to class. You are more than welcome to have it for Thursday, but we will not have time to start the play's overview and discussion until Friday's class. I just found my copy of The Cherry Orchard from college -- my professor was actually in the drama department so I learned about the performance aspect as well from characterization, themes, and literary devices of plays.
Happy New Year! I hope you will enjoy second semester and all of our texts!
P.S. The final writing prompt resulted in two 9 scores. A pleasure to read the writings of SH (2) and AS (4) today.
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