English 11 H/IB Written Assignment

ENG4UW Written Assignment –Part 1: Works in Translation

You have already completed much of the process work for the written assignment, including the following for each of the Part I works:

 Interactive oral  Reflective Statement  Supervised Writing  A rough draft of an essay (in the 3UW exam?)

Next Step: Now you will write or polish an analytical, literary essay on one of the Part 1 works. The essay topic is one that you generate and develop from one of the supervised writing assignments done in class.

The final draft of your written assignment (essay plus reflective statement) is evaluated externally by IB and is worth 25% of your overall score for the course. You will conference with your teacher as you develop a working thesis.

Additional details:  Work submitted: Literary essay 1,200–1,500 words (assessed) on ONE work from part 1, plus relevant reflective statement 300–400 words (assessed)  If the word limit is exceeded, the assessment of the reflective statement will be based on the first 400 words and the assessment of the essay on the first 1,500 words.  Your topic MUST be based on one of your pieces of supervised writing. There must be an apparent connection between the supervised writing and the final essay (or as the IB document says The link between the final choice of title and the supervised writing does not have to be direct, but there must be a recognizable germ of an idea that can be tracked.), although you provide your own title and develop the chosen prompt in an independent direction.  A combined mark out of 25 is to be awarded for the reflective statement and the literary essay, based on five assessment criteria (A-E) (see assessment chart for Written Assignment)

Below are examples of prompts for the supervised writing, showing how that prompt could be applied to a specific work and developed into a suitable essay title:

Prompt How are different voices used to express thoughts and feelings? What effect do these have on your responses to the poems? Work Selected poems of Derek Walcott Essay title Allegiance and identity in the poems of Derek Walcott

Prompt Do you think there are some characters in the work whose chief role is to convey cultural values? Work Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez Essay title The Vicario brothers as champions of honour

Prompt Identify one or more symbol, motif or strand of imagery. What role do they play in the work? Work Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Essay title The contrasting roles of ice and snow in Dr Zhivago

Prompt How do external and internal structures work together? Work Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Essay title Conveying a sense of Purpose in Waiting for Godot

The titles demonstrate the degree of focus for this assignment. Your title should closely relate to your thesis, which could be your title stated as a complete sentence. Topics must be individual; no two students should have the same title, thesis, or focus.

You must use MLA format for the essay. Evidence must be well integrated using parenthetical referencing. Provide a Works Cited. You will be submitting the essay to www.turnitin.com. English A HL Written Assignment: Assessment Chart B: Knowledge and C: Appreciation of D: Organization E: Language understanding the writer’s choices and development How clear, varied, and accurate is the language? How effectively has To what extent does How effectively have How appropriate is the choice of register, style, and terminology? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s the student used the the student the ideas been use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure, and terminology appropriate to the task.) topic and the essay appreciate how the organized, and how to show knowledge writer’s choices of well are references and understanding of form, structure, to the works the chosen work? technique, and style integrated into the shape meaning?? development of the ideas?

0 The work does not 0 The work does not 0 The work does not 0 reach a standard reach a standard reach a standard described by the described by the described by the descriptors below. descriptors below. descriptors below. 1-2 Some knowledge but 1-2 Some mention but 1 Some attempt at 1 little understanding little appreciation organization/little The essay shows some (There is some use of examples knowledge but little mention, but little (There is some attempt understanding of the appreciation, of the to organize ideas, but work used for the ways in which little use of examples assignment. language, structure, from the works used.) technique, and style shape meaning.)

3-4 3-4 2 Superficial 2 Sometimes clear and carefully chosen language with fair degree of Knowledge and Adequate organization and accuracy understanding/some appreciation development/some (Language is sometimes clear and carefully chosen; grammar, vocabulary, insight There is adequate integrated examples and sentence construction are fairly accurate, although errors and The essay shows appreciation of the (Ideas are superficially inconsistencies are apparent; the register and style are to some extent knowledge and ways in which organized and appropriate to the task.) understanding of, and language, structure, developed, with some some insight into, the technique, and style integrated examples work used for the shape meaning. from the works used.) assignment. 3 Adequate 3 Clear and carefully chosen language with adequate degree of accuracy organization and (Language is clear and carefully chosen, with an adequate degree of development/approp accuracy in grammar, vocabulary, and sentence construction despite some riately integrated lapses; register and style are mostly appropriate to the task.) examples (Ideas are adequately organized and developed, with appropriately integrated examples from the works used.) 5 - 6 5-6 4 Effective 4 Clear and carefully chosen language with good degree of accuracy Detailed knowledge Excellent organization and (Language is clear and carefully chosen, with a good degree of accuracy on and understanding/ appreciation development/well- grammar, vocabulary, and sentence construction; register and style are perceptive insight There is excellent integrated examples consistently appropriate to the task.) The essay shows appreciation of the (Ideas are effectively detailed knowledge ways in which organized and and understanding of, language, structure, developed, with well- and perceptive insight techniques, and style integrated examples into, the work used for shape meaning. from the works used.) the assignment. 5 Persuasive 5 Very clear, effective, carefully chosen and precise language with a high organization and degree of accuracy (Language is very clear, effective, carefully chosen development/effectiv and precise, with a high degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary, and ely integrated sentence construction; register and style are effective and appropriate to the examples (Ideas are task. persuasively organized and developed, with effectively integrated examples from the works used.)