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All rights reserved.  \nAssignment  \nThink about people who deserve status as heroes—from the past, from the present, from life, and from literature. What defines a hero? Write a multiparagraph essay that develops your definition of heroism. Be sure to use strategies of definition (function, example, and negation) to guide your writing.  \nPlanning and Prewriting: Take time to make a plan for your essay.  \n• Which activities and texts have you collected that will help you refine and expand your definition of a hero?  \n• What prewriting strategies (such as free writing or graphic organizers) could help you brainstorm ideas and organize your examples?  \nDrafting: Write a multi-paragraph essay that effectively organizes your ideas.  \n• How will you provide a hook, a bridge, and a thesis in the introduction?  \n• How will you use the strategies of definition (function, example, negation) in your support paragraphs?  \n• How will your conclusion demonstrate the significance of heroism and encourage readers to accept your definition?  \nEvaluating and Revising: Create opportunities to review and revise your work.  \n• During the process of writing, when can you pause to share and respond with others?  \n• What is your plan to include suggestions and revision ideas in your draft?  \n• How can the Scoring Guide help you evaluate how well your draft meets the requirements of the assignment?  \nChecking and Editing for Publication: Confirm that your final draft is ready for publication.  \n• How will you proofread and edit your draft to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage?  \n• What would be an engaging title for your essay?  \nReflection  \nAfter completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about accomplishing this task, and respond to the following:  \n• Explain how the activities in this unit helped prepare you for success in the Embedded Assessment.  \n• Which activities were especially helpful, and why?  \nmy Notes  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nUnit 1 • The Challenge of Heroism 87  \nembedded aSSeSSmeNT 2 continued  \nWriting a definition essay  \nSCORING GUIDE  \n| Scoring Criteria\u003Cbr>Ideas | Exemplary\u003Cbr>The essay\u003Cbr>• develops all three strategies of definition effectively to define a hero\u003Cbr>• maintains a precise and original thesis\u003Cbr>• integrates relevant supporting detail and evidence (quotes and paraphrases) with citations and commentary. | Proficient\u003Cbr>The essay\u003Cbr>• uses strategies of definition (function, example, negation) to define a hero\u003Cbr>• maintains a clear thesis\u003Cbr>• includes adequate supporting detail and evidence (quotes and paraphrases) with citations and commentary. | Emerging\u003Cbr>The essay\u003Cbr>• uses at least one strategy of definition to define a hero\u003Cbr>• has an unclear orunfocused thesis\u003Cbr>• includes inadequate supporting detail and evidence; may have inconsistent citations and/or weak commentary. | Incomplete\u003Cbr>The essay\u003Cbr>• does not define a hero using strategies of definition\u003Cbr>• has no discernible thesis\u003Cbr>• lacks supporting detail, citations, and/ or commentary. |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Structure | The essay\u003Cbr>• introduces the main idea with an engaging hook, bridge, and thesis\u003Cbr>• organizes ideas into focused support that strengthens the thesis\u003Cbr>• creates coherence with the purposeful use of a variety of transitions and topic sentences\u003Cbr>• provides an insightful conclusion. | The essay\u003Cbr>• introduces the topic with a relevant hook, bridge, and thesis\u003Cbr>• organizes ideas into support paragraphs that progress logically\u003Cbr>• creates coherence with the use of transitions and topic sentences\u003Cbr>• provides a conclusion that follows from the ideas presented. | The essay\u003Cbr>• includes an ineffective or partial introduction\u003Cbr>• has unrelated, undev","cbCaiedCnQHVgEKQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiedCnQHVgEKQ","pdf",552030,"English","# Assignment\n## Planning and Prewriting\n## Drafting\n## Evaluating and Revising\n## Checking and Editing for Publication\n## Reflection","[{\"question\":\"What strategies of definition must be used to define a hero?\",\"answer\":\"Use strategies of definition including function, example, and negation to guide the writing.\"},{\"question\":\"What should the essay introduction include?\",\"answer\":\"Provide a hook, a bridge, and a thesis in the introduction.\"},{\"question\":\"How should students evaluate and improve their draft?\",\"answer\":\"Review and revise by pausing to share and respond with others, include suggestions and revision ideas, and use the Scoring Guide to judge how well the draft meets the requirements.\"}]","Hero Definition Essay Assignment - Writing a definition essay | PDF",1790085200]