Everyone has class time to work independently on your essay.
Below is a copy of the handout from yesterday.
For those who have completed their assignment by the end of day on Monday, we will have a game / celebration day on Tuesday. For those who still need work on Tuesday, you will work with Ms. Walsh or in the office. However, I repeat that ALL ESSAYS ARE DUE ON TUESDAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER WHICH THEY ARE WORTH ONLY 50 points.
Please be mindful that if you did not complete the last Hamlet essay, you are failing, as it's the only writing assignment in the grade book; and this weighs in the 50% category. The "Room" essay will help you greatly. (Remember also that any late work can be turned in for 50 points, which is much better than the zero you have now.)
English III
Cumulative Assessment “A Room of One’s Own”
Assessed Standard(s)
RL.11-12.3
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Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding
how to develop and relate elements of a story or
drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is
ordered, how the characters are introduced and
developed).
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RI.11-12.2
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Determine two or more central ideas of a text and
analyze their development over the course of the
text, including how they interact and build on one
another to provide a complex analysis; provide an
objective summary of the text.
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Final Assessment for Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”
You have a choice of three different topics that have been differentiated in terms of
complexity and length. For all three, you will need to use your completed graphic
organizer for textual evidence. As well, make use of your annotations. All essays are
due at the end of class on Tuesday, November 24.. Work on this at home and study
halls for added time. There will be no extensions. Begin with a MLA heading.
Essay choice 1: the challenge
How are the central ideas of patriarchy and chastity developed through the
Shakespeare's character Ophelia and Judith in Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s
Own?”
Organize your ideas in outline form before you begin to write. Please turn
this in with your essay.
Details: minimum 5 paragraphs / minimum 500 words; include an introduction with
a hook sentence and clearly stated thesis.
Body paragraphs: focus on literary elements: character, plot, themes, tone and
rhetorical devices; (rhetorical questioning, parallelism, irony). Weave in textual evidence
when possible. Make sure each paragraph has a clear main idea, proof and an analysis
statement. Why is what you have just written significant? Consider family and societal
expectations.
Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is the
larger significance as related to your original thesis statement? Can you make a societal,
historical or cultural connection?
Essay 2:
How did Woolf’s fictional Judith fare under patriarchy, which is a system of society
or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from
it?
Begin by using your graphic organizer to complete the evidence collection tool. This will
allow you to collect the textual evidence for each of your paragraphs. This must be turned in with
your essay.
Details: minimum 5 paragraphs / 450 words; include an introduction with a hook sentence and
clearly stated thesis that incorporates three of the four topics you have researched: (voice, family,
chastity, mental health)
Body Paragraphs: for organizational purposes, focus only on one topic per body paragraph. Make
sure you have a clear thesis statement, proof, which may be text woven in your sentences, and an
analysis statement. The analysis statement must give a reason (how or why) what you just wrote is
significant.
Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is
the larger significance as related to your original thesis statement? Can you make a
societal, historical or cultural connection?
Essay 3:
Compare (emphasize the similarities) and contrast (emphasize the differences) between
Shakespeare’s life and that of the fictional Judith as described in her essay “A Room of One’s
Own.”
Begin by using the graphic organizer on Shakespeare’s & Judith’s lives. Select 4 of the 5 areas
and find textual examples. This must be turned in with your essay.
Details: minimum 400 words / 5 paragraphs; include an introduction with a hook sentence and
clearly stated thesis that incorporates four of the five topics you have researched: work, family,
relationships, entertainment and education.
Body Paragraphs: You will need to combine a couple of the topics into your body paragraphs. Make
sure you have a clear thesis statement, proof, which may be text woven in your sentences, and an
analysis statement. The analysis statement must give a reason (how or why) what you just wrote is
significant.
Conclude with an original concept, not a repetition of your introduction. What is the larger
significance as related to your original thesis statement? Can you make a societal, historical or
cultural connection?
Graphic organizer for essay selection 2
Evidence Collection Tool: Woolf
Prompt
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How did Woolf’s fictional Judith fare under patriarchy, which is a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it? Find evidence for 3 of the following: family duty, chastity, voice and mental health.
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Idea
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Text Evidence in A Room of One’s Own 1
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Text Evidence 2
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Graphic organizer for essay selection 3
Shakespeare’s and Judith’s life and opportunities
Shakespeare
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Judith
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work
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family
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education
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relationships
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entertainment
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