What is Barbara Lazear Ascher's purpose in authoring "The Box Man"? In other words, what are the big ideas she wants readers to walk away with and continue to think about beyond the passage and in their own lives?
Respond with a minimum of one College Ready body paragraph and integrate at least 2 pieces of evidence to support your reasoning..
***Be sure to read the posts before you and build off of them if you respond later in the thread.
CLASS NORMS:
1) Share your ideas--Be original! Test out your own interpretations of the text. We don't need to know what Spark Notes says. We want to know what you think. Figure out what is the meaning of the work as a whole. Don't repeat what has already been said.
2) Ask questions--Treat this like a Socratic seminar. You can ask clarifying questions, but we'll benefit far more from rigorous, open-ended questions.
3) Include evidence--Support your reading of the text with quotes. Remember to cite!
4) Be college ready--This isn't a text, Facebook, Instagram, or Snap Chat. Though you may be responding on your phone, please maintain an academic style of writing. We are preparing you to post on class forums and discussion boards in college.
HOLISTIC RUBRIC:
10 = Writing is clear, insightful, and has a sense of complexity. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes appropriate, specific, and sufficient evidence that supports the main idea. Ideas are well developed and fully explained. Analysis is deep, original, and complex. Avoids merely summarizing. An impressive control of language with academic and professional style. Writes at least 5-8 sentences.
9/8 = Writing is clear, insightful, but not as complex as a 5. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes appropriate, specific, and sufficient evidence that supports the main idea. Ideas are developed and mostly explained. Analysis expresses strong ideas and avoids merely summarizing. Clear control of language with academic and professional style. Writes at least 5-8 sentences.
7 = Writing is mostly clear, but not complex. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes relevant evidence, but may not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with some success. Analysis expresses a developing idea, but may rely on summary. There are some lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 5 sentences.
6 = Writing is mostly simple and lacks complexity. Touches on the main point that will be discussed but avoids answering the question or building on another post. Response includes relevant evidence, but does not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with little success. Analysis is mostly summary. There are many lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 5 sentences.
5-1 = Writing is mostly simple. Avoids answering the question or building on another post. May be off topic. Response includes some evidence, but does not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with little success. There is very little analysis. There are many lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 3-5 sentences.
0 = Did not post a response or response is off topic.
Respond with a minimum of one College Ready body paragraph and integrate at least 2 pieces of evidence to support your reasoning..
***Be sure to read the posts before you and build off of them if you respond later in the thread.
CLASS NORMS:
1) Share your ideas--Be original! Test out your own interpretations of the text. We don't need to know what Spark Notes says. We want to know what you think. Figure out what is the meaning of the work as a whole. Don't repeat what has already been said.
2) Ask questions--Treat this like a Socratic seminar. You can ask clarifying questions, but we'll benefit far more from rigorous, open-ended questions.
3) Include evidence--Support your reading of the text with quotes. Remember to cite!
4) Be college ready--This isn't a text, Facebook, Instagram, or Snap Chat. Though you may be responding on your phone, please maintain an academic style of writing. We are preparing you to post on class forums and discussion boards in college.
HOLISTIC RUBRIC:
10 = Writing is clear, insightful, and has a sense of complexity. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes appropriate, specific, and sufficient evidence that supports the main idea. Ideas are well developed and fully explained. Analysis is deep, original, and complex. Avoids merely summarizing. An impressive control of language with academic and professional style. Writes at least 5-8 sentences.
9/8 = Writing is clear, insightful, but not as complex as a 5. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes appropriate, specific, and sufficient evidence that supports the main idea. Ideas are developed and mostly explained. Analysis expresses strong ideas and avoids merely summarizing. Clear control of language with academic and professional style. Writes at least 5-8 sentences.
7 = Writing is mostly clear, but not complex. Presents the main point that will be discussed by answering the question or building on another post. Response includes relevant evidence, but may not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with some success. Analysis expresses a developing idea, but may rely on summary. There are some lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 5 sentences.
6 = Writing is mostly simple and lacks complexity. Touches on the main point that will be discussed but avoids answering the question or building on another post. Response includes relevant evidence, but does not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with little success. Analysis is mostly summary. There are many lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 5 sentences.
5-1 = Writing is mostly simple. Avoids answering the question or building on another post. May be off topic. Response includes some evidence, but does not support the main idea. Attempts to develop ideas with little success. There is very little analysis. There are many lapses in control of the language. Writes at least 3-5 sentences.
0 = Did not post a response or response is off topic.