LA+8-+Essay+Assignment+Of+Mice+and+Men

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**__Of Mice and Men: Persuasive Paper __** Write a **five paragraph persuasive paper**, **font Times New Roman size 11** with a **minimum of 500** words and a maximum of 2000 words. Remember to include citations from your sources. Your essay will be on one of the following subjects: - **Is Lennie a realistic portrayal of an individual with special needs? ** - **Was it morally correct for George to kill Lennie at the end of the novel? ** - **Was Steinbeck’s life a major influence in his creation of //Of Mice and Men//? ** Remember you need to **provide** reasons and **evidence to justify your opinion**. You are responsible for finding, using, and referencing **at least two reputable sources** to use as evidence as either paraphrasing or direct quotes for your persuasive paper. Making a **works cited page** is also mandatory.
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 * __Checklist/marking outline with reminders and examples Total- /70

Essay Rubric /20

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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Preplanning /8 __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rough draft with revising and editing and checklist complete /5 __**

Effectively grabs the reader’s attention You can use any of these techniques: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">rhetorical question <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">relevant quote from an outside source <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">relevant quote from the story <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">fact or statistic <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">description of initial response to the work <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">shocking or amusing generalization Whichever method you use, ensure the attention grabber is relevant to the topic of your paper. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">author’s full name- John Steinbeck <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Title of the story- //Of Mice and Men// <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Brief plot summary Your thesis should consist of your topic and limiting ideas. Your thesis for this persuasive paper should make it clear which side of the controversy you are on. Example: The novel makes it clear that capital punishment is a bad idea and should not be practiced. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Each paragraph /5 They will each focus on one supporting detail for your thesis. They include: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Transitions- creating flow, organization, and sequencing of your paper /1 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Topic sentence- a sentence with a focus related to your thesis statement or limiting idea. For example: Your topic could be the killing of Lennie and your limiting idea could be whether it was right or wrong. /1 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Support- the rest of the paragraph should support your stance with reasons and references /2 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Comment- conclude each body paragraph by recapping on why what you wrote is important /1 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Restate or reword your thesis. /2 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Tie it all together. This is not a summary. You may need to use two sentences to remind your reader how you have shown them that they agree with you. /4 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Clincher **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">- end your paper with a short sentence that reinforces your argument. This is like the attention-grabber and can relate back to it. /2 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Works are cited in alphabetical order <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Works are cited using proper notation <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">All materials used are referenced <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Direct and paraphrased quotes are cited within essay <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Minimum of 3 references are cited, //Of Mice and Men// and two other research citations
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Introduction /9 __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Paragraph 1 is the introduction. It is used to do the following: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Grab attention **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> /2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Gives necessary information **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> /3
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Informs audience of your thesis / **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">4
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Body Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 /15 __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Paragraph 5- Conclusion /8 __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Works Cited page /5 __**