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The Road Argumentative Essay

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How does movement shape a culture?

 

After reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy on a post-apocalyptic world, write an essay that argues the causes of cannibalism and explains the effect on the culture of their society. What conclusions can you draw? Support your discussion with evidence from the texts.

 

 

Honors English 10

Anstreicher, Brandi

Antonitis, Meghan

Blomquist, Krista

Brown, Abigail

Bruckart, Briana

Cather, Chloe

Crowder, Molly

Frederick, Abigail

Gibson, Victoria

Hendrickson, Ben

Kirksey, Jaleaha

Leonard, Derek

Lynch, Sean

Marshall, Hayden

McClune, Jason

McMahan, Devyn

Moran, Jessica

Pugh, Jamika

Ray, Griffin

Ryan, Tabor

Samuel, Monique

Sargent, Alexis

Trimble, Devinn

Warfield, Logan

 

English 10

Cook, Dwight

Cooper, Ethan

Cyphers, Jacob

Davis, Stephen

Dill, Zach

Fromosky, Cory

Lafontaine, Nicole

Magaw, Casey

Martin, Daniel

Maxwell, Morgan

Penwell, Jordan

Perez, Alberto

Pierce, Chelsea

Racine, James

Raftery, Tim

Rea, John

Reddig, Mason

Scalone, Jacob

Scheffey, Jonathan

Tabannor, Adalia

Vanover, Jeffrey

Whitt, Allison

 

This rubric will be placed on your page to present your grade.

Elements of the Essay Points Possible Notes regarding your performance

Focus

-Addresses all aspects of the prompt

-Argues the causes of cannibalism and explains the effect on the culture of their society

/4  

Controlling idea

-Thesis is clear in the introduction

-Thesis makes a clear argument about what causes cannibalism and how it effects culture

-Develops claims and counter claims fairly

/4  

Reading/Research

-Accurately presents details from the text

-Appropriately includes quotes from the text

-Quotes Integrated into sentences

-Information Cited Appropriately

/4  

Development

-Adds depth to initial ideas

-Goes beyond just the information from the text and informational sources

-Develops support for your argument and addresses counterclaims clearly

-Uses support to identify how it effects culture

/4  

Organization
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Presents the organizational structure

-Introduction with thesis

-Body Paragraphs (2-3 as deemed appropriate)

-Conclusion

/4  

Conventions

-No grammar errors are apparent

-Formal Language is used (No contractions, No 1st or 2nd person pronouns)

/4  

Content

-Integrates information from our unit Movement

-Focuses on the idea of change and adaptation

/4  
Total /28  

 

 

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