Title: Literary Analysis Essay Final Copy Submission
Course: BC - English First Peoples 12 - XT - 1.0.0.0 > Section: Unit 5: Literature Circles

Submit your Literary Analysis Essay Final Copy here.

Be sure that you have responded adequately to all of the feedback given to your teacher and read through your essay one final time out loud to be sure you have done your best work.

Literary Analysis Essay Rubric

 | Insufficient Evidence | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending
 | 0 |  | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Analysis of novel | Not Complete | My essay demonstrates an inadequate comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide too few supporting details, or details are irrelevant. My interpretation may be flawed. | My essay demonstrates an adequate comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide a few supporting details, and my interpretation is simple and straightforward. | My essay demonstrates an adept comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide several relevant supporting details, and my interpretation is thoughtful and accurate. | My essay demonstrates a sophisticated comprehension of the novel and a deep understanding of its themes. I provide exceptional supporting details, and my interpretation is insightful.
Quality of ideas | Not Complete | My essay is scattered or disjointed with no defined central idea or little evidence of reflection. The language I use is confusing, and my writer's voice may not be distinguishable. | My essay is loosely unified around a central idea with some evidence of reflection. The language I use supports the ideas, but my writer’s voice may be inconsistent or unclear. | My essay is unified around a well-defined idea with strong evidence of reflection. The language I use supports the ideas with a consistent writer’s voice. | My essay is unified around a profound idea with clear evidence of careful reflection. The language I use supports the ideas seamlessly with a mature and confident writer’s voice.
Follows formal essay format | Not Complete | My essay is not adequately formatted or has too many elements missing, creating an unacceptable essay. | My essay is adequately formatted but may be missing key essential elements, or the elements do not add to the message, creating a basic, but acceptable essay. | My essay is well-formatted and includes most of the essential elements of a formal essay. The elements generally add to the message, creating a thorough and thoughtful essay. | My essay is well-formatted and includes all of the essential elements of a formal essay. The elements add to the message, creating a sophisticated and powerful essay.
Conventions: Complete sentences, spelling, punctuation, grammar, paragraph format. | Not Complete | My writing has frequent errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that interfere with its meaning. I did not use MLA formatting properly, or my works-cited page is missing. | My writing has several errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that may interfere with meaning. I have missed several elements of proper MLA formatting, or my works-cited page may be incomplete. | My writing may have a few errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that do not interfere with its meaning. I generally use MLA formatting properly, and I have included a works-cited page. | My writing is virtually error-free, with outstanding grammar, spelling, and use of conventions. I use MLA formatting properly, and I included a complete and properly formatted works-cited page.
Total: /40