English 101
Harmony at Home: The Myth of the Model American Family
Sources required to complete this assignment:
“The Color of Family Ties” by Gerstel and Sarkisian
Click on this link:”An Indian Story” by Roger Jack or use this address:
https://eng101asu.files.wordpress.com/2014: 2024 – Essay Writing Service. Custom Essay Services Cheap/03/an-indian-story.pdf
and
“Looking for Work” by Gary Soto
“Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt” by Melvin Dixon
Writing Prompt
In “The Color of Family Ties,” Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian assert that traditional nuclear families (like the one depicted in Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Fear) are not the only ones capable of supportive relationships and strong family connections. For this essay, you will analyze three nontraditional families to discover which family illustrates the most supportive relationships and strongest family ties. Specifically, you will analyze and contrast Roger Jack’s family as depicted in “An Indian Story” along with the family depicted in Gary Soto’s memoir and Melvin Dixon’s poem and argue with textual evidence which of these unconventional and nontraditional families offers the best illustration of supportive relationships and strong family ties.
Essay Guidelines
Your essay must:
Be 5-7 complete pages in length of analytical expository writing (excluding the Works Cited page)
Offer a clear thesis as last sentence of first paragraph
Start subsequent paragraphs with topic sentences
Directly quote at least once from Gerstel and Sarkisian’s essay
Directly quote sufficient textual evidence from Jack’s essay and from the other selection you have chosen. (You should have about 5-6 quotations from Jack’s essay and 3-4 quotations from the other selections)
Explain how these cited passages work as evidence for your claims
End with a Works Cited page
Have minimal or no errors in punctuation and grammar
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Finally:
In the upper left hand corner:
Name
Professor Muñoz
English 101
21 September 2017
Rubric
Essay 1 on American FamiliesEssay 1 on American FamiliesCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction/ThesisExceeds: Intro engages reader, introduces texts and authors, and ends with a thesis that clearly states why one of the families exhibits the strongest family ties and emotional connections. Thesis exhibits analytical thinking and complexity.20.0 ptsMeets: Intro leads reader to the thesis; thesis clearly stated and contains a position and a rationale but one or the other may not be effective;exhibits some analytical thinking, and the texts, authors and issues are referenced.17.0 ptsNeeds Improvement: Intro leads to thesis; thesis lacks clarity and analytical thinking; texts and authors may be named. Template for intro paragraph may not have been followed and some elements are missing.15.0 ptsDoes Not Meet: Intro is underdeveloped and the thesis may be missing. Authors, texts and issues not referenced.0.0 pts20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEvidence/AnalysisExceeds: Student has carefully selected the best evidence and passages are contextualized and smoothly integrated using signal phrases. Cited passages are rigorously interpreted and the interpretations are insightful.25.0 ptsMeets: May offer an uneven analysis. Student may offer sufficient evidence but not the strongest evidence. Student offers commentary but it is not consistently insightful or sometimes absent. Perhaps evidence is provided for some subpoints but not for others. Cited passages may be inconsistently integrated.21.0 ptsNeeds Improvement: Some passages may be cited but are not smoothly integrated. And/or student may offer evidence but commentary lacks insight and is mostly obvious or trite. And/or student does not offers sufficient textual evidence. Some cited passages may not support the thesis or the topic sentence.19.0 ptsDoes Not Meet: Very little evidence is provided.0.0 pts25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganizationExceeds: Student follows the paragraph outline given in the modules. Each paragraph opens with a topic sentence that indicates what the paragraph will prove and relates back to thesis. Thoughtful conclusion.25.0 ptsMeets: Student follows the paragraph outline but some paragraphs may lack topic sentences or some topic sentences do not relate to the thesis. Adequate conclusion.21.0 ptsNeeds Improvement: Student follows paragraph outline but too many paragraphs lack adequate or focused topic sentences. May have an inadequate conclusion.18.0 ptsDoes Not Meet: Student does not follow the paragraph outline given in the module for this assignment.0.0 pts25.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStyle, Grammar, Mechanics, and SpellingExceeds: Formal tone is maintained throughout the paper.There are few or no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar or spelling.20.0 ptsMeets: Formal tone for the most part. There are errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling.17.0 ptsNeeds Improvement: May use an informal tone in some places. There are several errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, or spelling.15.0 ptsDoes Not Meet: May use an informal tone. There are many serious errors in mechanics, usage, grammar and spelling.0.0 pts20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAce tutors for Research Essay Pro UK Writings – APA FormatExceeds: Student uses Ace tutors for Research Essay Pro UK Writings – APA format correctly and cites all quoted passages correctly. In addition, the entries on the Works Cited page are formatted correctly.10.0 ptsMeets: Student uses Ace tutors for Research Essay Pro UK Writings – APA correclty most of the time; cites all quoted passages correctly. Works cited page is, for the most part, formatted correctly.8.0 ptsNeeds Improvement: Some effort made to follow Ace tutors for Research Essay Pro UK Writings – APA guidelines but there are numerous errors either with the paper’s format, or there are numerous errors on the Works Cited page.6.0 ptsDoes Not Meet: Student does not use correct Ace tutors for Research Essay Pro UK Writings – APA format and/or does not cite quoted passages; there may be evidence of plagiarism. Works Cited page has numerous errors or no Works Cited page is included.0.0 pts10.0 pts
Total Points: 100.0
