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Name: _Vergil S__________________ Date: April 9, 2013 Hour: 8th TFA PART III SUMMATIVE WRITING ASSESSMENT Instructions: Write a well-developed, multi-paragraph response that connects Part III of

Things Fall Apart to one of the essential questions. DO NOT USE THE ESSENTIAL
QUESTION YOU SELECTED FOR PART II.
Essential questions

1. What conditions, attitudes, and beliefs have allowed colonizers to feel justified in repressing indigenous cultures? 2. What conditions, attitudes, and beliefs among indigenous peoples have made it possible to repress their cultures? 3. What advantages and disadvantages does colonization offer to and impose upon colonized people, as a group? 4. How are individuals among both the colonizers and the colonized affected by the process? 5. How do we, as individuals, determine what is morally right and wrong? 6. How do writers choices shape meaning? 7. What is the value of creating literature about the effects of an historical event long after those have happened? Standards Assessed
1.1 Determine a theme or central idea and analyze its development 1.7 Analyze a particular viewpoint or cultural experience from outside the United States 2.1 Offer a claim and support it with relevant evidence 2.4 Demonstrate command of language that included conventions and style

Excellent end of section analyses Show clear and thoughtful insight into the text. Show an awareness of the concepts of cultural relativity and ethnocentrism. Make a claim and fully support it with explanation, textual details, and textual examples. Are carefully written, conform to the conventions of standard written English, and use academic voice.