Descriptive Essay

Prompt and Evaluation. Write an essay describing your neighborhood. Be sure to include a description of the neighborhood as a whole, one special place that typifies the neighborhood and one special person who typifies the people that live in your neighborhood. What you choose to focus on should make a statement about your neighborhoods character and what it is like to live there. 1. Dissect the prompt using a !"hart. o Do Words #"ircle in prompt$ ask #%nderline in prompt$

&. 'eview rubric for evaluation. ( credit will be awarded for meeting all of the following criteria) *ssay reveals true character of the neighborhood by completely addressing the prompt using interesting and meaningful concrete details to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful syntax is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful word choice is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. B credit will be awarded for meeting any of the following criteria) *ssay reveals true character of the neighborhood by completely addressing the prompt using interesting and meaningful concrete details to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful syntax is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful word choice is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. " credit will be awarded for meeting the following criterion) *ssay describes the neighborhood, completely addressing the prompt using concrete details. +ne letter grade will be deducted for each of the following deficiencies) ,ailure to format essay in accordance with -.( guidelines. ,ailure to describe the neighborhood as a whole using concrete details. ,ailure to describe a special place in the neighborhood using concrete details. ,ailure to describe a special person in the neighborhood using concrete details. ,ailure to use clear topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs. "onfusing organi/ation. Word choice, spelling or grammar errors including vague pronoun usage. 0roblems with coherence. ,ocused .earning argets 1 address all parts of a prompt. 1 can use clear topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs. 1 describe the important concrete details people need to clearly understand my topic. 1 choose sentence structures that clarify my descriptions and emphasi/e important details. 1 choose words that clarify my descriptions and emphasi/e important details. 1 use 2tandard *nglish conventions.

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Prewriting. "omplete the following activities to in preparation for writing your essay. 1. 2ub3ect 2tatement. 1n one paragraph, describe what your will focus on about your neighborhood to make a statement about its character and what it is like to live there. hen e4plain why you will focus on those places and people. &. Brain 2torm. .ist the sub3ects of your essay in a word or two5 then, without considering how they are related, list words that come to mind. 6. hought "luster. 1n the center of a piece of paper, name the sub3ect of your essay. "luster what you will focus on around that sub3ect. (dd ideas that come to mind when you consider your focus topics. 'epeat this process adding concrete details.

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Descriptive Essay Prompt. Write an essay describing your neighborhood. Be sure to include a description of the neighborhood as a whole, one special place that typifies the neighborhood and one special person who typifies the people that live in your neighborhood. What you choose to focus on should make a statement about your neighborhoods character and what it is like to live there. Writing. 1. Write your heading. Write your name, teacher, class, period row and date using the e4ample below as a guide. Be sure to double space. -argarita :. *spino/a -r. 2eals *nglish 1;0, 0eriod < 1= 2eptember &>>= &. Write your title. 6. Write the introduction. opic 2entence. 2tate your topic sentence in a clear and meaningful. ,ocus 0oints. 2tate the focus points you will describe to make a statement about your neighborhoods character and what it is like to live there. ;. Write the body of your essay. 1n a topic sentence, identify the focus point for the paragraph. Describe the focus point in carefully chosen detail. 1. Write the conclusion. -ake a statement as to why your neighborhood is special and what it is like to grow up there.

Descriptive Essay First eview! Format" #tructure and Concrete Detail $ ight %argin&. Format) ?eading, title and spacing. 1. "heck the ?eading circling any problems. -argarita :. *spino/a -r. 2eals *nglish 1;0, 0eriod < 1= 2eptember &>>= &. "heck that the title is centered and spaced properly. 6. "heck the spacing and indentation of paragraphs. 1n right margin, note any mistakes. 'rgani(ation and Concrete Detail. 1. %nderline the topic sentence at the beginning of each paragraph or indicate if a topic sentence is missing in the 'ight margin ne4t to the flawed body paragraph. &. @ame and number concrete details in the right margin. 6. Bo4 names of concrete details that are meaningful in terms of revealing the true character of the neighborhood. #econd eview! #entence #tructure and Word Choice $)eft %argin&. 1. %nderline sentences whose structure emphasi/es important details. &. %nderline word choices that emphasi/e important details. *hird eview! Coherence" Word Choice and Writing Conventions $+ottom Center&. 1. 'ead through the essay and circle any sentences or parts of a sentence you feel are confusing. &. 'ead through the essay and circle any words that you feel are used incorrectly. 6. 'ead through the essay and circle any errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar.

Descriptive Essay evision 1. 'evise the essay making correcting problems found during the peer edit. &. ?ave a parent or other adult read and edit your essay. 6. 'evise the essay making correcting problems found during the parent edit. Be sure to have the editor sign your essay in the upper right!hand corner indicating that you made the changes that were recommended. ;. ype the final draft of your essay. he essay must be double!spaced, 1& point font #preferably imes @ew 'oman$, one inch margins with proper headings and numbering. 0lease do not use a cover page or portfolio, simply number each page and staple them together in the upper!left corner.

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Descriptive Essay #u,mission -uide. Focused )earning *arget 1 address all parts of a prompt. Evidence @ame each section of your essay as it is addressed in the body of your essay by writing the name of the section where it begins. Description neighborhood. 2pecial place. 2pecial person. %nderline the topic sentence of each paragraph.

1 can use clear topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs.

1 describe the important details people need to clearly understand my topic.

1n the right margin of the essay, name and number the concrete details in each body paragraph. Bo4 the names that are interesting or meaningful in terms of revealing the true character of your neighborhood. %nderline sentences whose structure emphasi/es important details.

1 choose sentence structures that clarify my descriptions and emphasi/e important details. 1 choose words that clarify my descriptions and emphasi/e important details. 1 use the conventions of 2tandard *nglish without errors in coherence, word choice, spelling, punctuation, grammar or pronoun usage.

%nderline sentences whose structure emphasi/es important details.

"orrect any errors in coherence, word choice, spelling, punctuation, grammar or pronoun usage. "ircle your corrections.

0lace a checkmark by the descriptors that apply to the essay. ( credit will be awarded for meeting all of the following criteria) *ssay reveals true character of the neighborhood by completely addressing the prompt using interesting and meaningful concrete details to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful syntax is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful word choice is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. B credit will be awarded for meeting any of the following criteria) *ssay reveals true character of the neighborhood by completely addressing the prompt using interesting and meaningful concrete details to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful syntax is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. Artful word choice is used to reveal true character of the neighborhood. " credit will be awarded for meeting the following criterion) *ssay describes the neighborhood, completely addressing the prompt using concrete details. +ne letter grade will be deducted for each of the following deficiencies) ,ailure to format essay in accordance with -.( guidelines. ,ailure to describe the neighborhood as a whole using concrete details. ,ailure to describe a special place in the neighborhood using concrete details. ,ailure to describe a special person in the neighborhood using concrete details. ,ailure to use clear topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs. "onfusing organi/ation. Word choice, spelling or grammar errors including vague pronoun usage.

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