Seniors!!!

Would you like to see a scored Paper 1 essay? Well, good news. I have this Paper One Standard Level essay for you to consider. Unlike our Higher Level Literature course, this Standard Level exam provides two guiding questions. You will see those questions at the top of the typed response. Give it a read and notice the following:

• the writer’s use of evidence from the passage (lots of concrete details!)
• commentary on the writer’s choices and techniques
• use of the writer’s name in several paragraphs
• an evaluation of the effects of those choices
• “foil”, narrative voice, word choice, and tone (literary concepts)

The essay scored a 17/20, which is a very high score. Please consider reviewing these Paper 1 Standard Level Examiner Comments for the sample essay. Download the Paper 1 Rubric here..

Please keep in mind that Monday’s Paper One exam assesses your ability to:

• show  understanding of either the prose passage or poem through well-supported interpretation
• identify language usage, structure, style, and technique employed by the author
• discuss the effects that arise for the author’s choices
• present your ideas in a formally organized and coherently developed piece of writing

For more information about how to approach writing a literary commentary, please refer to this document, which we discussed in class: What is literary commentary

If you would like to review ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF PAPER ONE AND PAPER TWO EXAMS CLICK HERE.

I look forward to seeing you bright and early Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. in front of room J1.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Coey

p.s. If you need to brush up on your idioms, metaphors, and litotes, be sure to check out this resource @ http://literarydevices.net/

p.p.s Should the need arise, please contact me at jccoey@gmail.com or by phone 916-284-7673