A: Knowledge and Understanding of the Text and Extract
I'd give myself a 7-8 because I feel as though I referenced the historical context of the play as a whole and some of the holistic elements as well as the significance and content of my excerpt.
B: Understanding of Use and Effects of Literary Features
I'd give myself a 5-6 because although I mentioned a lot of literary features, I feel like they lacked strength in terms of how I utilized textual evidence and the effect.
C: Organization
I'd give myself a 4 because I focused a lot on my organization but I sometimes let my brain wander in connecting thoughts on my paper when I was discussing my analysis out-loud.
D: Language
I'd give myself a 3 which is mostly because I feel like I wasn't able to show my depth of understanding for the use of language. It's just frustrating because I feel like I try really hard but sometimes that makes me force a (weak) connection between the elements I see and what effects I see. I believe this is brought out in oral assessments as I am unable to look back and edit my lack of clarity.
Amy G.
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot of what you said in your self-assessment. Some notes/ feedback:
Remember that the "language" part (D) is your language- your pacing is appropriate; I think you are casual at times, but I do not think this should be a concern.
As far as organization, keep looping back to a purpose statement (ex: the purpose of the passage is to convey a theme of _______ through.......) at the beginning or end of each section of your commentary.
Love that you remembered equivocations!
Make sure you are really thinking about meaning and effect...how does the device create meaning and effect? Macbeth is hard because students often think they are analyzing when really all they are doing is paraphrasing/translating. Watch out; I noticed it here.
Review the lit terms in your packet- try to use those as a foundation and think about why those...why would Shakespeare use those over anything else?