In-Class Essay and Major Work Review

We'll finish off our unit on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on Monday with an in-class essay.  You may use your book ONLY during the essay.  You'll have 50-minutes to write, and you'll want to consider the following criteria for earning an advanced score (4):

40% --- STANDARD: Uses a clear, logical, purposeful, and effective structure
Description: Well-organized essay containing an introduction with a thesis that answers the prompt and gives a blueprint of where the author is going to take the reader.  Body paragraphs clearly support and add depth to the claim made in the introduction.  Conclusion provides a response to the "so what?" question

40% ---- STANDARD: Uses detailed and persuasive references to the text
Identifies the madness or the irrational behavior of a character and persuasively explains the nature of this delusion or eccentric behavior and how it might be judged reasonable in the context of the entire work. Using apt and specific textual illustrations but without belaboring the plot, they fully explore not only the nature of the character’s madness but also its significance to the work as a whole.

20% --- STANDARD: Uses correct grammar, spelling, and sentence construction
Most sentences are well-constructed; correct punctuation, spelling and capitalization are used.

Lastly, you'll want to complete your major work review for OFOCN, so you can consider the novel for one of your Fantastic 4 (or 5) novels for the AP open question.