ACE Writing Strategy

​Unit 2

Essay​

Literary Analysis

​Unit 2 Essay

​Checklist

Step 1: Graphic Organizer- Plan out your essay (15 points)

Step 2: Rough Draft- Submit for feedback from Mrs. Cook (15 points)

Step 3: Final Draft - Has been edited and revised (30 points)

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Bonus: Completion grade​ for all 3 parts (worth 10 points)

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​Unit 2 Essay Prompt

​Like Martin from “The Medicine Bag” and Marta from “The Scholarship Jacket,” you have changed because of important people in your life. Choose either Martin or Marta, and write an essay in which you explain how the character changed because of an important person.

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Then compare this to the influence an important person has had in your life. Be sure to use evidence to support your response.

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​Break down the prompt

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1. Choose to write about Martin or Marta.

2. Explain how the character changed because of an important person.

3. Compare how I’ve been influenced by an important person to how my chosen character was influenced.

4. Use evidence to support my response.

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Poll

Which character do you want to write about?

• Marta from

  "The Scholarship Jacket"

• Martin from

  "The Medicine Bag"

ACE

Writing Strategy ​

Unit 1 Essay

Poll

Have you used the ACE writing strategy before?

• Yes

• I am not sure

• No

​The A in ACE

​Answer

Answer the question completely.

Restate the question in your answer.

This is your claim. ​

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Open Ended

Do you think every person in the United States should have a pet?

Sentence stem: Every person in the United States...