2.3 Text-To-Self Comparison

  Assignment

You have read three short stories in this section so far: “Every Person Gets Their Due—Especially on Christmas Eve” by Jim Parsons, “Garson” by Wayson Choy, and “Long, Long After School” by Ernest Buckler.  All of these stories examine the factors in people’s lives that influence their behaviour and values.

For this next assignment, you will write a paragraph that examines one of the three short stories you have studied and compare it to an event in your own life to answer the question, “How does integrity, or a lack of integrity, affect one’s ability to live well?”

You will be using the I.C.E. method you just learned when you incorporate textual evidence from the story into your paragraph.

Follow each of these steps, in order, to complete your assignment.

Step 1:  Before you begin, examine the rubric to see how your assignment will be assessed.

Step 2:  Next, read Sabah’s 2.3 Text-to-Self Comparison example assignment.  Be sure to read the rubric included so you can see how she was assessed. NOTE:  Sabah wrote on a different essential question for her Assignment 2.3.  You will be writing about integrity. 

Step 3:  Choose which one of short stories you would like to write about.  Consider what examples from the story would help you answer the integrity question.

Step 4:  Think about a personal example from your life or the life of someone you know that would be useful in answering the question about integrity. 

Step 5:  Download and complete the optional Text-to-Self-Comparison Planning Sheet in (Word, Google doc, or PDF).

Step 6:  Write the paragraph.  If you completed the paragraph already using the optional Text-to-Self Comparison Plan, you may submit the entire worksheet.  Note:  Your teacher will only assess your paragraph.

Step 7:  Proofread your work.

• Edit your paragraph for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.  
• Read it aloud to check that sentences are worded clearly and the paragraph makes sense.
• Examine the rubric for the assignment to see how you think you did and whether any revisions are needed.
  
  

Step 8:  Save your document the following way:  Your Full Name 2.3 Text-to-Self Comparison.

Step 9:  Submit your paragraph in the space provided.