Comparative Essay
GRADE 12 UNIVERSITY ENGLISH
Unit 2: Comparative Essay Writing Summative Task
Task: Select a particular idea or theme and/or an aspect of form and style and analyse the way it or they is/are depicted in Archibald Lampman’s poem, “In November” and one other poem. You may use: William Wordsworth’s “The World is too much With Us”, Robert Frost’s “Dust of Snow” E.J Pratt’s "A November Landscape" Mary Soutar-Hynes – “For Writers Whose Work I Have Loved”
In completing the assignment, be sure to follow the steps listed below: ➢ Read the assigned poems and complete the after reading activities. ➢ After looking through the pairs of poems, choose a pair that shares a common subject, form or style. ➢ Complete a detailed outline. Include in your outline: ➢ Your thesis (the argument you plan to explicate in your essay) ➢ A map for each body paragraph – your topic sentence, your main points and the evidence you plan to use ➢ In lieu of a conference, submit your outline for me to check ➢ Make the necessary changes if any and begin drafting the essay. ➢ Write, edit, and then publish your essay.
Requirements
❑ Use the 3rd person voice and formal, Standard English.
❑ Present a clear and strongly worded thesis, and then defend (prove) that thesis by examining specific evidence from the poems. This evidence must take the form of specific examples and direct quotations.
❑ The length of this essay should be 1200 - 1500 words.
❑ Use 2.0 line spacing, 12 point font, and Times New Roman style.
❑ On your first page, write your name, teacher’s name, course, due date.
❑ Include properly formatted in-text citations after each specific example and quotation, and attach a List of Works Cited as the final page of your essay.
❑ Include your peer edited rough draft with the final product. You may use the following guideline:
Introduction 1. Begin by introducing the topic.
Unit 2: Comparative Essay Writing Summative Task
Task: Select a particular idea or theme and/or an aspect of form and style and analyse the way it or they is/are depicted in Archibald Lampman’s poem, “In November” and one other poem. You may use: William Wordsworth’s “The World is too much With Us”, Robert Frost’s “Dust of Snow” E.J Pratt’s "A November Landscape" Mary Soutar-Hynes – “For Writers Whose Work I Have Loved”
In completing the assignment, be sure to follow the steps listed below: ➢ Read the assigned poems and complete the after reading activities. ➢ After looking through the pairs of poems, choose a pair that shares a common subject, form or style. ➢ Complete a detailed outline. Include in your outline: ➢ Your thesis (the argument you plan to explicate in your essay) ➢ A map for each body paragraph – your topic sentence, your main points and the evidence you plan to use ➢ In lieu of a conference, submit your outline for me to check ➢ Make the necessary changes if any and begin drafting the essay. ➢ Write, edit, and then publish your essay.
Requirements
❑ Use the 3rd person voice and formal, Standard English.
❑ Present a clear and strongly worded thesis, and then defend (prove) that thesis by examining specific evidence from the poems. This evidence must take the form of specific examples and direct quotations.
❑ The length of this essay should be 1200 - 1500 words.
❑ Use 2.0 line spacing, 12 point font, and Times New Roman style.
❑ On your first page, write your name, teacher’s name, course, due date.
❑ Include properly formatted in-text citations after each specific example and quotation, and attach a List of Works Cited as the final page of your essay.
❑ Include your peer edited rough draft with the final product. You may use the following guideline:
Introduction 1. Begin by introducing the topic.