Quiz

 

In an essay with a thesis statement (or a controlling idea) compare “There Will Come Soft Rains” to the "The Pedestrian" or “Harrison Bergeron” (so three stories) by either characters, symbols, allusions or themes. Make sure you use specific examples from the text to back up your thesis.

 

Grading:

 

Thesis – 10 pts

Examples from text – 15 pts

Grammar – 5 pts

 

4- Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point) and analyze the evidence, making connections between the evidence and the thesis.

 

3 -  Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point), some analysis or connection is made between evidence and thesis but it might be taken out of context, misinterpreted, or oversimplified.  

2 - Student can write a thesis statement connecting "Harrison Bergeron" and either "There Will Come Soft Rain" or "The Pedestrian".  Evidence from at least two sources is used but little connection or no analysis is made between the evidence and the thesis.

1- Thesis statement is attempted.  Body paragraphs either simply restates the thesis or the evidence is unclear or unrelated to the prompt; or less than two sources are provided.