Activities

1. Identify a writer’s purpose for writing an analysis of a text.
   
   
2. Identify the purpose of an introduction when writing an analysis of a text.
   
   
3. Identify the intended audience for a written analysis of a text.

4. Identify a writer’s stated opinion or presented topic in a specific piece of writing about a text.
   
   
5. Explain an organizational structure used by a writer to introduce the ideas in a specific written analysis of a text.

6. Construct an introduction for an original written analysis of a text that introduces the text for an intended audience, states an opinion and/or topic, establishes a situation, and creates an organizational structure for ideas to develop.
   
   
7. Evaluate a written analysis of a text to determine if ideas are logically and effectively introduced to support the writer’s purpose.

Answer Key/Rubric

1. Student identifies a writer’s purpose for writing an analysis of a text. The purpose of a written analysis of a text is to explain or provide information about particular literary or informational texts to an intended audience. An analysis of a text involves the process of breaking down complex ideas or concepts about specific aspects of a text to explore in detail.
   
   
2. Student identifies the purpose of an introduction when writing an analysis of a text. The introduction allows a reader to clearly introduce the literary and/or informational text(s) for the intended audience. An opinion or topic is also stated in the introduction. The audience is also introduced to the organizational structure used by the writer to develop the major ideas in the written analysis.
   
   
3. Student identifies the intended audience for a written analysis of a text. Intended audiences for a written analysis of a text include individuals or groups a writer intends to inform about a literary or informational text through the use of text-based facts, supporting details, and other deliberately selected evidence.
   
   
4. Student identifies a writer’s stated opinion or presented topic in a specific piece of writing about a text. Citing direct evidence from a specific analysis of a text, the student determines the writer’s opinion or topic of the analysis. The writer’s opinion or topic of the analysis includes the complex ideas or concepts about a text the writer explores in detail.
   
   
5. Student explains an organizational structure used by a writer to introduce the ideas in a specific written analysis of a text. Strategies include, but are not limited to:

• Definition: The meaning of the analysis is developed through an extended definition that describes the characteristics and features of an idea or topic.
• Classification: The main idea of the analysis is divided into smaller subtopics or classifications.
• Cause/Effect: The main idea of the analysis is developed by considering the reasons (causes) for it and the result (effects) of it.
• Compare/Contrast: Similarities and differences between two or more aspects of the analysis are presented.

6. Student constructs an introduction for an original written analysis of a text that introduces the text for an intended audience, states an opinion and/or topic, establishes a situation, and creates an organizational structure for ideas to develop. The introduction constructed displays evidence of thoughtful choices made by the student to compellingly introduce the text and topic to the audience. These choices include the use of concise language for clarity.
   
   
7. Student evaluates a written analysis of a text to determine if ideas are logically and effectively introduced to support the writer’s purpose. Using direct evidence from an introduction to a written analysis of a text, the student considers the soundness of the stated opinion, the appropriateness of ideas, and the strength of supporting text-based evidence used to support the analysis.