PERFORMANCE TASK ACTIVITY

(FIELD TRIP)
GRADE 9
For students who opted not to join the field trip:
Analyze a selected piece of literature and compose a well-structured essay discussing its themes, characters,
and literary devices in a short bond paper.

1. Choose a literary work (novel, short story, poem) from a provided list or propose your own.
2. Read and analyze the selected work, focusing on themes, characters, and literary devices.
3. Develop a clear thesis statement and organize your analysis into a well-structured essay.
4. Include textual evidence to support your analysis.
Needs
Criteria Excellent (5) Good (4) Satisfactory (3) Inadequate (1)
Improvement (2)
Literary Analysis Demonstrates a Presents a good Provides basic Presents limited or Fails to provide any
profound understanding of analysis of themes, inaccurate analysis meaningful analysis.
understanding of the selected characters, and of themes,
the selected literary work, with literary devices but characters, and
literary work, solid analysis of lacks depth. literary devices.
providing themes,
insightful analysis characters, and
of themes, literary devices.
characters, and
literary devices.
Thesis Statement Clearly states a States a clear States a thesis, but Presents a weak or Fails to provide a thesis
strong and thesis that guides it may be unclear unclear thesis statement.
focused thesis the essay, though or lack specificity. statement.
that guides the it may be slightly
entire essay. general or lacks
focus.
Organization and Well-organized Essay is mostly Essay is somewhat Essay lacks No apparent
Structure essay with a organized with a disorganized, and organization, and organization or
logical structure logical structure, the structure may the structure is structure.
that enhances the though some hinder the flow of confusing.
overall flow of areas may lack ideas.
ideas. cohesion.
Use of Textual Effectively Includes some Includes limited or Lacks substantial Fails to include any
Evidence incorporates textual evidence irrelevant textual textual evidence to textual evidence.
relevant textual to support the evidence. support the analysis.
evidence to analysis, but some
support the may be weak or
analysis. irrelevant.
Language and Engaging and Writing is clear Writing is Writing is unclear, Writing is
Style well-crafted and mostly somewhat unclear unengaging, and incomprehensible or not
writing with a engaging, with or lacks language/style are attempted.
sophisticated use some areas engagement, and weak.
of language and needing language and style
style. improvement in need improvement.
language and
style.

Once accomplished, you may turn in (submit) your work to your class
adviser, Ms. Shamimah M. Mama once onsite classes resume.