Unit 2 – Families & Celebrations: Embedded Assessment 1 – Film Analysis

 

Your assignment is to analyze how a cultural conflict is presented in the film you have studied. The conflict may have occurred within a culture or between cultures. This analysis should identify the conflict, examine the reasons behind it, and explain how it is resolved.

 

  1. After you have viewed the film, organize your initial thoughts by brainstorming the various types of conflicts represented in the film. While brainstorming, you must also identify the significance of the conflict to the film as a whole. You should identify at least six conflicts. 

 

  1. For your essay, choose one conflict you feel comfortable analyzing in more depth.

 

  1. Pre-Writing: Once you have selected a conflict to analyze, complete a color coded outline. This must be focused on the conflict and the significance of the conflict to the film as a whole. Go back to your notes and identify the causes of the conflict you chose. Then, consider what meaningful significance (specific to this example and your chosen conflict) can be further explained in your analysis. Consider how the conflict is resolved. Does the resolution hint a larger significance in the film?

 

  1. Rough Draft: Your draft must be typed and double spaced.

 

 

 

 

 

                             Rubric for Embedded Assessment 1 – Film Analysis       

  Unit 2: Families & Celebrations

 

 

 

                  Category

Exceeds Expectations (4)

Meets
Expectations (3-2)

Does Not Yet
Meet Expectations (1)

Not Included

               Organization 

 

 

 

 
The piece moves smoothly and comfortably from one idea to the next with excellent          

Thesis is clearly focused.

 

 

 

 

Topic sentences are specifically tied to the focus presented in the thesis.    

 

 

 

 

Transitions enhance analysis

 

 

 

 

Supporting Evidence & Analysis of conflict, causes and effect overall

 

 

 

 
Attention Getter is enticing        

Convincing piece

 

 

 

 
Use of supporting examples provides support for the position

 

 

 

 
Explanation of the conflict’s significance to the film as a whole is meaningful

 

 

 

 

Connection between supporting evidence and writer’s commentary is clear

 

 

 

 
Analysis of the conflict is a thorough explanation of the causes and the effects        

Language and Writing Conventions:

 

 

 

 

Writing conventions and language contain few errors.

 

 

 

 

There are few, if any, grammatical errors.

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate spelling (simple & homonyms/homophones)

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate grammar

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate verb tense

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate subject-verb agreement

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate capitalization

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate punctuation (end, commas – compound & series, possessives, contractions, apostrophes)

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate vocabulary usage

 

 

 

 

Student uses appropriate sentence structures and sentence variety

 

 

 

 

Drafts, revisions, outline and pre-writing is included with final draft

 

 

 

 

Student has included all elements of writing process.

 

 

 

 

Use of Grading Rubric

 

 

 

 

Student has self-edited more than once using the rubric and has had more than one peer editor.