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1. Name: 10th Grade World LiteratureInstructor: Ms. Breindel“The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother” Open-Response Questions Guidelines: As a closing to the Marquez story, you will analyze “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother” by writing an MCAS open-response question composition. The purpose of this assessment is for you to show how much you understood the short story and also to further prepare you for the upcoming MCAS exam. Follow the steps below to complete all pieces of the assessment: • Turn the prompt into a kid friendly question (KFQ) • Identify three potential pieces of evidence • Work with a partner to write a topic sentence (“mini-thesis statement”) that conveys an accurate and sophisticated understanding of the short story and that addresses the prompt. • Identify the parts of your composition by filling in the parts of the outline. • Complete an essay outline. • Work on improving your analysis by using sentence chaining. • Use the rubric to revise/improve your essay. • Use writing time in class wisely! • Ask for help if you get stuck! Circle which one you are completing: Prompt #1 due in-class Tuesday, March 8th Prompt #2 due Wednesday, March 10th

2. “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother” Open-Response Question Prompts Choose two of the prompts below. You will be writing one ORQ in-class and the other one at home. 1. Based on the story, The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother, explain how the author’s use of magical realism conveys Erendira’s struggle for freedom. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the story. 2. Based on the story, The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother, explain Erendira’s mixed feelings about her relationship with Ulises and how these mixed feelings contribute to the end of the story. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the story. 3. Based on the story, The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother, explain how the author’s use of setting contributes to the overall mood of loneliness and isolation. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the story.

3. Unpacking the Writing Prompt My writing prompt is # __________. Step One: Mark up the prompt by boxing verbs and underlining key phrases. Step Two: Turn the Writing prompt into a KFQ (a question in your own words). What are they asking you? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Step Three: Re-read the text and UNDERLINE/HIGHLIGHT anything that answers the question. Then choose three quotes or paraphrasings you want to use as your evidence.

4. Topic Sentence (“Mini-Thesis Statement”) Name: ____________________________________________ • Write your topic sentence (“Mini-thesis statement”) • MUST include TITLE, AUTHOR, GENRE, words from the prompt and your argument Sample Framework: In the short story, “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, __________________________________________. My Topic Sentence (“Mini-Thesis Statement”): ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

5. Outline Your ORQ • Outline your prompt using your topic sentence (“mini-thesis statement”). Self-reminder: My prompt is__________________ __________________________________________________________.

6. Outline Your ORQ