Task 3: QW to Essay

We've worked to understand the ideas in Valenzuela's text and framed our thinking about satire through the creation and discussion around a chart of the characteristics of effective satires.

For this final task on "The Censors," you will use your quick write from our analysis work to draft an essay in response to the following question:

• What makes "The Censors" an effective satire? or if you feel that it isn't effective, what would Valenzuela need to do to make the short story more effective as a satire?

Use your text annotations and notes from our comprehension work and your quick write and feedback from your peer from our analysis work to help you draft your essay. Be sure to also refer to the characteristics of effective satire chart that we created during our analysis work.

Work from your quick write to understand your thinking in relationship to the essay prompt:

• What makes "The Censors" an effective satire? or if you feel that it isn't effective, what would Valenzuela need to do to make the short story more effective as a satire?

Use the model charts to help organize your thoughts and to gather the text evidence that best supports your thinking. You'll want to copy the slide that makes the most sense based on your response and create your own slide that you will submit through the link in Google Classroom.

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After everyone has submited their essays you will be assigned 2 essays to provide peer feedback. Please use the provided feedback prompts in Writable. You must provide written comments for each prompt. Please do not just use the Yes or No buttons.