After viewing Pipeline (Links to an external site.) by Dominique Morisseau – your Dramatic Criticism should be completed based on the following guidelines: You have one full week to view the play and write your essay. This will be the only project for this week of class.
Traditional 5 paragraph essay: 2 to 3-pages.
MLA format
WORD DOCS ONLY
Not a synopsis of the story
What connections can you make to the Learning Area?
Use Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s approach:
What is the playwright trying to do?
How well has the playwright done it?
Is it worth doing?
MLA form: (Links to an external site.) (10 points).
Essay form: Clear thesis, supported argument (10 points).
Mechanics: spelling, punctuation, grammar (10 points).
Sentence forms: completeness, variety (10 points).
Paragraph forms: topic sentences, coherence, flow (10 points).
Response to topic: clarity, criteria (10 points).
Organization: comparison/contrast, argument (10 points).
Proper and thorough documentation of sources (10 points).
Overall Impression: thoughtfulness, incisiveness (10 points).
Intellectual depth and coherence (10 points).
