Assignment instructions and Poem are attached. I only need a 7th Grade writing level, nothing to over the top in word choices. No writing style needed, just Intro, 3 Paragraphs, Conclusion.
Text- Dependent Analysis Writing Assignment “The Hill We Climb” Prompt: In the poem “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman, the poet uses symbols to represent other ideas within the poem. Write an essay analyzing how Gorman uses certain words to symbolize ideas. Use evidence from the text to support your response. Directions: Deconstruct the prompt by numbering and underlining the tasks you must complete. Circle the keywords as well. Write a text-dependent analysis essay (introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion). Each body paragraph should be no less than 8 sentences. In your introduction, be sure to restate the prompt and introduce the topic (TAG Sentence). In your body paragraph, be sure to completely answer the question and use evidence from the text. Explain your evidence clearly. In your conclusion, be sure to restate the prompt again (including the title and author) and summarize your main point. TDA Grading Rubric CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 0 Response to Prompt Effectively addresses all parts of the prompt with clear analytic understanding of the text Adequately addresses the prompt with sufficient analytic understanding of the text Inconsistently addresses the prompt with partial analytic understanding of the text Minimally addresses the prompt with the inadequate analytic understanding of the text Off-prompt/No attempt to complete task Organization Strong organizational structure with effective introduction, development, and conclusion Appropriate organizational structure with clear introduction, development, and conclusion Weak organizational structure with weak introduction, development, and conclusion Minimal evidence of an organizational structure with no clear introduction, development, or conclusion Not complete or not enough completed to provide a grade Content Substantial reference to main ideas and relevant key details of the text to support the writer’s purpose Sufficient reference to the main ideas and relevant key details of the text to support the writer’s purpose Weak reference to the main ideas and details of the text Minimal reference to the main ideas and details of the text Not complete or not enough completed to provide a grade Analysis Thorough analysis of explicit and implicit meanings from the text that effectively support ideas Sufficient or appropriate analysis of explicit and implicit meanings that support ideas Weak or inconsistent analysis of explicit and implicit meanings that somewhat support ideas Insufficient or no analysis of the text Not complete or not enough complete to provide a grade Textual Evidence Substantial, accurate, and direct reference to the text using relevant key details, examples, quotes, facts, and/or definitions Sufficient, accurate, and direct reference to the text using relevant details, examples, quotes, facts, and/or definitions Vague reference to the text using some details, examples, quotes, facts, and/or definitions Insufficient, little or no reference to the text. Not complete or not enough complete to provide a grade Transitions Skillful use of transitions to link ideas Appropriate use of transitions to link ideas Inconsistent use of transitions to link ideas Few, if any, transitions to like ideas Not complete or not enough complete Precise Language Effective use of precise language and vocabulary drawn from the text to explain topic Appropriate use of precise language and vocabulary drawn from the text to explain topic Inconsistent use of precise language and vocabulary Little to no use of precise language and vocabulary Not complete or not enough complete to grade Mechanics No or very few grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Some grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors Several Errors grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. Very many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Not complete or not enough complete to provide grade POEM BEING USED FOR ESSAY “The Hill We Climb” Amanda Gorman When day comes we ask ourselves, Where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, A sea we must wade We’ve braved the belly of the beast We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace And the norms and notions Of what just is Isn’t always justice And yet the dawn is ours Before we knew it Somehow we do it Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed A nation that isn’t broken But simply unfinished We the successors of a country and time Where a skinny Black girl Descended from slaves and raised by a single mother Can dream of becoming President Only to find herself reciting for one And yes we are far from polished Far from pristine But that doesn’t mean we are Striving to form a union that is perfect We are striving to forge a union with purpose To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters And conditions of man And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us But what stands before us We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, We must first put our differences aside We lay down our arms So we can reach out our arms To one another We seek harm to none and harmony for all Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious Not because we will never again know defeat But because we will never again sow division Scripture tells us to envision That everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid If we’re to live up to our own time Then victory won’t lie in the blade But in all the bridges we’ve made This is the promised glade The hill we climb If only we dare It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit It’s the past we step into And how we repair it We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation Rather than share it Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy And this effort very nearly succeeded But while democracy can be periodically delayed It can never be permanently defeated In this truth In this faith we trust For while we have our eyes on the future History has its eyes on us This is the era of just redemption We feared at its inception We did not feel prepared to be the heirs Of such a terrifying hour But within it we found the power To author a new chapter To offer hope and laughter to ourselves So while once we asked How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe? Now we assert How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us? We will not march back to what was But move to what shall be A country that is bruised, but whole Benevolent but bold Fierce and free We will not be turned around Or interrupted by intimidation Because we know our inaction and inertia Will be the inheritance of the next generation Our blunders become their burdens But one thing is certain: If we merge mercy with might, And might with right, Then love becomes our legacy And change our children’s birthright So let us leave behind a country Better than the one we were left with Every breath from my bronze-pounded chest We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the west We will rise from the windswept northeast Where our forefathers first realized revolution We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states We will rise from the sunbaked south We will rebuild, reconcile and recover And every known nook of our nation and Every corner called our country Our people diverse and beautiful will emerge Battered and beautiful When day comes we step out of the shade Aflame and unafraid The new dawn blooms as we free it For there is always light If only we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it