"The Grandfather" Important Person Paragraph

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In class today, you wrote a paragraph describing an important person in your life. In “The Grandfather,” the narrator and author Gary Soto described his grandfather through the symbol of an avocado tree. Think of an item that symbolizes your important person. Write an expository paragraph explaining how the item symbolizes the person.

Tags: symbolism, personal

Title: “The Grandfather” Symbol of My Significant Person

Suggested Outline:
-Topic Sentence:
------Who is your significant person? What item symbolizes him/her?
-Supporting Details:
------Explain three similarities between the person and the item.
-Closing Sentence:
------Share how you think the person would feel if you told him/her about this description.

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Above Grade Level Concepts are organized, with a topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence or beginning, middle, and end. Paragraph is accurate, completely developed, and thoroughly answers the prompt. Supporting details are very specific. Writing is very interesting and heavily detailed. Sentence structure and vocabulary are advanced; clichés and slang are omitted. At least 100 words are used. Relevant additional media is added to the post. Detailed and relevant comments are added to at least two peer blogs.

At Grade Level - Concepts are organized, with a topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence or beginning, middle, and end. Paragraph is accurate, completely developed, and answers the prompt. Supporting details are specific. Writing is interesting. Sentence structure and vocabulary are at grade level; clichés and slang are omitted. At least 100 words are used. Relevant comments are added to at least two peer blogs.

Below Grade Level - Concepts may not be organized. Paragraph is partially developed. Ideas are not fully supported with examples and may stray from the prompt. Writing is simplistic and vague (unclear). Sentences are confusing and may include slang and clichés. Paragraph includes at almost 100 words. Comments may not be added to two peer blogs or comments may be generic or poorly written.

Far Below Grade Level - Concepts may be out of order. Paragraph does not answer the prompt. The prompt is ignored or misinterpreted. Writing is confusing. Sentences are confusing. Paragraph includes less than 50 words. Comments may not be added to two peer blogs or comments may be generic or poorly written.

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