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Embedded Assessment #1 Outline
Body Paragraph #1: Topic: _Food/How does food connect to one’s cultural identity?
______(Choose one element of cultural identity)
Topic Sentence: Food/how it relates to cultural identity.
Use one of the following sentences:
One important element of a person’s cultural identity is food.
Because food is an important part of each person’s life, it reveals much about each person’s cultural identity.
Write a sentence that leads into the quote and connection:
Patricia Williams’ essay, “Ethnic Hash,” shows how she discovers her cultural identity through food.
Quote from a text and explain how it connects to cultural identity.
She explains, “My father is from. . .Georgia. When he cooks. . .the results distinctively Southern. His specialities are pork chops and pies” (Williams 11).
Explain the significance of the quote (how does it connect to your topic sentence / thesis).
Obviously, one’s cultural identity is affected by his or her food choices; sometimes, food choices can even reveal a person’s location.
Introduce the quote:
Quote:
Explain the signficance of the quote:
Concluding sentence:
Embedded Assessment #1 Outline
Body Paragraph #2: Topic: ______(Choose one element of cultural identity)
Topic Sentence:
Write a sentence that leads into the quote and connection:
Quote from a text and explain how it connects to cultural identity.
Explain the significance of the quote (how does it connect to your topic sentence / thesis).
Quote from a text and explain how it connects to cultural identity and the topic of the paragraph.
Explain the signficance of the quote:
Concluding sentence:
Body Paragraph #3: Topic: ______(Choose one element of cultural identity)
Topic Sentence:
Write a sentence that leads into the quote and connection:
Quote from a text and explain how it connects to cultural identity.
Explain the significance of the quote (how does it connect to your topic sentence / thesis).
Quote from a text and explain how it connects to cultural identity and the topic of the paragraph.
Explain the signficance of the quote:
Concluding sentence:
Body Paragraph #4: This paragraph should detail an element of your own cultural identity.
Topic Sentence:
Supporting Details:
Concluding sentence:
Conclusion: This paragraph must restate the thesis—without the exact words. Try to summarize the important ideas of your essays. You may want the clincher to be an important quote or a sentence that has a lot of impact on your reader—it should be catchy. (This paragraph should have a minimum of three sentences.)
Works Cited
Tan, Amy