Name ______________________________ Date ___________________

English 7 Period ________

ON-DEMAND INITIAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PROMPT:

LITERARY ESSAY

Today, I am asking you to write a thematic literary essay about The Giver. You will have the
period to write an essay in which you will develop your claim about a theme in the novel and
present examples to support your claim. When you do this, draw on everything you know about
The Giver. Please keep in mind that you will have only this period to complete the assignment,
so you will need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting.

Although this piece will NOT be graded as a major assignment, this assessment will be valuable
for us to see how well you are able to write a literary essay BEFORE we dive into our work on
this type of writing. We will be able to observe what areas we can improve upon as we continue
our work this week. 

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