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Assessment 10: Focusing Question Task 2

What hardships did people face in the Great Depression?

Introduction
For the past four lessons, we have read and viewed several texts about life during the Great Depression. In this
task you will apply those understandings and write about the hardships people faced during this period. Writing
about this topic and crafting two ToSEEC paragraphs will help prepare you for later Focusing Question Tasks and
the EOM Task.

Task
For an audience who has read and studied these texts the way you have, write two ToSEEC paragraphs in which
you explain two hardships people faced during the Great Depression, citing evidence from at least Bud, Not
Buddy and “Hoovervilles.” Please remember to include proper citations for your textual evidence and follow the
conventions of standard written English.

You must use evidence from both Bud, Not Buddy and “Hoovervilles,” but you may also include evidence from
Kentucky Flood (photograph) or “GM Sit-Down Strike” (video).

Please incorporate two of the following three words into your response: loathsome, glum, criminal.

You may use the graphic organizers on the next two pages if it helps you prepare your thinking before writing.
Though each organizer has only two evidence rows, you are not limited to two pieces of evidence for each
paragraph.

Criteria for Success

Your two paragraphs should each include:

ƒƒ a topic statement that presents your idea about a hardship people faced during the Great Depression.
ƒƒ textual evidence that develops your idea.
ƒƒ elaboration that explains how the evidence develops your idea.
ƒƒ transitional words or phrases to show connections among your sentences.
ƒƒ a concluding statement that reinforces your idea and topic statement.

ƒƒ internal citations to indicate where in the texts your evidence is located.

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ToSEEC Paragraph Organizer

Topic Statement:

Evidence: Elaboration:

Citation:

Evidence: Elaboration:

Citation:

Concluding Statement:

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ToSEEC Paragraph Organizer

Topic Statement:

Evidence: Elaboration:

Citation:

Evidence: Elaboration:

Citation:

Concluding Statement:

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