03.

05 Varying Viewpoints Worksheet

Part 1: Organize Your Thoughts

From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Address on the From Our Immigrants at Ellis Island
Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the by Mrs. Francis E. Clark
Statue of Liberty”
Central Idea
Remember to TIE
it together.
Identify the topic,
think about the
information
provided, and
explain this in one
sentence.
Diction
Was the word
choice positive or
negative? Did the
connotations Example(s) from passage: Example(s) from passage:
change
throughout?

Tone
How would you
sum up the
author’s tone in
one word? Example(s) from passage: Example(s) from passage:
Hopeful?
Disappointed?

Syntax
What types of
sentences are
used? Are they
long or short? Is Example(s) from passage: Example(s) from passage:
punctuation
unique?

Perspective
In one sentence,
explain the
author’s attitude
toward the topic.

Part 2: Compare and Contrast Varying Viewpoints

Using the information from your chart and the model below, write your compare and contrast paragraph about
your authors’ varying viewpoints.

While ___ and ____ are both about ____, their viewpoints vary greatly in their diction, tone, and
syntax. In text one, the author includes positive/negative connotation to discuss ___. For example, they
use words like “_______” to describe ____. In text two, positive/negative connotation is used. The author
uses words like “____” to describe ___. Based on the author’s word choice in text one, the tone can be
described as _____. On the other hand, the tone of text two is ____. The syntax also varies. Text one uses

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____ sentences and ____ punctuation to show ____. However, text two uses ____ sentences and ____ to
illustrate ____. In summary, while both texts address ___, the authors’ perspectives are very different. In
text one, the author feels ____ about ___. In contrast, the author of text two feels that ___.

03.05 Varying Viewpoints Rubric

(50 points possible)

On Target Almost There Needs Improvement

Organize 25-20 points 19-10 points 9-0 points
Your  Thoroughly and  Attempted to  May be missing
Thoughts insightfully complete each most or all portions
completed the portion of the of the
central idea, organization chart organizational chart
diction, tone, but may be or included
syntax, and missing explanations or
perspective explanations or examples that may
portions of the textual support be loosely related
chart and provided
textual evidence
Compare 25-20 points 19-10 points 9-0 points
and  Includes a thorough  Includes a  Compare and
Contrast and insightful compare and contrast paragraph
Paragraph compare and contrast may be incomplete
contrast paragraph paragraph with an or missing
with appropriate attempt at  May be missing
transitions appropriate transitions
 Clearly connects transitions  May not clearly
textual evidence of  May be missing synthesize
diction and syntax clear textual information from
to author’s evidence of both texts and
perspective diction and syntax could benefit from
 Synthesizes  May not using mentor text
information from completely or  May have major
both texts into correctly errors in grammar,
paragraph synthesize punctuation, and
 No major errors in information from spelling
grammar, both texts
punctuation, and  Minor errors in
spelling grammar,
punctuation, and
spelling

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