Based on the quiz results, the largest percentage answered for each question was the correct answer, and so that shows there is an understanding of an analytical essay. However we cannot disregard the misconceptions that have transpired among the six questions. Questions two, four, and six were done very well, and question three wasn’t done the best, as less than half the answers submitted chose the right response. There was some clear confusion there, so teaching the students this concept requires a different approach. With the written essays, our group had to determine what level each essay deserved. Throughout this investigation, a question that came up frequently was, “does this deserve a level four or level three”, and these essays were discussed the most. It was difficult for all of us to truly differentiate between these two mainly because of how many of the different aspects the writer had included and so we looked at how they connected their ideas and use of substantiation techniques in the essays. …show more content…
The students that were in level three and level four categories presented a logical sequence of arguments, which resulted in a proper flow of their arguments. As stated before, I felt we presented the most of the conventions of the essay appropriately because the students that were in level four and level three categories were able to maintain an objective and logical tone in their essays through their use of statistics and facts, as well as no use of personal pronouns (however this was not really well done for the minimum number of students in the level two category). Ultimately, the majority of the students knew how to write the essay, and was able to effectively use their states as well as examples to analyze the