“The Story of an Hour” Constructed Response to Reading Literary.
Directions: Review the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. The purpose of the prompt is to determine your ability to respond to a literary piece by analyzing how a complex character (e.g., one with multiple or conflicting motivations) develops over the course of a text, interacts with other characters, and advances the plot or develops the theme.
Prompt: Mrs. Louise Mallard’s character changes after the news that her husband, Mr. Mallard, has been killed in a train accident. Analyze (look at the parts of the story that show) the conflicting motivation inside Mrs. Mallard and how that conflict shapes the development of Mrs. Mallard, including her interaction with her sister Josephine.
Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Refer to the rubric below to see how your response will be scored.
Rubric:
| Points | Criteria |
| 2 | The response achieves the following:
● Gives sufficient evidence of the ability to justify interpretations of information ● Includes specific examples/details that make clear reference to the text ● Adequately supports examples with clearly relevant information from the text |
| 1 | The response achieves the following:
● Gives limited evidence ● Includes limited examples that make reference to the text ● Explains the development of the author’s idea within the text and the supporting information with limited details based on the text |
| 0 | The response achieves the following:
● Gives no evidence of the ability to determine and analyze the development/progression of an author’s idea within the text |
