ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE

ENGLISH – II (SPRING 2021)

ASSIGNMENT #2 - TOTAL MARKS: 20

Instructions:
 Read the questions carefully
 Plagiarism will result into zero credit
 In case of late submission, 10% marks will be deducted

Q 1: Write an essay of 300-350 words on any ONE of the following topics:

(15 Marks)

Discuss how can teenagers contribute in making society a better place to live?

OR

Describe an important festival in your country.

Answer:

Festivals are the beautiful celebration that makes a nation follow its values and culture. We
celebrate different festivals to promote our culture by sharing and revising the
reasons of events that took place. There are numerous festivals we celebrate in Pakistan.
However, if we look at past, there we less events that were celebrated than today. As the
globalization has taken place many we have adopted many festivals from the west.

If we talk about the religion on which this Country was establish is Islam. According to our
religion there are only two beautiful festivals that are obligatory includes, Eid ul Fitr, and Eid ul
Azha. While, there are different religion sectors that follow many other festivals following their
ancestors. Here we will list few of the revitalizing festivals of Pakistan that makes us happy and
let us socialize in that period of the year.

Eid ul Fitr
This beautiful festival is celebrating on 1st shawal, after the Islamic month Ramadan. Usually,
the Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan, and this is a divine order and is considered as a
pillar of the religion. The fasting hour begins with the rising of the sun and ends at the sunset.
The Eid Ul Fitr takes place after the month-long fasting as a reward for them. They stop fasting
from the Eid day and resume their regular life. This is really an extraordinary festival for us and I
am proud of it. People celebrate this Eid by preparing delicious food. This Eid brings a lot of
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colors and everyone prepare new clothes for this Eid. Not only is Pakistan, Muslim all over the
world celebrate this festival with full zeal and happiness. This festival teaches us to be patient
and show love and care to our other Muslim brothers and sisters. On the day, people in
Pakistan pray in open fields in the morning which is known as Eid prayer. After the prayer, they
meet and greet the other people and take foods. There are many activities on the Eid day.
Usually, they invite the other people on the day after the prayer and take delicious foods and
sweets in the morning. Often rich foods are cooked for lunch or for dinner. This is the most
awaited festival for the Muslim citizens of Pakistan. Sometimes they move out for visiting the
neighbors and relatives. Exchanging greeting and small gifts is a common scene on the day.
Most of the houses are filled with guests and people entertain or get entertained at the houses.
Truly this is an event of joy for all of the Muslims living here. I like to get up early in the morning
and get ready for attending the mass prayer on the day. I also like the festival more than
anything but slightly dislike the foods especially the sweets. Almost all of the houses make
foods and 60 per cent of the food tastes sweet.

At times, it becomes intolerable to consume too many sweet-flavored food items in a single
day. However, I like the greetings most. We greet people and embrace them three times.
Interestingly, on this day, anyone can greet and embrace anyone even if they are not familiar.
Moreover, people help the destitute people marking the day and share their joys and sorrows.
One thing should be mentioned here that the bonding among the people is outstanding and
clearly represents the fellow feelings for each other on this day. This festival is important in
Pakistan for many reasons. The first and the most important issue is that Pakistan is an Islamic
country and majority of the citizens are Muslims. So, all the Islamic rules and regulations are
followed here. People say their prayers regularly and follow the norms dictated in Islam.
Accordingly, they continuously fast for a month. They try to reshape them with the divine
instructions and try to apply the learning in their real life. Observance of Eid has been made as
the part of following the religion. So, it is a must for each of the Muslims in Pakistan to observe
the festival. This is not imposed rather the Muslims observe the day by their own will and
participate in different activities which are made legal by the religion.

Q 2: Deconstruct the essay you have written on the separate sheet. You need to highlight
and mention the following components:

(5 Marks)

 Introduction (Attention grabber, Thesis statement)

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  Festivals are the beautiful celebration that makes a nation follow its values and culture. We celebrate
different festivals to promote our culture by sharing and revising the reasons of events that took place. There
are numerous festivals we celebrate in Pakistan.

(1 Mark)
 Body Paragraphs (Topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence)

Topic sentence:

Festivals are the beautiful celebration that makes a nation follow its values and

culture. We celebrate different festivals to promote our culture by sharing and revising
the reasons of events that took place.
Supporting Details:

If we talk about the religion on which this Country was establish is

Islam. According to our religion there are only two beautiful festivals that are obligatory
includes, Eid ul Fitr, and Eid ul Azha. While, there are different religion sectors that follow many
other festivals following their ancestors. Here we will list few of the revitalizing festivals of
Pakistan that makes us happy and let us socialize in that period of the year.

Concluding Sentence:

So, it is a must for each of the Muslims in Pakistan to observe the

festival. This is not imposed rather the Muslims observe the day by their own will and
participate in different activities which are made legal by the religion.
(2 Marks)

 Concluding Paragraph (Restatement of thesis, Summary of all the passages)

Pakistan is considered as an Islamic State and thus there are some religious  festivals which
are important in my country.

(1 Mark)
 Transitions used
And, however, so
(1 Mark)
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Essay Writing Rubric (for Teacher Checking)

Grading Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent
1-3 4-8 9-12 13-15
Content: Minimally Meets few of the Offers a simple Provides a
addresses the requirements of interpretation of thoughtful
Your written response writing prompt. the writing the writing analysis of the
shows an prompt. prompt. writing prompt
understanding and Digresses, repeats
interpretation of the or dwells on Discuses very Lacks a theme Uses a clear theme
writing prompt insignificant basic ideas throughout.
details Makes few
throughout. connections to
help explain the
thesis.
Development: Shows a lack of Contains Shows weakness Builds and
development of inaccurate, vague in development of elaborates ideas
Your written response ideas. or repetitive ideas and/or thoroughly.
gives a clear and details develops ideas
logical explanation of without thorough Uses examples
ideas, using supporting Has limited explanation. precisely and
material. development of develops the topic
ideas. in an interesting
and imaginative
way.

Demonstrates
coherence in the
ideas.
Develop ideas
clearly and
consistently
Organization: Is less organized Shows an attempt Does not show a Sets up and
than a 2-point to create a focus logical sense of maintains a clear
Your written response response organization. focus.
shows a coherent,
orderly, well-reasoned Exhibits no Disorganized and Strays from the Establishes a
approach organizational digresses from the topic and difficult logical, rational
pattern or focus topic to follow sequence of ideas
with transitional
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words and
sentences.
Corrections/Language Shows minimal Uses vocabulary Has a sense of Has vivid
Use: control of that is slightly audience and uses language, fluidity
language skills. below level. simple sentences and a sense of
Your response shows a engagement and
sense of audience by Maybe illegible Has a vague sense Uses an voice.
using effective or unrecognizable of audience appropriate level Has sophisticated
vocabulary and varied as English. of vocabulary style of sentence
sentence structure. Has errors that structure, sentence
Exhibits little begins to interfere Demonstrates variety and
control of the with partial control of vocabulary.
language comprehension mechanics

Has errors that Shows a Exhibits some Has essentially no

make beginner’s control errors that do not errors
comprehension of the language. interfere with
difficult. comprehension.