Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Objective: Students will be able to use the Smarter Balance Rubric to score an exemplar Benchmark, citing strong and thorough textual evidence for their scoring choices.
(Use First Name, Last Initial, Period as your Nickname. Example: KimberleeK5) (5 min)
Step 2: What is Common Core Video
Discussion: What is Common Core? How is it different from the old standards? What does it mean for our benchmarks/end of year assessments? Why does it matter in real life? How do we prepare? (10 min)
- Regular practice with complex texts and academic language
- Reading, writing, and speaking with evidence from texts
- Building knowledge by reading/writing about real-world issues.
Step 3: Open the following documents:
Step 4: Read the Smart Balance Informative/Explanatory Rubric-- In the comments section, explain what the rubric says in your own words.
Step 5: Using the rubric, look over the printed exemplar you have. Give it an initial score, on your printed worksheet. (15 min)
Step 6: Buddy up with a partner. How did they rate the exemplar? Discuss & Re-score it together. (10 min)
Step 7: Review whole group. Discuss and compare scores with the others who had your exemplar. Listen to other's scores and defend your own with evidence. (15 min)
Step 8: Identify and award final scores as a group-- must all agree on the final score and why each short answer essay received it.
Step 9: Check your scores. Calculate the total _____/32 and figure out the %. Double check your explanations, make sure the evidence you cited makes sense and can be understood easily.
Step 10: Look through your Benchmark and score it just the way you scored the exemplar.
- If you do not agree with my score, you are welcome to come and present the evidence for why you should receive a higher score.
As a score of 4, the essay flows, stays on topic and has a logical order. The essay’s purpose should be clear and maintained throughout the entire thing. Eg. You can’t just talk about atoms and then all of a sudden talk about parrots, unless you can logically connect them. Lastly, the essay must have an effective introduction/conclusion that clearly states what the author's purpose is.
ReplyDeleteSamantha Cobian and Maria Veliz
DeleteIn order to get a 4 you need to have a clear main idea that relates to the introduction and conclusion, and also has logical evidence and a clear statement.
ReplyDeleteDiana
Mercy
Stephanie
Period 1
A score of a 1 has no transitions, off-topic ideas, missing introductions and conclusions, and is confusing.
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DeleteDiana Romero
Gabby
Sierra
For the score of a 2, the writer shows basic academic language, poor sentence structure, and often drifts from the main point and the conclusion is very poorly written.
ReplyDeleteA score of 3 would consist of loosely adequate structure. The topic is clearly presented but their evidence is not neat or able to support the main idea or topic. The ideas have to relate in some way and they have to be complete.
ReplyDeleteKarla
Ashley
P.1
A score of 2 is when there are flaws that are evident. The main idea is not clear and it is not backed up with enough evidence. Has an unclear statement.
ReplyDeleteDiana T.
Kaylee S.
Larisa S.
Period 1
A score of 4 on a Informative Writing looks like it provides an abundant amount of evidence to support the main idea. It is persuasive and clear about its topic through the introduction to the conclusion. - Monae Warthen & Jose
ReplyDeleteA score of three is average. Which means that the product is consistant and has a few mistakes, but still thoroughly answers the prompt. It isn't the redest apple in the tree, but it's close to the perfect apple.
ReplyDeleteFrancisco Sanchez
Laura Alvarez
Priscila Trujillo
A score containing a 1 provides hardly any evidence to back up their claims upon the issue. The writer may understands the response but has little to no focus. Unable to make adequate transitions from paragraph to paragraph. The writer may also not have a introduction or conclusion paragraph included.
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Arshawn Wilson
Christian Zermeno
Mario Cibrian
A score of 4 requires the response to make sense, it has to be well formatted, it has to be complete, and focused on the topic throughout the whole writing.
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Erick Rodriguez
Jessica Martinez
It also has examples, evidence, and details.
DeleteTo obtain a score of N/S on the writing section, is by simply not following the guidelines provided by the administrators. Examples of that would be off-topic paragraphs, usage of other languages other than english, and the use copied text.
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Ricardo Interiano
Fernando Cruz
A score of 1 is out of topic/confused.May hardly have evidence to back up claims and have missing information as well. Information may not be correct.
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Henry R
Angel L
A score of three is almost perfect but has minor flaws and loosely connected.
ReplyDeleteMichelle & Carlos
it is correct but it lacks on some details and transitions like one you go from one thing to another.
DeleteA score of 2 contains an unclear main idea and the transitions are not consistent. The organization seems very weak as it is hard to see the flow and transitions.
ReplyDeleteJoy Velez
Nathalie Rodriguez
A score of 3 says that the person shows a clear but almost perfect with minor problems within the test that the person puts. Yet it is still adequate but not very connected
ReplyDeleteA score of two displays the lack of focus on the topic and the organization of it. It transitions from one top to another which lacks of evidence.
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DeleteTo obtain a score of "4" you will need to have your writing organized and to make sure your topic is fully explained(to make sense) and that its easy to comprehend.
ReplyDeleteIt contains extra details and evidence
DeleteA good structure with a sense of completeness but there are a few things missing. It maintains a general focus but a few ideas are loosely connected. Has a good introduction and conclusion, but could be improved. Overall produced an adequate amount of work from beginning to end.
ReplyDeleteTo obtain a score of 3.
DeleteA score of 1 consists of unorganized work. Confusion, tackiness, and unrelated topics may be in their work. It is also not well and has had little effort into it. There's also not much work put into it.
ReplyDeleteTo receive a score of 2 you don't have a variety of facts in your introduction, and your idea structure, is out of sequence, the conclusion is not strong in detail. The main ideas don't have enough clarification.
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