Grade 5 Student Purpose Prompt Materials/Resources Response Constructed To show what you know What is the most important story element Story Elements Graphic Response #1 story elements in the genre: in Mystery? Why? Use evidence you have Organizer Mystery gathered from multiple texts and included on your graphic organizer. Rubric (Steps 1-5) Constructed To demonstrate understanding of What is a theme/message of our Mystery Thinking Map (To be completed Response #2 how authors develop text? What key details about the character and turned in with Constructed themes/messages through the does the author use to convey, or make Response) characters in Mystery. clear, the theme of Mystery? Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Constructed To demonstrate understanding of What is a theme/message of our Mystery Thinking Map (Completed and Response #3 how authors develop text? What key details about the setting turned in with CR) themes/messages through settings does the author use to communicate this in Mystery. theme/message of our text? Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Constructed To demonstrate understanding of What is the theme/message of our text? Thinking Map (Completed and Response #4 how authors develop What key details about the plot does the turned in with CR) themes/messages through the plot author use to communicate the theme of of Mystery. our text? Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Comparative To write an argument/opinion Choose which literary element you want Thinking Map for Comparative Essay based on a connection you’ve to compare. Compare how the authors of Essay discovered between two Mystery each text used that element to develop the texts. theme of his/her Mystery text. Rubric (Do Not turn in with essay) Writing Prompts and Writing Activities for Argument Labs
Grade 5 Response Student Purpose Prompt Materials/Resources Constructed Response #1 To show what you know story elements in the genre: Mystery What is the most important story element in Mystery? Why? Use evidence you have gathered from multiple texts and included on your graphic organizer. Story Elements Graphic Organizer Rubric (Steps 1-5) Constructed Response #2 To demonstrate understanding of how authors develop themes/messages through the characters in Mystery. What is a theme/message of our Mystery text? What key details about the character does the author use to convey, or make clear, the theme of Mystery? Thinking Map (To be completed and turned in with Constructed Response) Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Constructed Response #3 To demonstrate understanding of how authors develop themes/messages through settings in Mystery. What is a theme/message of our Mystery text? What key details about the setting does the author use to communicate this theme/message of our text? Thinking Map (Completed and turned in with CR) Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Constructed Response #4 To demonstrate understanding of how authors develop themes/messages through the plot of Mystery. What is the theme/message of our text? What key details about the plot does the author use to communicate the theme of our text? Thinking Map (Completed and turned in with CR) Rubric (Steps 1-5) (Student scores his/her essay and turns in with CR) Comparative Essay To write an argument/opinion based on a connection you’ve discovered between two Mystery texts. Choose which literary element you want to compare. Compare how the authors of each text used that element to develop the theme of his/her Mystery text. Thinking Map for Comparative Essay Rubric (Do Not turn in with essay) Writing Prompts and Writing Activities for Argument Labs