The Assessment used to evaluate student performance: Each student was given a copy of the following directions for the assessment. I also verbally discussed each aspect of the assessment and answered any questions the students had before they began the assessment. Write a paragraph sequencing the events of The Swimmer. Top line: The title & author of the story (put your name and number at the bottom) Write an introduction sentence that gives the main idea of what the story is all about. The following sentences must include the events of the story in sequential order and remember to include signal words. (3 to 4 sentences) Remember to include the most important details that would change the outcome of the story. Write a concluding sentence to why the life was important to all women. swimmer’s Draw an illustration that goes along with the paragraph. You can use crayons and/or colored pencils only. Glue these directions on the back of your project. I assessed the students using a rubric. Quality 4 3 2 1 Sequence Events are Events are Events are Events are listed in the listed in correct somewhat Completely correct order order but in order with out of order first to last and missing little or no and no signal include signal signal words signal words words words Introductory Has an introductory Has an introductory Has an introductory No introductory sentence that clearly sentence and it sentence but it does sentence Sentence (Main Idea) describes the main idea somewhat describes not describe the the main idea main idea Important Ideas Gives accurate Gives accurate Gives limited Gives no or Details information information or inaccurate information about events, about events, information about events, steps, ideas steps, and about events, steps, and and key ideas with ideas, steps ideas vocabulary some key and ideas vocabulary Has a concluding Concluding sentence Has a concluding No concluding Concluding sentence sentence that makes that somewhat sentence but it sentence clearly states why the explains why her does not tell why life was life was important to her life was swimmer’s important to all women all women important to all women Use of Correct use of Mostly correct Limited use of Lacks correct conventions conventions (4 to 6 mistakes) conventions conventions (spelling, (less than 3 mistakes) (7 to 10 mistakes) (more than 10 grammar, mistakes) capitalization, punctuation)
The Assessment used to evaluate student performance: Each student was given a copy of the following directions for the assessment. I also verbally discussed each aspect of the assessment and answered any questions the students had before they began the assessment. Write a paragraph sequencing the events of The Swimmer. Top line: The title & author of the story (put your name and number at the bottom) Write an introduction sentence that gives the main idea of what the story is all about. The following sentences must include the events of the story in sequential order and remember to include signal words. (3 to 4 sentences) Remember to include the most important details that would change the outcome of the story. Write a concluding sentence to why the swimmer’s life was important to all women. Draw an illustration that goes along with the paragraph. You can use crayons and/or colored pencils only. Glue these directions on the back of your project. I assessed the students using a rubric. Quality 4 3 2 1 Sequence Events are listed in the correct order first to last and include signal words Events are listed in correct order but missing signal words Events are somewhat in order with little or no signal words Events are Completely out of order and no signal words Introductory Sentence (Main Idea) Has an introductory sentence that clearly describes the main idea Has an introductory sentence and it somewhat describes the main idea Has an introductory sentence but it does not describe the main idea No introductory sentence Important Ideas or Details Gives accurate information about events, steps, ideas and key vocabulary Gives accurate information about events, steps, and ideas with some key vocabulary Gives limited or inaccurate information about events, ideas, steps and ideas Gives no information about events, steps, and ideas Concluding sentence Has a concluding sentence that makes clearly states why the swimmer’s life was important to all women Concluding sentence that somewhat explains why her life was important to all women Has a concluding sentence but it does not tell why her life was important to all women No concluding sentence Use of conventions (spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation) Correct use of conventions (less than 3 mistakes) Mostly correct (4 to 6 mistakes) Limited use of conventions (7 to 10 mistakes) Lacks correct conventions (more than 10 mistakes)
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