feels her parents made her feel loved. And she understood, from an early age, that they had a disease that prevented them from giving her more than they did. She misses having her family together. And her father, with whom she is now close, has developed AIDS. Liz says she doesn't feel like she has moved past the events of her childhood, rather they've stayed with her and are part of everything about who she is. She has learned from her experiences and makes use of the lessons. Assignment: Identify the main idea and make a list of the most important points, then write a paragraph summarizing Liz Murray’s story. Checklist for editing your summary: I have… Written my summary in complete sentences – no sentence fragments or run-on sentences Only included the important information Organized my ideas clearly to help my reader follow my summary Used transitions to link my ideas Not included opinion statements Created a beginning, middle, and end Used a consistent verb tense Used all the stages of the writing process Checked my spelling, grammar, and punctuation Approaches the required Achieves the required Exceeds the required Significantly exceed the level level level required level 0 – 49% 50 – 64% 65 – 79% 80 – 100% Knowledge/ Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some Demonstrates Demonstrates thorough knowledge of form of knowledge of form of considerable knowledge knowledge of form of a Understanding summary summary of form of summary summary Demonstrates Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some considerable Demonstrates thorough understanding of text understanding of text understanding of text understanding of text Organizes ideas with Organizes ideas with Organizes ideas clearly Organizes ideas clearly and Thinking/ Inquiry limited clarity some clarity effectively Supports main point with Supports main point with Supports main point Supports main point clearly limited clarity some clarity clearly and effectively Explains ideas with limited Explains ideas with some Explains ideas with Explains ideas with a high Communication effectiveness effectiveness considerable degree of effectiveness effectiveness Uses limited transitions Uses some transitions Uses clear transitions Uses transitions clearly and effectively Uses language Uses language Uses language Uses language conventions Application conventions with limited conventions with some conventions with accurately and effectively accuracy and accuracy and considerable accuracy all or most of the time effectiveness effectiveness and effectiveness Uses the writing process Uses the writing process Uses the writing process Uses the writing process with limited competence with some competence with considerable with a high degree of competence competence
feels her parents made her feel loved. And she understood, from an early age, that they had a disease that prevented them from giving her more than they did. She misses having her family together. And her father, with whom she is now close, has developed AIDS. Liz says she doesn't feel like she has moved past the events of her childhood, rather they've stayed with her and are part of everything about who she is. She has learned from her experiences and makes use of the lessons. Assignment: Identify the main idea and make a list of the most important points, then write a paragraph summarizing Liz Murray’s story. Checklist for editing your summary: I have… Written my summary in complete sentences – no sentence fragments or run-on sentences Only included the important information Organized my ideas clearly to help my reader follow my summary Used transitions to link my ideas Not included opinion statements Created a beginning, middle, and end Used a consistent verb tense Used all the stages of the writing process Checked my spelling, grammar, and punctuation Approaches the required level 0 – 49% Achieves the required level 50 – 64% Exceeds the required level 65 – 79% Significantly exceed the required level 80 – 100% Knowledge/ Understanding Demonstrates limited knowledge of form of summary Demonstrates limited understanding of text Demonstrates some knowledge of form of summary Demonstrates some understanding of text Demonstrates considerable knowledge of form of summary Demonstrates considerable understanding of text Demonstrates thorough knowledge of form of a summary Demonstrates thorough understanding of text Thinking/ Inquiry Organizes ideas with limited clarity Supports main point with limited clarity Organizes ideas with some clarity Supports main point with some clarity Organizes ideas clearly Supports main point clearly Organizes ideas clearly and effectively Supports main point clearly and effectively Communication Explains ideas with limited effectiveness Uses limited transitions Explains ideas with some effectiveness Uses some transitions Explains ideas with considerable effectiveness Uses clear transitions Explains ideas with a high degree of effectiveness Uses transitions clearly and effectively Application Uses language conventions with limited accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with limited competence Uses language conventions with some accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with some competence Uses language conventions with considerable accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with considerable competence Uses language conventions accurately and effectively all or most of the time Uses the writing process with a high degree of competence
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