this. If you use these reading and writing strategies to evaluate student performance, you may want to develop a grading rubric such as the one below. Score Description Evidence Complete; details provided; demonstrates deep 4 Excellent understanding. Complete; few details provided; demonstrates 3 Good some understanding. Incomplete; few details provided; some 2 Fair misconceptions evident. Very incomplete; no details provided; many 1 Poor misconceptions evident. Not So incomplete that no judgment can be made 0 acceptable about student understanding Teaching Strategies: Links to Common Core Standards for Reading: ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.5: Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy). ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11-12 texts and topics. Links to Common Core Standards for Writing: ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.2F: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic). ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1E: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented. Vocabulary and concepts that are reinforced in this issue: Chirality; Enantiomer; Amino acid; Protein; Enzyme; and Organic molecular structures. To help students engage with the text, ask students article them most and engaged why, or what questions they still have about the articles. The Background Information in the Teachers Guide has suggestions for further research and activities. ChemMatters As you read, complete the graphic organizer to explain chirality in your own Directions: words using information from the article. Chirality
this. If you use these reading and writing strategies to evaluate student performance, you may want to develop a grading rubric such as the one below. Score Description Evidence 4 Excellent Complete; details provided; demonstrates deep understanding. 3 Good Complete; few details provided; demonstrates some understanding. 2 Fair Incomplete; few details provided; some misconceptions evident. 1 Poor Very incomplete; no details provided; many misconceptions evident. 0 Not acceptable So incomplete that no judgment can be made about student understanding Teaching Strategies: Links to Common Core Standards for Reading: ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.5: Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy). ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11-12 texts and topics. Links to Common Core Standards for Writing: ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.2F: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic). ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1E: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented. Vocabulary and concepts that are reinforced in this issue: Chirality; Enantiomer; Amino acid; Protein; Enzyme; and Organic molecular structures. To help students engage with the text, ask students article engaged them most and why, or what questions they still have about the articles. The Background Information in the ChemMatters Teachers Guide has suggestions for further research and activities. Directions: As you read, complete the graphic organizer to explain chirality in your own words using information from the article. Chirality
chemmatters-tg-april2015-chirality.docx