Second Summative Assessment Scoring Guide

Questions 1 and 2:

3 Points: The response includes an accurate answer and uses two examples as support.

2 Points: The response includes an accurate answer and uses one example as support.

1 Point: The response includes an accurate answer but fails to give supporting examples.

0 Points: Other

Questions 3 and 4:

2 Points: The response includes an opinion and uses two examples from the selection as support.

1 Point: The response includes an opinion and uses one example from the selection as support

0 Points: Other

Note: If an opinion is not given separately from the examples, try to discern the student’s position from the examples provided. If the position is still not apparent, score the response a 0.

Questions 5, 6, and 9:

3 Points: The response includes an accurate explanation and uses two examples as support.

2 Points: The response includes an accurate explanation and uses one example as support.

1 Point: The response includes an accurate explanation but fails to use examples as support.

0 Points: Other

Question 7:

3 Points: The response includes the tone of the selection, a description of how it is established, and one or two examples.

2 Points: The response includes the tone of the selection and a description of how it is established.

1 Point: The response includes the tone of the selection.

0 Points: Other

Question 8:

3 Points: The response includes an accurate statement of main idea and uses two examples from the selection to explain how it relates to the theme.

2 Points: The response includes an accurate statement of main idea and uses one example from the selection to explain how it relates to the theme.

1 Point: The response includes an accurate statement of main idea but does not give an acceptable explanation of how it relates to the theme.

0 Points: Other