Scoring Guide

1. am-bi-dex-trous

2. C

3. 3 points  Student response includes three appropriate textual examples with corresponding visualizations

2 points  Student response includes two appropriate textual examples with corresponding visualizations

1 point    Student response includes one appropriate textual example with corresponding visualization

0 points  Other

Scoring note: a correct response would include a complete vivid picture and a written response accurately depicting images found in the text

4. 2 points  Student response correctly identifies two problems with the site and explains why these make the site invalid

1 point    Student response correctly identifies one problem and explains why this makes the site invalid

0 points  Other

Teacher note: This piece can be found at http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/html

Note-taking

5. 3 points  Student response include the appropriate content and the format follows the criteria for correct note-taking

2 points  Student response includes partially appropriate content and the format OR student response includes correct content and partially incorrect format

1 point    Student response includes inappropriate content and appropriate format, OR student response includes correct content and incorrect format

0 points  Other

Content

3 points  Summary includes all the main ideas (and only main ideas), substitution of words by student, and multi-paragraphs

2 points  Summary includes most of the main ideas (and only main ideas), substitution of words, and includes at least two paragraphs

1 point    Summary includes some of the main idea, very little to no substitution of words by student, and may be only one paragraph

0 point    Other