Formative Assessment Prompt Scoring Guide
Lesson One
Read and study the passage provided, then pretend to be an author or publisher and choose three nonfiction text features to use to aid readers’ understanding of the passage. Write a paragraph justifying each choice and explaining how the text feature would help the reader.
Apply the following scoring guide to each of the three text features selected:
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Score |
Criterion |
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2 |
Response includes the selection of an appropriate nonfiction text feature and a reasonable explanation of how that will help the reader |
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1 |
Response includes the selection of an appropriate nonfiction text feature and a vague explanation of how that will help the reader |
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0 |
Other |