FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

The student will use the Venn diagram, which was previously completed, comparing Sacagawea to a woman in the 21^st century.  Students will write an expository paragraph using 4 to 5 details to tell how Sacagawea is different from a woman in the 21^st century.

Scoring Guide:

4 points

• Has 5 clear details explaining the differences between Sacagawea and a modern woman
• Details are facts that are text-based
• Consistently uses complete sentences
• Has a clear concluding sentence
• Contains few errors in grammar/usage, punctuation, capitalization, and/or spelling

3 points

• Has 4 clear details explaining the differences between Sacagawea and a modern woman
• Most details are facts that are text-based
• Generally uses complete sentences
• Has a concluding sentence
• May contain some errors in grammar/usage, punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling that are not significantly distracting to the reader.

2 points

• Has 2 clear details explaining the difference between Sacagawea and a modern woman
• Some details are facts that are text-based
• Contains some incomplete sentences
• Has a concluding sentence that may be unclear or incomplete
• Contains errors in grammar/usage, punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling that may be distracting to the reader

1 point

• Has 1 detail explaining the difference between Sacagawea and a modern woman
• Does not have a detail that is text-based
• Has several incomplete sentences
• Does not give a concluding sentence

Contains repeated errors in grammar/usage, punctuation, capitalization and/or spelling that is distracting to the reader