Summative Assessments-Scoring Guide

      

Summative Assessment:  Part I –  Play

Selected and Open Constructed Response Using Features and Details from Text

Selected Response Item #1 – Which page would you choose to find a story written as a play

1 Point for Choice C.

Selected Response Item #2 – In what type of text would you find lists of characters and stage directions?

1 Point for Choice C.

Selected Response Item #3 – What was the author’s purpose for writing the play, “Master Man”?

1 Point for Choice B.

Constructed Response Item #4 -- You have been listening to a play.  Shadusa is the main character.  What specific information did you hear that showed a change in his feelings from the beginning of the play to the end?  Give at least two examples of specific information to support your answer.

2 Points:  Describes change in feelings with two examples as support

1 Point:  Describes change in feelings with one example as support.

0 Points:  Other

Summative Assessment:  Part II – Poem

SR, CR, and PE using Features and Details from Text

Selected Response Item # 5 – In the poem, “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain,” what would best finish the sentence:

These are the cows all hungry and dry

Who mooed for the rain to fall from the __.

1 Point for Choice B.

Constructed Response Item #6 – There are many similes in the poem “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.”  Find a simile in Kapiti Plain.  Copy it down and explain which two items are being compared.

Example of a top score point response or list of acceptable answers:

“Kipat stood on one leg like the great stork bird.”  In this simile, the poet is comparing Kipat and a stork bird.

 

2 Points:  Describes both items being compared.

1 Point:  Describes only one of the two items compared.

0 Points:  Other

Constructed Response Item #7 – In the poem, “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain,” the setting changes from the beginning to the end.  How did the setting change?  Why was this change so important for Kapiti?

Example of top score response or list of acceptable answers:

  • The setting changed from dry to wet.
  • The rain made the grass grow.
  • The cows had food to eat.
  • The cows had water to drink.

 

2 Points:  Both questions are answered acceptably

1 Point:  One question is answered acceptably

0 Points:  Other

Performance Event Item #8

We have spent several days reading the narrative poem “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.”  This poem tells a story using rhyme and rhythm.  Please write a short poem that tells a story with rhythm and a rhyming pattern.  Be sure to include:

  1. A title
  2. Rhyme scheme (pattern)
  3. Rhythm
  4. Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  5. Use clear, legible handwriting with correct spacing on final copy

CA 1, 2, 3, 4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2

W2A, W2D, W3A, R2A, R2C, R2D

4 Points:

  • An effective title
  • Effective, entertaining rhyming scheme throughout poem
  • Smooth, comfortable rhythm
  • Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Clearly legible handwriting with correct spacing for words, lines, and margins

3 Points:

  • An appropriate title
  • Rhyming scheme throughout poem
  • Most of poem contains a rhythm
  • Few errors in spelling, capitalization, and/or punctuation
  • Readable handwriting with correct spacing for words, lines, and margins

2 Points:

  • Has a title
  • Rhyme scheme in parts of poem
  • Some rhythm in poem
  • Some errors in spelling, capitalization, capitalization and/or punctuation
  • Mostly readable handwriting and correct spacing

1 Point:

  • Attempts a title
  • Attempts a rhyme scheme
  • Attempts a rhythm scheme
  • Attempts correct spelling, capitalization, and/or punctuation
  • Attempts a legible handwriting with some correct spacing

Summative Assessment:  Part III – Narrative

CR and PE using Features and Details from Text

Constructed Response Item #9 – From the story Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, describe at least two examples that show the story is fiction.

Example of a top score point response or list of acceptable answers:

  • Animals talk
  • Characters are not real
  • Animals wear clothes
  • It is not factual

 

2 Points:  Describes at least 2 acceptable answers

1 Point:  Describes at least 1 acceptable answer

0 Points:  Other

Constructed Response Item #10 -- Complete the T-Chart to show 4 facts and 4 examples of make-believe (fiction) in the story Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock.

            Facts               Fiction

           1.                      1.

           2.                      2.

           3.                      3.

           4.                      4.

4 Points:  7-8 correct examples listed

3 Points:  5-6 correct examples listed

2 Points:  3-4 correct examples listed

1 Point:  1-2 correct examples listed

0 Points:  Other

 

 

Constructed Response Item #11 – Complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Anansi and Little Bush Deer’s character traits.  Include at least two traits in each part of the Venn Diagram.

Example of a top score point response or list of acceptable answers:

 

Anansi      Both (Same)     Little Bush Deer

Sneaky     tricksters           shy

Lazy         smart                 observant

Sly           animals              patient

 

2 Points: Response includes at least 2 traits in each of the 3 selections of the Diagram

1 Point:  Response includes at least 1 to 2 traits in the sections (1 to 5 correct traits)

0 Points:  Other

Constructed Response Item #12 – Who would you want for a friend:  Little Bush Deer or Anansi?  Why?  Use information from the story to explain your answer.

Example of a top score point response or list of acceptable answers:

I would want Little Bush Deer for a friend.  He cared enough for the other animals to want to get their food back.  Little bush Deer was smart enough to know how to trick Anansi.  The trick wasn’t to be mean; it was to help the animals get their food back. 

 

2 Points:  Response includes 2 or more examples from the story to support decision

1 Point:  Response includes 1 example from the story to support decision

0 Points:  Other

Constructed Response Item #13 – Identify a lesson being taught in Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock.  Use two details from the book to explain your answer.

Example of a top score point response or list of acceptable answers:

Don’t trick your friends is a lesson being taught in Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock.  Anansi tricked the animals in the forest and they were sad.  They took all of their food back and Anansi learned his lesson.

 

4 Points:  Gave at least 2 responses and supported them with details from the book.

3 Points:  Gave at least 2 reasons but only one reason is supported with details from the book

2 Points:  Gave 2 reasons but didn’t support them with details from the book or 1 reason that is supported with details from the book

1 Point:  Gave 1 reason but didn’t support it with details from the book

0 Points:  Other

Performance Event #14 -- Create a well-written narrative about a character from one of the books we’ve read.  This narrative should include:

  • A title
  • A logical beginning, middle, and end
  • Details to explain the story
  • Correct sentence structure
  • Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  • And clearly, legible handwriting with correct spacing of words, lines and margins

CA 1, 2, 4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2

W2A, W2D, W3A

4 Points:

  • Effective title
  • Strong, explicit details that develop a main idea
  • Narrative that tells a complete story with a clear beginning, middle, and end
  • Complete and varied sentences
  • Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Clearly legible handwriting with correct spacing of words, lines, and margins

3 Points:

  • Appropriate title
  • Contains details that develop a main idea
  • Narrative that tells a story with a beginning, middle, and end
  • Complete sentences with correct grammar
  • Contains few errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Readable handwriting with correct spacing of words, lines, and margins

2 Points:

  • Has a title
  • Contains some details that support a main idea
  • Narrative with evidence of a beginning, middle, and end
  • Some complete sentences
  • Some errors in spelling, capitalization, and/or punctuation
  • Mostly readable handwriting with correct spacing of words, lines, or margins

1 Point:

  • Attempts title
  • Attempts detail for a main idea
  • Attempts narrative, attempts beginning, middle, or end
  • Attempts complete sentences
  • Attempts correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Attempts legible handwriting but difficult to read and has many spacing errors between words, lines, and margins