Stage 2:

Formative Assessments: Critical Reading

Assessment Evidence

CURRICULUM EMBEDDED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PERFORMANCE TASKS)

Reader will

• Provide details that are relevant, contextual, and meaningful
• Explain quotations in terms of a larger or universal significance, as aspect of self or life in general
• Use multiple critical thinking and reading strategies
• Provide insightful interpretations of theme(s) and theory building; avoid clichés
• Consider different possible interpretations from selections
• Display evidence of re-reading, revision or rethinking of ideas
• Discuss diction, imagery, syntax, etc. and how these contribute to meaning.
• Show appreciation for the author’s style; draw inferences from figurative language
• Provide insightful, personal connections, and thought provoking questions

Scoring Guides:

• Checklist for Reading Literature Standards
  • Reading Standards for Literature [RL1-3] 11-12 Key Ideas and Details
  • Reading Standards for Literature [RL4-6] 11-12 Craft and Structure
  • Reading Standards for Literature [RL7] 11-12 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Formative Assessments: Speaking and Listening

Assessment Evidence

CURRICULUM EMBEDDED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PERFORMANCE TASKS)

Speaker will

• Prepare detailed notes, post-its, and text evidence
• Contribute multiple times to the discussion, building upon the speaker before her
• Cites appropriate and relevant information from the text
• Demonstrates that she is prepared and engaged
• Listen attentively to other speakers
• Provide subtle and sophisticated analysis
• Provide evidence of higher-order critical reading skills (see list to the left)

Scoring Guides:

• SRD Scoring Guide and Protocol
• Presentation Scoring Guide

Summative and Formative Assessments: Critical Writing

Evaluative Criteria                                               

CURRICULUM EMBEDDED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PERFORMANCE TASKS)

Writer will

• Present an insightful and appropriate thesis that fully develops theme, and demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the topic and/or the text
• Present insightful analysis of well-integrated evidence, and fully develop how critical theory applies to a larger idea
• Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the topic and how it relates to the meaning of the novel
• Use carefully chosen, relevant details to insightfully support her argument
• Fully develop ideas without belaboring points
• Use careful, subtle organization that effectively presents her argument
• Use rich, effective vocabulary and a variety of sentence structures
• Possess clear, intentional use of mechanics, and have stylistic grace
• Demonstrate control of sentence structure, grammar and usage, and mechanics
• Demonstrate control of agreement

Scoring Guides:

Literary Analysis Rubric, (Generic) Long Composition / Process Paper

AP Scoring Guide (Generic) for AP Literature and Composition, Questions 1,2, and 3

Critical Reading Grade

Complete a Reader's Notebook

Scoring Guides:

Hamlet Notebook Scoring Guide

Resources:

• The Arch Method adapted for Lit
• Characterization Handout
• Plot and Structure Handout
• Setting Handout
• Levels of Diction
• How to do a 3 part DJ

Speaking and Listening Grades

Student Run Discussions and Presentations

Scoring Guides:

• SRD Scoring Guide and Protocol
• Presentation Scoring Guide

Critical Writing Grades

On Demand and Process Papers

Literary Analysis Rubric, (Generic) Long Composition / Process Paper

AP Scoring Guide (Generic) for AP Literature and Composition, Questions 1,2, and 3