Response to Fictional Literature
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Students will listen or read a fictional story and take notes identifying story elements. (Main character, setting, plot/problem, solution, and sequence of important events.
Provides an organizing note taking format that includes very few of the story elements (Main character, setting, plot/problem, solution, and sequence of important events.)
Provides an organizing note taking format that includes very few of the story elements (Main character, setting, plot/problem, solution, and sequence of important events.)
Provides an organizing note taking format that includes most of the story elements (Main character, setting, plot/problem, solution, and sequence of important events.)
Provides an organizing note taking format that includes all story elements (Main character, setting, plot/problem, solution, and sequence of important events.)
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Students will write a response paragraph or answer response questions identifying the Main idea, important events in the story in sequence, and explaining the lesson or author's purpose.
Has not clear summary of the Main idea and no significant details from the story Makes no judgment that shows an understanding of the text Fails to provide support for judgment
Has a somewhat clear summary characterized by paraphrasing the Main idea and significant details from the story Makes an unclear judgment that may not be relevant when it comes to understanding the text Provides hardly no support for judgment through specific references to text and prior knowledge.
Has a clear summary characterized by paraphrasing the Main idea and significant details from the story Makes some judgment in a creative way showing and some understanding of the text. Provides some support for judgment through specific references to text and prior knowledge.
Has a clear summary characterized by paraphrasing the Main idea and significant details from the story Makes a very clear judgment in a creative way showing and understanding of the text. Provides effective support for judgment through specific references to text and prior knowledge.
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Students write sentences that flow and include transitional language (beginning, middle and end)
Sentences are incomplete and unclear.
Sentences hardly flow and use few appropriate transitional language. Sentence length, structure, and complexity is not varied.
Sentences have some flow and include some appropriate transitional language. Most sentence length, structure, and complexity is varied.
Sentences flow and include appropriate transitional language. Sentence length, structure, and complexity is varied.
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Students use appropriate writing conventions.
Contains many errors in conventions that interferes with the meaning of the text.
Contains several errors in conventions that may interfere with the meaning of the text
Contains some errors in conventions that do not interfere with the meaning of the text.
Contains few, if any, errors in conventions.
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