Student Work 1

ELA_________

Performance Task

1-3 final________

Standard(s):

E1b-4-Comprehension

· tell what the book is about.

· extend the story.

· make predictions about what might happen next and say why.

· talk about the motives of the characters.

· describe the cause and effects of specific events.

The Task:

Predictions Please!

The teacher will explain to the students that s/he will read a book in class. It is probably a book they have never read or heard before. That is a good thing, because they are going to play a game, called Guess What Comes Next? Students will need to be in pairs as they will become predicting partners.

The teacher will read aloud a story with strong predictable content (The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Viola Swamp, Ms. Nelson is Missing, etc.). At various points in the story, the teacher stops reading and ask the students who are in pairs, “What do you think will happen next?” The students will think to themselves what they believe will occur. Then, the students will share their predictions with their partner. The teacher continues reading after the partners predict stopping at points that have obvious possibilities for prediction.

As the story comes to a close, the teacher will comment that s/he will withhold the ending of the story and ask the students to individually create their own ending to the story. Using an overhead transparency and a lined piece of paper to help students write on the overhead, students will write their own ending and then draw a picture to go along with it.

Each student will have an opportunity to read and show, via the overhead, their ending to either a small group or entire class. Students can compare and contrast the various endings to the author’s ending.

Circumstances of Performance

The student work is produced under the following conditions:

X	alone	X	in a group (predictions with a partner)
X	in class		as homework
X	with teacher feedback	X	with peer feedback
X	timed		extended project
	no opportunity for revision	X	opportunity for revision

Criteria for Success:

· Makes predictions through text and illustrations

· Extends the story through text and illustrations

Related Standard(s):

E1c.1: Being Read To

· Listen to and discuss every day at least one book or chapter that is longer and more difficult than what they can read independently or with assistance.