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ELA

Performance Task

2-1 final

 

Standard(s):

 

Reading

E1b.4-Comprehension

By the end of the year, we expect second grade students to:

·        recognize and be able to talk about organizing structures.

·        combine information from two different parts of the text.

·        Infer cause and effect relationships that are not stated explicitly.

 

The Task:

 

 

You have been asked to write about your life as a second grader for the class yearbook.  You are interested in learning more about how to organize your story in terms of the people and the things that happened to you during this year.   You want the reader to clearly see how events in your life are connected.

 

(Teacher models the following first by reading several books and making a chart.  Then children read books and make their own charts working with a partner. Each student will then be asked to complete a chart independently )

Chose a favorite series of stories that have the same character or characters throughout the series such as Mercer Mayer or Marc Brown books.  Working with a partner, make one chart that will allow you to follow the main character and the story line from three to five books.  After reading each story from the series, enter on the chart:

·        the main character’s name

·        actions taken by main character

·        reasons for the actions.

Be sure to share ideas with your partner as you make your chart together.    

 

Now, working by yourself, make a different chart by making yourself the main character.  Think about three to five events in your life and the actions they caused you to take.  What were the reasons for your actions?  Complete your chart. Use the chart to help you organize the story of your life in second grade and share your story with your parent or parents. 

 

Note: When submitting work to DoDEA for written commentary please include both charts (identify chart completed independently) along with a list of books read.

 

Circumstances of Performance:

The student work is produced under the following conditions:

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alone

   X

in a group

 

 

 

 

   X

in class

 

as homework

 

 

 

   X

with teacher feedback (parent)

   X

with peer feedback

 

 

 

 

 

timed

 

extended project

 

 

 

 

 

no opportunity for revision

   X

opportunity for revision

 

 

Criteria for Success: 

 

·        Reads a minimum of 3 to 5 stories in a book series.

  • Identifies main character in a series of stories.
  • Isolates the action of the main character in each story.
  • Organizes chart so information is clearly displayed.
  • Displays logical reasoning when making connections between actions in stories.
  • Includes 3 to 5 events in the story of life as a second grader.

 

Related Standard(s):

 

Reading

E1b.4  Comprehension

By the end of second grade, we expect second graders to:

·        trace characters and plots across multiple episodes, perhaps ones that are read on successive days.

·        relate later parts of a story to earlier parts of a story, in terms of theme, cause and effect, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

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