| Student Work 1 |
ELA |
Performance Task |
8-1 final |
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(Content Area) |
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(Grade Level-Task Number) |
Standard(s):
E1a The student reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents each year. The quality and complexity of materials to be read are illustrated in the sample reading list. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and on-line material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.
E1b The student reads and comprehends at least four books (or book equivalents) about one issue or subject, or four books by a single writer, or four books in one genre, and produces evidence of reading that:
E1b.1 makes and supports warranted and responsible assertions about the texts
E1b.2 supports assertions with elaborated and convincing evidence
E1b.3 draws the text together to compare and contrast themes, characters, and
ideas
E1b.4 makes perceptive and well-developed connections.
Performance Task:
Some of you may have read books that have
received awards for excellence such as the Caldecott Medal and Honor Books (http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott_terms.html), Newberry Medal and Honor Books (http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery_terms.html), The Coretta Scott
King Award, or Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Review the
criteria used to select books that receive these prestigious awards. Develop a set of criteria that you would use
to select or nominate a book for the newly established Department of Defense
Education Activity (DoDEA) Eight Star Award.
It has been suggested
that books from a variety of subjects be included in the nominations for the Eight Star Award. You are to read four
books about a subject of your choice. As
a member of the Eight Star Award Committee you will:
1.
Develop criteria for selecting the books.
2.
Read the four books.
3.
Rate each book according to the criteria.
4.
Prepare a written nomination for one of the four books for the Eight Star Award based on the
established criteria.
5.
Have at least two other individuals (one must be an adult) read your
book review and provide feedback.
6.
Revise and refine your work based upon that feedback.
7.
Post your final copy on the school’s web site.
The book review will include:
q
descriptive statements about the text read
q
direct quotes that will support conclusions
q
comparisons and contrasts regarding characters and ideas
q
connections between books read, highlighting those
promoted in the book you are nominating for the Eight Star Award.
(Please remember to include the four titles
of the books read in your book log or record keeping tool.)
Circumstances of
Performance:
The
student work is produced under the following
conditions:
___X___
alone _______
in a group
___X___
in class ___X__ as homework
_______ with teacher
feedback ___X__ with peer feedback
_______ timed ___X__ opportunity for revision
Criteria for Success:
1. Entry made in record keeping
tool.
2. Development of criteria based on references. Criteria needs to address theme, characters, style, setting, plot and interest to age group.
3. The book review will
include:
q descriptive statements
q direct quotes
q comparisons and contrasts
q connections between other
books read
q evidence of revision.
Related Standard(s):
Speaking, Listening and
Viewing
E3a The student participates in one-to-one conferences with a teacher, a paraprofessional, or adult volunteer, in which the student:
E3a.1 initiates new topics in addition to responding to adult-initiated topics
E3a.2 asks relevant questions
E3a.3 responds to questions with appropriate elaboration
E3a.4 uses language cues to indicate different levels of certainty or hypothesizing, e.g., “what
if….” “very likely…” “I’m unsure whether…”
E3c The student prepares and delivers an individual presentation in which the student:
E3c.1 shapes information to achieve a particular purpose and to appeal to the interests and
background knowledge of audience members
E3c.2 shapes content and organization according to criteria for importance and impact rather
according to availability of information in resource materials
E3c.3 uses notes or other memory aids to structure the presentation
E3c4 develops several main points relating to a single thesis
E3c.6 projects a sense of individuality and personality in selecting and organizing
content, and in delivery.
E4a The student demonstrates a basic understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work, and selects the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context of the work. The student demonstrates control of:
E4a.1 grammar
E4a.2 paragraph structure
E4a.3 punctuation
E4a.4 sentence construction
E4a.5 spelling
E4a.6 usage.