How do you know that students are reading well? Now that you have seen profiles of effective practices in teaching reading, can you assess if they actually work? Assessing reading outcomes and individual assignments can be done in many ways. Rubrics work well and allow students to know and understand how their work will be scored. The following rubrics have been used in a variety of ways. The rubric that follows, shows how Michelle Andersen Francis assessed students’ annotations in response to lessons on how to annotate a text. Annotation Rubric Did Not Attempt Expectation Below Expectation Meets Expectation Exceeds Expectation Paraphrasing (writing it in your own There are no notes in the margin. Annotations are exactly as written by author of text. Is unable to think about what author wants reader to know. Can think about what the author wants reader to know and can write annotations understandably in margin. Is able to determine author’s intent and write ideas in margin as a paraphrased text. Structure of annotations There are no annotations in the margin, but things might be underlined in text. Annotations in the margin are written without regard for text structure. Is able to delineate text using underlining in the annotations. Is able to underline margin annotations, enumerate ideas, and break the text into a logical structure in the annotations. Ideas in annotations No annotations. There are only one - four words written about each paragraph and writing doesn’t match main idea. in annotations closely match the main ideas, but some details and examples might be missing. Ideas in annotations cover the main ideas, the details, and any examples that will help the reader later on. Opinions in the annotations. There are no opinions expressed. Annotations are strictly text based and do not include any of the reader’s opinions. Annotations in the margin address reader’s opinions about the text. Annotations in the margin express reader’s opinions the text as well as possible questions and other outside connections to the text. By Michelle Andersen Francis, reading instructor,
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The manager of a movie theater noted that 411 people attended a movie but neglected to note the number of adults and children. Admission was $7.00 for adults and $3.75 for children. The receipts were $2678.75. How many adults and children attended the movie? X = Movie Attendees Amount Value Total Adults a $7.00 7 a Children c $3.75 3.75c Mix a + c = 411 $2678.75 7a + 3.75c = 2678.75 1. Variable statement: a = adults c = children 2. Equations: a + c = 411 7a + 3.75c = 2678.75 -c = - c a = 411 – c 7(411 – c) + 3.75c = 2678.75 2877 – 7c + 3.75c = 2678.75 2877 – 3.25 c = 2678.75 - 2877 = -2877__ - 3.25 c = -198.25 -3.25 -3.25 c = 61 a = 411 – 61 a = 350 Solution: a = 350 adults c = 61 children V. Distance Problems: D = R x T A. The distance between Houston, Texas and Austin, Texas is 180 miles. A car leaves Houston traveling toward Austin at an average rate of 68 miles per hour. At the same time, a van leaves Austin traveling toward Houston at an average rate of 52 miles per hour. Assuming they are traveling on the same route, how long will it take until they meet? d r t Car Van /