Diagnostic Assessment RL 2.2, W 2.3, SL 2.4 Students will listen to or read the story Chrysanthemum. He/she will tell about a time when he/she was teased or witnessed someone else being teased. He/she will tell what happened before and after the teasing took place. He/she will tell what lesson was learned from the experience. Task 1 With a partner, students will recount a story about a real life teasing experience. Task 2 Students will complete a graphic organizer recounting the sequence of events in their personal story. Task 3 Students will write a short story describing their own personal experience and identify the lesson learned from their experience.
Formative Assessments 1. Reading/Writing conferences 2. Self/Peer Assessments 3. Post-it notes or annotations 4. Short-answer responses 5. Exit slips or three minute writes 6. Turn and talk or Think, Pair, and share 7. Reader’s/Writer's’ notebook assignments 8. Observations 9. Graphic organizers 10. Oral Questioning Summative Performance Assessment RL 2.2, W 2.3, SL 2.4 Just like the character Elbert in the story, “Elbert’s Bad Word,” think about a time when you accidentally made a bad decision. Tell what happened before and after you made the bad decision. Explain what lesson you learned from the experience. Write a narrative about the event-identify the lesson that you learned from the experience. Be sure to include the following in your writing:
Detail sentences telling about the bad decision you made
Detail sentences that explain what happened before and after you made the bad decision
Use time order words (temporal words) to show event order
Detail sentences telling what lesson you learned from the experience
A statement that gives the writing closure
Task 1 Make a list of timesthat you did something that you weren’t suppose to-you made a bad decision. Choose one event to write a narrative about. Task 2 With a partner, recount the events of your story in the order that they happened. Use a graphic organizer to tell the events that happened before and after you made the bad decision Task 3 Tell how you felt before and after you made the bad decision and what lesson you learned Task 4 Write a narrative, recounting a well elaborated event, using details sentences, temporal words, and providing a sense of closure.