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Assessment

Writing About Literary Text: Wise or Foolish?

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This Writing About Literary Text: Wise or Foolish? assessment also includes:

A three-part assessment promotes reading comprehension skills. Class members read literary texts and take notes to discuss their findings, answer comprehension questions, write summaries, and complete charts. 

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
Writing, Writing Prompts, Expository Writing, reading, reading comprehension, group discussions, note-taking skills, summarizing, responding to literature, responding to reading, charts, essay writing, explanatory writing, paragraph writing, reading comprehension strategies
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Use the resource to prepare for state testing, and to remind pupils of specific strategies best used during reading and writing tests  
  • Assign different parts to individuals based on ability level; review responses in small groups to guide practice accordingly 
  • Practice similar reading comprehension tasks using classroom books prior to conducting the exa
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires copies of 14 pages for the test booklet
  • Consider individual testing needs, make accommodations and modifications as needed 
Pros
  • Includes an extended writing prompt and a corresponding rubric 
  • Encourages learners to reread the text for better comprehension 
Cons
  • None