Overview

For this assessment students will take on the role of a ghost writer by writing a speech from a historical figure’s point of view.

More specifically, students will be asked to select a historical figure to learn more about, research their selection using a provided graphic organizer, narrow their topic to a specific event that the selected historical figure had an opinion or role in, and write a speech from the perspective of the historical figure.

Students will produce either a hand-written speech or a typed speech using Google Docs (or similar software). Final products must be scanned in or converted to a PDF for scoring purposes.

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Details

Big Ideas & Competencies

Big Ideas Competencies

C. Writing

Students can read with purpose, understand and analyze information and evidence to construct meaning in increasingly complex texts.

C1

Students can create an organized written piece, developing support strategies to connect the task, purpose and audience.

NOTE ABOUT ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

Below are analytic teacher rubrics. The column on the left shows the dimension that is being measured in the student’s performance. The levels across the top row indicate the performance level in the dimensions. Occasionally all dimensions and performance levels are exemplified by multiple students in a single recording.

Teacher Rubric

Dimensions Not Yet Meeting Expectations Meeting Expectations Exceeding Expectations

Focus/Organization
  • Partially addresses the expectations of the prompt.
  • Creates a basic organizational structure to group the ideas, reasons, and/or supporting information. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • Addresses the expectations of the prompt. 
  • Creates an organizational structure that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • Fully and thoroughly addresses the expectations of the prompt.
  • Creates a clear and thorough organizational structure that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. 
No exemplars at this time.

Development
  •  Provides a weak explanation and/or analysis of the evidence demonstrating minimal understanding of the topic or text(s).
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides an explanation and analysis of the evidence to demonstrate substantive understanding of the topic or texts.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides a clear and insightful explanation and analysis of the evidence demonstrating a thorough understanding of the topic or texts.
No exemplars at this time.

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