Overview

In this performance assessment, students will be asked to choose (or be assigned) a story to read. Then, students will design a character storyboard that showcases a character from the story. The storyboard should include illustrations or pictures that represent the character’s physical appearance and actions, along with captions or speech bubbles that describe the character’s personality traits.  

Students can create the storyboard in any appropriate way, including, but not limited to, PowerPoint or Google Slides (or another slideshow tool), Microsoft Word, or Google Docs, paper and colored pens/pencils/ markers. Final student work should be saved as an Acrobat PDF for uploading to the virtual scoring software. 

This assessment can be used at any time in 3rd grade. Students should have had instruction on character analysis before this assessment is used. 

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Details

  • 3rd
  • Two 45-minute sessions with an optional third 45-minute session
  • Big Ideas & Competencies View Section Below

Big Ideas & Competencies

Big Ideas Competencies

A. Reading Literature

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

A1

Students can demonstrate understanding and cite text as the basis for the answers when reading stories, dramas, and poetry independently and proficiently.

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

Character Description
  • Provides a basic description of the character with minimal details about appearance, actions, and role in the story.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides a good description of the character with some details about appearance, actions, and role in the story.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides a detailed description of the character, including appearance, actions, and role in the story.
No exemplars at this time.

Character Traits
  • Identifies a few character traits with basic explanations.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Identifies some character traits with good explanations.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Identifies multiple character traits with clear and accurate explanations.
No exemplars at this time.

Evidence from Text
  • Provides minimal evidence from the text to support character traits and actions.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides some evidence from the text to support character traits and actions.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Provides multiple pieces of evidence from the text to support character traits and actions.
No exemplars at this time.

Understanding Character Motivation
  • Demonstrates a basic understanding of the character's motivations with minimal explanation.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Demonstrates a good understanding of the character's motivations and can explain them.
No exemplars at this time.
  • Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the character's motivations and can explain them clearly.
No exemplars at this time.

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