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Designed by: James K. Shannon                                             Subject: English

Mary K. Price                                                                        Standard: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening

                                                                          Level: 8

 

MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS

1.    Write out the Mifflin County School District benchmark on which the assessment task will focus.

Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening 1.4

2.    Write the title of the assessment task which will engage students in demonstrating this benchmark. Describe the task.

Autobiography Unit - Final Paper

                            Each student will write an autobiography based on a teacher-created format.

3.    What observable and measurable performance criteria will be used to judge what students know and/or can do?                                 Performance Rubric

4.    Design a rubric or checklist to assess the task. Indicate the criteria needed for mastery.

                        Autobiography Unit - Final Paper Rubric

Criteria

Points possible

Points received

I. Cover design (title, date, art work) 5  
II. Content (2 typed pages)

· Introduction

· Organization

· Conclusion

 

10

10

10

 
III. Writing skills

· Capitalization

· Punctuation

· Spelling

· Creativity

5

5

5

(Bonus points 1-3)

 

Scale A= 47-50

B= 43-46

C= 39-42

D= 35-38

E= 0-34

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Revised:  Monday, January 12, 2009

URL: http://www2.mcsdk12.org/langarts

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