Vocabulary--20%
The student will know the questions in this part before he or she sees the quiz--the student should be prepared! Typically, the quiz will be matching synonyms.   The student will have opportunity in class to exercise and review the vocabulary words, but many students will also require some homework study.  The state mandates that the student know the meanings of words encountered frequently in grade-level reading and oral language (R.WS.00.09).  The state also mandates that the student learn the meaning of new words (R.WS.00.10). 

Multiple choice--25%
Five straight questions to determine basic understanding of the story and ability to recall. 

Provide Examples--15%
This section of the quiz requires the student to retell up to three events from the text using their own words or phrasing (R.CM.00.02).  Typically, the type of examples asked for require the student to discuss setting, characters, and events in the narrative text (R.NT.00.03). 

Choose and Defend--15%
Students will begin to make connections between the text and themselves.  Using a written response, they will explain these connections between knowledge that they already possess and ideas in text (R.CM.00.01)

Written Response--25% Rubric for These Essays

Students will discuss setting, characters, and events in narrative text (R.NT.00.03). 

Students will retell up to three events from familiar text using their own words or phrasing (R.CM.00.02). 

Students will begin to make connections between the text and themselves.  Using a written response, they will explain these connections between knowledge that they already posses and ideas in text (R.CM.00.01). 

Students will respond to the texts they read.  Sometimes they will respond to individual texts, and sometimes they will respond by comparing and contrasting different texts.  They will find evidence, discuss, and write.  Their responses will reflect on the reading, make meaning, and make connections.  (R.NT.00.05). 

The student's answer is clear but incorrect,
     or
The student's answer is unclear - either too generalized or too vague to determine whether it is reasonable,
     or
The student's answer is illegible.

The student offers a reasonable answer,

However,

The student offers a reasonable answer,

And

The student offers a particularly thoughtful answer,

And

The student's support from the text is insufficient, because:
o The student provides evidence from the text that is generalized, incomplete, or only partially accurate, or partially relevant
o The student provides evidence from the text, but it is only weakly connected to the student's answer
o The student provides no evidence from the text at all

The student supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text,

However,

The student supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text,

And

The student's writing shows a lack of basic skills:
o incomplete sentences,
o capitalization errors,
o inability to create paragraphs,
o awkward confusing sentence structure,
o uses "you" inappropriately
o uses pronouns where nouns are needed, or
o writes in slang, text messaging, etc.

The student's writing shows a mastery of at least basic skills:
o writes in complete sentences,
o understands basic capitalization,
o organizes essay into paragraphs,
o writes clear sentences,
o uses characters' names and not just "he" and "she", and
o is able and willing to use Standard English