If you recently completed Lesson 11, you'll remember
the article "The Ups and Downs of Space
Travel." Click
on the book icon to the right and open the passage.
You have read it carefully already, so you might
skim or review the key points again for a refresher.
Keep the tips about summarizing in mind.
In this example, you aren't doing the writing,
you're doing the evaluating! You be the teacher.
You're working with two students who are ready to
show off their skill of summarizing the information
in this article. Evaluate their writing!
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The
Ups and Downs
of Space Travel |
Short Answer Prompt:
Summarize the main points of this selection
in your own words. Be sure to include at least three main
points in your summary.
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Remember, you're a teacher who is
evaluating student writing. Remember to:
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Know what the question is asking.
- Think:
Prompt
is asking students to summarize the main points of
the article, including at least three main
points in their summary.
- Summary
has to be in the student's own words.
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Be very familiar with the passage
and know how you would answer the question.
- Do:
Write
a summary yourself using the article, and including
at least three main points, so that you have a good
model to compare to the student writing.
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Know the key elements needed
for a response to be complete.
- Think:
Student
must figure out which are the main points, and write
about at least three main of them in their summary.
The main points included would be:
Main Points |
Student might include: |
| Information about microgravity |
- definition
- bad for body
- bad for astronauts
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| The problem(s) it involves (the
effect of microgravity) |
- balance
- space sickness
- blood system works differently
- muscle weakness/atrophy
- up and down confusion
- bones lose calcium
- fainting
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| The need for a solution to the problem(s) |
- suits
- exercise
- more study
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Prompt: Summarize the main points of
this selection in your own words. Be sure to include
at least three main points in your summary.
Student 1 Answer:
The
main points are in space flight there is microgravity
and not any zero gravity. Microgravity does
a downgrade of the muscles and bones to make
astronauts weaker and less active on earth.
They must exercise everyday to keep their muscles
and bones in shape.
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Think about what score Student 1
earned for this response. Does the student include these
key elements? See if you can identify where each is
included.
How does this chart compare to the scoring
criteria? As a teacher, what score would you assign to
Student 1's response?
As a teacher, write a comment to Student
1, explaining the score earned by the answer.
Let's score another response.
Prompt: Summarize the main points
of this selection in your own words. Be sure
to include at least three main points in your
summary.
Student
2Answer:
Gravity
is very important. Without the weight of
gravity, you can eventually become lighter
and weaker because your bones slowly lose
calcium. This happens when you don't have
the weight of gravity to work against.
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Think about what score Student
2 earned for this response. Does the student
include the key elements?
How does this chart compare to the scoring
criteria? As a teacher, what score would you assign to
Student 2's response?
As a teacher, write a comment
to Student 2, explaining
the score earned by the answer:
You probably wrote something like this to Student
2:
Does it help to see the writing of other students?
Which student matched your own answer to the question?
How would you help Student 2 understand how to
pick up on the third main idea in their summary?
Let's look at other examples before we
begin practice items.
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Example
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