Practice
5 - Instruction:
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"From the Land
and Back," is an excerpt from Curtis Stadtfeld's
writing about his farming ancestors, and how they "put
their roots down and made farms and homes and futures"
during the Depression of the 1930s. We have worked with this
section previously in Lessons 3 (inference) and 4 (vocabulary).
To review, we already
figured out the theme of the passage: "People often get
back what they give." The passage infers the farmer cares
about the comfort of his guests, and "stock in tow,"
means the animals the travelers brought with them.
Now you'll get a chance
to put all the information from the passage together and tell
why the farmer responds differently to each family. You'll
be using both cause/effect and compare / contrast skills depending
on how you answer the question.
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Before Reading:
Read the prompt you will be answering, so that there is a place
in your brain to file away ideas as you read! Taking notes would
not be a bad idea either!
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Short Answer
Prompt:
- Why does the farmer
respond differently to each family?
- Use the text as evidence
for your explanation.
 Note: What key elements will be needed for a full
two point answer?
Choose ONE of the following three options for
writing your response.
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If
Microsoft Word is available on your computer, this
document allows you to type your answer, use spell
check, save, copy/paste text, and/or print the page
to turn in.
<< Click here to open a
word form for your response. |
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This
file can be printed, and allows you to use your best
penmanship (yes, real writing instead of typing),
and turn it in to your teacher.
<< Click here to open a
.pdf file for your response. |
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If you are a student taking this class
through IA, you will need to use this document for
your response. Follow directions on your checklist
to copy/paste into an e-mail.
<< Click here for the text. |
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You are the an expert at scoring short answer
responses now. Go ahead and score your own writing using this
criteria:
| Points |
Rubric |
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- identifies two different responses of the farmer to the
two families camping on his property
- analyzes why the responses are different, clearly
- the analysis makes sense and uses evidence from the text
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- identifies response of the farmer to at least one family
- partial analysis of why the response was given, but may
not compare to the other response
- tries to use information from passage, but it might be
incomplete or not make complete sense
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- little or no understanding of the farmer's response to
either family
- no explanation or one that does not make sense
- may write "I don't know" or write an explanation
that is not supported by the text
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This may help identify the key elements in your writing.
If you check all three yes buttons,
chances are you earned 2 points! Way to go.
If you didn't check all three yes
buttons, take a look at what was missing, and go back and revise
your answer until you can check all three yes
buttons!
When you are totally satisfied with your answer, print the
Word document with your answer and score
for your teacher.
You've worked hard! Let's have some fun with Cosby again. The
last reading and writing for this lesson is a son convincing
his dad to let him buy a car. Read carefully, you might get
some ideas yourself!
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