Transcript The Open-Ended Question

STAAR OPEN ENDED
RESPONSE
SINGLE SELECTION
HOW TO ANSWER THE SHORT
ANSWER FOR A SINGLE SELECTION
Components of the Open-Ended
Response
Clear, reasonable
idea about
various aspects
of the text
analysis
Relevant text
evidence that
supports the idea
quotation
2
The Open-Ended Response . . .
Is scored on content
Unless the frequency and/or
severity of writing convention
errors causes clarity problems.
Write clearly and neatly. Your final answer
must be written in the box provided.
3
0
Insufficient
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This response is too vague to understand.
Or
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This response fails to give any textual
evidence. (Quote)
Or
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This response makes an interpretation not
found in the text.
Or
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This response is just a plot summary
Partially Sufficient:1
• This response only gives an answer.
Or
• This response only gives textual
evidence and fails to explain how
the quotation answers the
question.
Or
• There is no clear connection between
the answer and the evidence.
Sufficient: 2
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This response answers the
question and gives appropriate
evidence (Quote)
The connection between the answer
and the evidence (quotation) is clear.
Exemplary: 3
• Everything a “2” has, PLUS:
–Particularly insightful answer
–Embedded quotations
–Clear explanation as to how the
quotations prove the answer
Sample: Answer Sheet
Now… YOU BE THE JUDGE.
• We’ll take a look at responses from real
students who took the 9th grade STAAR
Benchmark last year.
• Their responses were scored by “official”
graders.
• Let’s see if we can score these on our
own…Get your score cards ready!
Literary Selection: single excerpt from the play of the
novel: Anne of Green Gables
• In the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables, do
you think the stage directions enhance your
understanding of the scene? Explain your
answer and support it with evidence from the
selection.
How do I answer this?
With A.C.E., that’s how!
• To answer the question completely you must
include 3 things:
• Answer: Write your response in a clear
complete sentence in the box provided.
• Citation: Write a direct quotation from
the story that proves your response is
correct.
• Explanation : Write an explanation
about how the citation (quotation from
the text) proves your response is
correct.
Stage directions from the dramatic adaptation of the novel:
Anne of Green Gables
• 1 [Avonlea Station. A small figure, a child
sits on a battered suitcase. The child
wears a too-large overcoat and a cap
covering its head. We can see only the
child’s back as the lights come up. The
child wraps the coat more tightly around
itself and turns toward us for the first time:
She is a girl, a simple tattered dress under
her coat. The stationmaster comes to pick
up a mailbag and notices the girl. ]
What grade (1-3) should this short answer get?
The stage directions definitely help to get an image of
the scene in the play. In a short story or novel, authors use
words to describe the setting that the characters are in
which helps to paint a visual image in the reader’s mind.
Descriptions like “a small figure, a child, sits on a battered
suitcase” and directions as to who a character is turned
talking to like “to Anne” help the reader see what is
happening, just like descriptions in a novel or short story.
The reader can see the play being acted out in their minds
which helps them to understand the scenes better and
connect with the characters just by reading.
Here’s the ACE: Answer, Citation, Explanation – red is the
answer, green is the citation (quotation), and blue is the
explanation about how the quotation proves that answer is
true.
The stage directions definitely help to get an image of
the scene in the play. In a short story or novel, authors use
words to describe the setting that the characters are in
which helps to paint a visual image in the reader’s mind.
Descriptions like “a small figure, a child, sits on a battered
suitcase” and directions as to who a character is turned
talking to like “to Anne”” help the reader see what is
happening, just like descriptions in a novel or short story. The
reader can see the play being acted out in their minds
which helps them to understand the scenes better and
connect with the characters just by reading.
Score Point: 3 -Exemplary
• The student offers the thoughtful idea that
stage directions enhance a reader’s images of
the scene in the play. Specific synopsis and
direct quotations are combined to strongly
support the idea, making this an exemplary
response. The idea is perceptive and text
evidence is specific and well chosen.
The next response:
In “Anne of Green Gables” I believe the stage directions
enhance the understanding of the scene. Some evidence to prove
it is all of the first paragraph. It enhances the understanding of
the scene by introducing the main character, setting the scene,
and setting the mood. Without the stage directions it’s all
confusing. Some more text evidence is all of paragraph 8. It
enhances the scene by introducing a man who is to adopt Anne
and what his character is like. In conclusion I believe the stage
directions enhance the scene because without them it’s very
confusing.
Score Point: 1- Partially Sufficient
• The student presents a reasonable idea and
supports it with quotations of relevant text,
making this a sufficient response.
*Now can you see why it got
a 1?
In “Anne of Green Gables” I believe the stage
directions enhance the understanding of the scene. Some
evidence to prove it is all of the first paragraph. It
enhances the understanding of the scene by introducing
the main character, setting the scene, and setting the
mood. Without the stage directions it’s all confusing.
Some more text evidence is all of paragraph 8. It
enhances the scene by introducing a man who is to adopt
Anne and what his character is like. In conclusion I
believe the stage directions enhance the scene because
without them it’s very confusing.
Here’s the next response:
The stage directions help a lot because
the reader can create more realistic pictures
in their head about what is going on.
When “Anne clutches her bag. She is
terrified,” shows Anne is scared without
Anne having to say it.
What did you think this
deserves?
The stage directions help a lot because
the reader can create more realistic pictures
in their head about what is going on.
When “Anne clutches her bag. She is
terrified,” shows Anne is scared without
Anne having to say it.
Score Point- 2-Sufficient
• In this response, the student writes in first
person.
• There is no direct text evidence – only
summary. If the writer had quoted from the
stage directions, their response would have
been scored higher if the connection between
the text evidence and answer was closely
linked.
Here’s the next response:
It lets me know that she’s waiting for
something or someone and that she might be
unfortunate.
Score Point: 0- Insufficient
• This student offers an idea (that she’s waiting
for something or someone ) that only
summarizes part of the stage directions; the
response does not address whether stage
directions enhance the play. There is no
quotation to be used as evidence either.
Where do I begin with a short answer?
• Prewriting:
1. Look at the question
2. Figure out the ‘I say.’ Answer the question in
your own words.
3. Figure out the ‘It says.” Quote the text to
support your answer and explain the
connection.
4. Then turn that prewriting into a wellconstructed 10 line paragraph.
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