Literacy Assessments with evaluation criteria

Lesson
Lesson 1: Four Facts
Check Out 1
Lesson 2: Check Out 2

Lesson 3: Quick Write

Check List

Lesson 4: Topic/transition

Assessment
Students will be given credit if they have at least four facts
written down by the end of class.
Students will be scored on a ___/3 scale. They will be given
credit for each question they answer.
Students will be scored on a ___/2 scale. Could they tell me one
thing that was different about tornadoes and hurricanes, and
one thing that was similar?
Students will be given full credit if they use at least three key
words: such as introduction, hook, body paragraph, conclusion,
supporting details.
Students will have to answer questions, in which they will be
checked off if answered correctly. They will be scored out of 5.
They need to get three correct to pass.
Students will be given credit if they can tell me one topic
sentence and one transition that they used.

Rubric

Students will be given credit if they use and return a rubric to

me. This rubric will require them to think about their writing and
use self-efficacy.

Paper

This assesses the students skills that they have built on all
week. The rubric used to score this is broken down into nine
parts. Students will receive one/ two points for each that is seen
in their research paper. It will be scored on a ten point basis.
Students will need to make at least a 70 to pass.

Post Assessment

Students were given the exact same assessment as they had

for the pre-assessment.

Literacy Pre- and Post-Assessment

1. What is a hurricane?
2. What is a tornado?
3. Write one great paragraph, comparing and contrasting hurricanes and tornadoes.

Assessment Rubric
Student: __________________________

Did you answer what a hurricane was?

_______/1

Did you use at least two facts?

_______/1

Did you answer what a tornado was?

_______/1

Did you use at least two facts?

_______/1

Did you compare and contrast the two?

_______/2

Did you write this in a paragraph?

_______/2

Did you use supporting details/facts?

_______/2

Total _______/10

Lesson 1 Assessments
Four Facts: Does the student have at least four facts written down?
Credit or no credit given.

Check Out 1
1. What sources did you use today?
2. Why is it important to have details from many sources?
3. What did you learn about hurricanes and tornadoes? (Give me one good summarizing
sentence).

Lesson 2 Assessments
Check out 2: What is one thing that both hurricanes and tornadoes have in common? What is
one thing that makes them different?

Lesson 3 Assessments
Quick write: How should a paper be organized?
I am looking for key words and will give credit or no credit if they can use this vocabulary.

Check List:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

How do you organize a paper?

Did you state and restate your topic?
Did you list more than one example/ detail?
Why do you need more than one detail?
How are you comparing and contrasting?

Students will be scored ___/5.

Lesson 4 Assessments
Topic/Transition: Can you give me one good topic sentence? How about a transition?
Full credit or no credit given.

Rubric
Auman, M. (2003). Step up to writing (2nd ed., p. 246). Longmont, CO: Sopris West.

Lesson 4, Cont.
Paper: will be scored by following rubric
Student: __________________________

Did you use a hook to introduce your topics?

Did you answer what a hurricane was?

Did you use at least two facts?

Did you answer what a tornado was?

Did you use at least two facts?

Did you talk about the similarities between the two?

Did you use supporting details/facts?

Did you use transition statements, words, clauses?

Did you write five paragraphs (intro, 3 body, conclusion)?

_______/1

_______/1
_______/1

_______/1
_______/1

_______/1
_______/1

_______/1
_______/2

Total _____/10