1. VLT Rubric & Scoring Friday September 25 th

2. Agenda Vocab Quiz List 4 VLT Rubric Handout Score Explanation Peer Score Practice VLT Exit Questions

3. Vocab Quiz You MAY write on the yellow sheets You MAY write on the yellow sheets Turn it in to the drop box when you’re finished Turn it in to the drop box when you’re finished You have 7 minutes You have 7 minutes

4. Volusia Literacy Test (VLT) + Planning Reading Text = Your Essay

5. Grades 8-11 Informative/Explanatory Text-Based Writing Rubric

6. Using your Informative/Explanatory Rubric: 1. Read the entire rubric – both sides. 2. Highlight adjectives (descriptive words) as you read.

7. Informative/Explanatory (also used for Literary Analysis) Domains 1.Purpose, Focus, and Organization 2.Evidence and Elaboration 3.Conventions of Standard English

8. Domain 1: Purpose, Focus, and Organization controlling idea/claim structure progression of ideas transition cohesion style tone audience introduction and conclusion 40 %

9. Domain 2: Evidence and Elaboration textual support references to sources expression of ideas elaboration techniques precise language academic and domain-specific vocabulary sentence structure 40 %

10. Domain 3: Conventions of Standard English usage punctuation capitalization sentence formation spelling 20 %

11. The Rubric Score Purpose, Focus, and Organization Score 0 - 4 _____ Evidence and Elaboration Score 0 - 4 _____ Conventions of Standard English Score 0 - 2 + _____ ESSAY SCORE:0 - 10 Essays can earn 10 possible points 3 2 1 6

12. Peer Edit Choose a partner (ONE!) Switch papers, and read each other’s essay. Score the essay as best as you can according to the rubric. Write the score for each section and then total it on the blue score card stapled to the top of the essay. Then, somewhere on their essay, finish the following sentences: The strongest part of the essay was _________. One suggestion I would make to improve your score would be ___. I really liked ______.