1. Taking the TEAM Approach: Writing with a Purpose
Slides 1 -3 will be presented by the I.F. for the site where we are presenting.
CCS Middle Schools
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2. How does writing benefit content understanding?
Essential Question
How does writing benefit content understanding?

3. Does This Remind You of Anyone?

4. Desired Outcomes (Learning Targets)
Refine Brief Constructed Response (BCR) and rubric development process.
Clarify writing expectations
for teachers and students for 2nd artifact.

5. Examining First Artifacts
What we have discovered:
Teachers have a broad definition of brief.
Teachers have a broad definition of proficiency.
Teachers asked for more clarification on rubric creation and use.
Teachers and students need practice with this process.

6. What We Have Learned About Brief Constructed Response
Limited space for writing answers (about ¼ a page)
Limited time to answer (approximately 5 minutes)
Students may be asked to answer in a graphic organizer.
If students answer the question correctly and completely – not necessarily elaborately- score should be proficient.

7. Next Generation Example
FYI – Here is the link that all students who are taking online assessments will have to watch at some point this year.
Online Assessment Tutorial- Desktop tutorial video

8. English II Constructed-Response Item
Moonrise
by Jenette Purcell
City night sky gives itself to me again when I have so little left to receive it. I am dark, crumbling and you are rivers and trees away searching your own night sky for a sign. The strong gates of your heart are wide open to me always, but, if only. So I wait, as seasons before, decades before, fathers and mothers before me still inside watch and listen. Suddenly, bamboo, bones, fiber, fences, water, glistening koi,* all the tiny rooms, paths and places I hold your memories relax in audible, reverent wonder at the fullness forming on this horizon’s edge. *koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship
In Moonrise, explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use specific details to support your answer.
Small space for answer!
DOK: Strategic Thinking
Standard: Reading for Literature (RL.2)
Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

9. Common Exams

11. Examining Artifacts Examine your Brief Constructed Response question.
How could you change your question to align with the examples shown today?
Be prepared to share your answer with the group.

15. Closely Aligned Items

17. Rubrics

18. Words in Motion
Our rubric is changing to align to the new assessments.
Smarter Balanced Scoring
Next Generation Scoring
Common Exams

19. Brief Constructed Response (BCR) Rubric
Score
Description
Proficient
Sufficient
Insufficient
Unacceptable
Cathy/Anna

20. English II Constructed-Response Item
In Moonrise, explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use specific details to support your answer.
Moonrise
by Jenette Purcell
City night sky gives itself to me again when I have so little left to receive it. I am dark, crumbling and you are rivers and trees away searching your own night sky for a sign. The strong gates of your heart are wide open to me always, but, if only. So I wait, as seasons before, decades before, fathers and mothers before me still inside watch and listen. Suddenly, bamboo, bones, fiber, fences, water, glistening koi,* all the tiny rooms, paths and places I hold your memories relax in audible, reverent wonder at the fullness forming on this horizon’s edge. *koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship
DOK: Strategic Thinking
Standard: Reading for Literature (RL.2)
Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

21. Scoring Rubric for Constructed- Response Item
In Moonrise, explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use specific details to support your answer.
Score (points)
Rubric 2
Identifies the theme of the poem
Uses at least one example of how the theme is revealed
in the poem
Writes a response that explains how the theme is
developed throughout the poem 1
May or may not use at least one example of how the
theme is revealed in the poem
Writes a response that may or may not explain how the
theme is developed throughout the entire poem
Fails to identify the theme of the poem
Fails to use at least one example of how the theme is
developed in the poem
Fails to write a response that explain show the
theme is developed throughout the poem

22. Common Exams

24. Brief Constructed Response Examples
Use the content examples to create your own rubric.

25. Brief Constructed Response (BCR) Rubric
Score
Description
Proficient
Start Here
Sufficient
Insufficient
Unacceptable
Cathy/Anna

27. Evaluate Your Rubric What worked? What needs to be changed?
How will you update using new information?
What questions do you still have?

28. Improving the Process Use your content to develop your question.
Student answers should be brief.
Develop a rubric.
Fully explain rubric to students as you give them the assignment.
Collect answers and score responses using your rubric.
Levels are unacceptable, insufficient, sufficient, proficient.
Turn in to Instructional Facilitator by January 25th.

29. Questions & Evaluations
3-2-1 Evaluations Be sure to write questions that you’d like us to cover with your school’s Instructional Facilitator. No names necessary, but please indicate your school on the Evaluation form!
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