1. Endangered Animals

2. Utilize the poem “Noah?” and your text on the endangered animal. Today we will write a short answer and take notes on page 6 of your spiral utilizing both the poem and the article on your animal. Answer the following on your handout: How do the authors’ create a similar tone in both the text and the poem? Use text evidence – in other words: you must have one line of support directly from the text and one line of support directly from the poem. Your idea must go beyond literal and must be specific Your evidence needs to support your idea and you must connect to your answer with an explanation.

3. What Short Answer Questions Require (and why they are essential to reading development at all levels) To become good readers, students must understand what constitutes a credible IDEA in response to a question about a text or texts. An IDEA represents the quality and depth of thinking and understanding IDEA in a score of 3 on STAAR: perceptive, coherent, discerning, clearly analytical IDEA in a score of 2 on STAAR: reasonable and specific; goes beyond literal reading (even if it’s only slightly beyond) 3

4. What Short Answer Questions Require (and why they are essential to reading development at all levels) IDEA in a score of 1 on STAAR: lacks explanation or specificity; represents only a literal reading of the text IDEA in a score of 0 on STAAR: doesn’t answer the question; incorrect or invalid reading of the text; too general, vague, or unclear to judge whether it is reasonable 4

5. How do the authors’ create a similar tone in both the text and the poem? A similar _______________________ tone is created in both “Noah?” and the text by the authors using ______________(what is the author using? Look at both and see what was common that made you feel the same way in both) A similar grave tone is created in both “Noah?” and the text by the authors using examples of the cruel killings of animals for greed and profit leading to possible extinction.

6. What Short Answer Questions Require (and why they are essential to reading development at all levels) To become good readers, students must by able to use TEXT EVIDENCE to prove that their ideas are valid/credible. TEXT EVIDENCE substantiates the reader’s ideas; it reflects the degree to which the reader can connect his or her own ideas with the pieces of the text that best support the analysis. 6

7. What Short Answer Questions Require (and why they are essential to reading development at all levels) TEXT EVIDENCE in a score of 3 on STAAR: specific and well chosen TEXT EVIDENCE in a score of 2 on STAAR: accurate and relevant TEXT EVIDENCE in a score of 1 on STAAR: only a general reference, too partial, weakly linked, or wrongly manipulates the meaning of the text TEXT EVIDENCE in a score of 0: either missing or not attached to an idea 7

8. Evidence: must support greed and endangerment. Noah? : “Elephant and rhino tusk sold by weight. Faceless elephants Decompose. “Fractured militant groups…who are in conflict kill elephants to raise funds…through the sale of illegal ivory” which have led to “highly organized mass killings of elephants.” A picture of an elephant removed of its tusks or identity left to die so that the killer can profit from its tusks is distressing and shows the author’s grave tone. Militant groups organizing mass killings to profit their cause is extremely grave since the elephant is endangered. Create transition words to introduce your sentences and evidence.

9. Closing statement must show understanding and connection A similar grave tone is created in both “Noah?” and the text by the authors using examples of the cruel killings of animals for greed and profit leading to possible extinction. In “Noah?” the lines, “Elephant and rhino tusk sold by weight. Faceless elephants Decompose.” Create a picture of an elephant removed of its tusks or identity left to die while the killer profits from its tusks is distressing and shows the author’s grave tone. In the text the author states, “Fractured militant groups…who are in conflict kill elephants to raise funds…through the sale of illegal ivory” which have led to “highly organized mass killings of elephants.” Militant groups organizing mass killings of an endangered animal to profit their cause is extremely grave. Both examples of killing the endangered elephant show the selfish greed of man as he merely desires the money and disregards the animal’s worth and reveals the authors’ grave tone toward his subject.