1. Literary Open-Ended Response Released Student Responses 10 th Grade TAKS 2009 “African Time”

2. TAKS Open-Ended Response Rubric - Literary LITERARY 3 Analysis  clear  deep understanding-thoughtful  unique understanding-insightful  sophisticated  organized Textual Support  smoothly integrated quotes (embedded, modified, or ellipses); paraphrases with citations; specific synopses  strongly linked  clear, accurate and relevant 2  clear and specific  makes sense – literal or  makes sense – conceptual  clear, accurate and relevant 1  reasonable  somewhat unclear or vague  missing idea statement  general  incomplete  partially accurate/relevant  no textual evidence at all  weakly connected to idea  accurate/relevant 0  too general or vague  not reasonable  not based on text (not in story)  plot summary  question not addressed  incorrect  incomplete or irrelevant  incomplete  irrelevant  no textual evidence at all

3. SCORE 0 0  too general or vague  not reasonable  not based on text (not in story)  plot summary  question not addressed  incorrect  incomplete or irrelevant  incomplete  irrelevant  no textual evidence at all

4. SCORE 0

5. Score 0

6. SCORE 1 1  reasonable  somewhat unclear or vague  missing idea statement  general  incomplete  partially accurate/relevant  no textual evidence at all  weakly connected to idea  accurate/relevant

7. SCORE 1 In “Set Free”, why does the boy want to free the dog?

8. SCORE 1 In “Set Free”, why does the boy want to free the dog?

9. SCORE 2 2  clear and specific  makes sense – literal or  makes sense – conceptual  clear, accurate and relevant

10. SCORE 2

12. SCORE 3 3 Analysis  clear  deep understanding-thoughtful  unique understanding-insightful  sophisticated  organized Textual Support  smoothly integrated quotes (embedded, modified, or ellipses); paraphrases with citations; specific synopses  strongly linked  clear, accurate and relevant

13. SCORE 3