Role #3: The Incredible Interrogator

Learning Goal: I can read a text and then demonstrate my understanding by

asking open-ended questions about the text and answering those questions
with support.
Task: Ask TWO questions about your novel that are open-ended (more than one correct
response) and make your audience use support from the text and their own lives.

My Question #1:
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My Answer #1:
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My Question #2:
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My Answer #2:
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Curriculum
Expectatio
n
W1.2
Generating
and
Developing
Ideas
Openended
Questions
RLS1.5
Extending
Understan
ding of
Texts

Short
Written

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Level R

To a very high
degree my
questions are:
*Open-ended
*Identify topic
*Related to text
*Can connect to
personal
experience

To a considerable
degree my
questions are:
*Open-ended
*Identify topic
*Related to text
*Can connect to
personal
experience

To some degree
my questions are:
*Open-ended
*Identify topic
*Related to text
*Can connect to
personal
experience

To a limited
degree my
questions are:
*Open-ended
*Identify topic
*Related to text
*Can connect to
personal
experience

Questions
are either
incomplete
or too
simple to
fulfill
curricular
expectation

To a very high
degree my
answers:
*State an opinion
*Are relevant to
topic
*Relate to the text
*Connect to
personal
experience

To a considerable
degree my
answers:
*State an opinion
*Are relevant to
topic
*Relate to the text
*Connect to
personal
experience

To some degree
my answers:
*State an opinion
*Are relevant to
topic
*Relate to the text
*Connect to
personal
experience

To a limited
degree my
answers:
*State an opinion
*Are relevant to
topic
*Relate to the text
*Connect to
personal
experience

Answers are
incomplete
or too
simple to
fulfill
curricular
expectation

Responses

Role #1: The Scientific Summarizer

Learning Goal: I can identify the characteristics of
text to locate key information and then summarize
that information in paragraph form.

Task: Summarize a section of your novel (a few

chapters) into point form notes. Focus on the main
characters, settings and events. Use that point form
list to write a summary of approximately six
sentences.
Summary Points for novel _________________________ pages __________

Summary
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Curriculum
Expectation
RLS1.3
Demonstratin
g
Understandin
g of Content

W2.1 Form

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Point form list

identifies
important ideas
with a high
degree of
effectiveness

Point form list

identifies important
ideas with
considerable
effectiveness

Point form list

identifies
important ideas
with some
effectiveness

Point form list

identifies important
ideas with limited
effectiveness

Point form
list is
incomplete

Summary
expresses
important ideas in
paragraph form
with a high
degree of
effectiveness

Summary
expresses
important ideas in
paragraph form
with considerable
effectiveness

Summary
expresses
important ideas
in paragraph
form with some
effectiveness

Summary
expresses
important ideas in
paragraph form
with limited
effectiveness

Summary is
incomplete

Role #2: The Comprehensive Connector

Learning Goal: I can read a text and then demonstrate
my understanding through text-to-self, text-to-text, and
text-to-world connections.
Task: Identify three elements of your reading that you

Level R

can connect to using text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.

Remember to describe the event in the text, the connection and how that
connection helps you understand character, conflict or theme.
Text-to-Self:
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Text-to-Text:
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Text-to-World:
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Curriculum
Expectation
W3.7 Producing
Finished Works
Short Response
Structure

RLS1.5
Extending
Understanding
of Texts

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Level R

I have written a three

sentence response that
identifies the topic, the
connection, and my
conclusion in paragraph
form with a high degree of
effectiveness

I have written a three

sentence response
that identifies the
topic, the connection,
and my conclusion in
paragraph form with a
considerable degree of
effectiveness

I have written a three

sentence response
that identifies the
topic, the connection,
and my conclusion in
paragraph form with a
limited degree of
effectiveness .

Responses are
not in
paragraph
form or lack all
of the essential
elements.

To a very high degree I

can connect elements of
the novel by:
*text-to-self
*text-to-text
*text-to-world

To a considerable
degree I can connect
elements of the novel
by:
*text-to-self
*text-to-text
*text-to-world

I have written a
three sentence
response that
identifies the topic,
the connection, and
my conclusion in
paragraph form with
some degree of
effectiveness
To some degree I
can connect
elements of the
novel by:
*text-to-self
*text-to-text
*text-to-world

To a limited degree I
can connect elements
of the novel by:
*text-to-self
*text-to-text
*text-to-world

Connections
are either
incomplete or
too simple to
fulfill curricular
expectation

Connection

Role #4: The Theme Thief

Learning Goal: I can read a text and then demonstrate
my understanding by identifying the key themes of the
text and expressing an opinion about them.
Mini Lesson: What is a THEME? For our purposes it is:
The moral of the story

 The lesson to be learned

A topic that can be applied to our everyday lives
What does the author want to teach us about the characters in the story?
How does the author reach out of the novel to attempt to teach us about
ourselves? Does this confirm something we already know and make us think
about things in a new way?
Situation:__________________________________________________________________
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Quotations:________________________________________________________________
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Topic: ______________________________________________________________
Authors Opinion:
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My Opinion:
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The Main Theme: _______________________________________________________
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Curriculum
Expectatio
n
RLS1.6
Analysing
Texts
Theme
W2.2
Voice

Level 4
I have used
quotations to
identify themes
with a high degree
of effectiveness
I have expressed
the opinions of the
author and myself
with a high degree
of effectiveness

Level 3
I have used
quotations to
identify themes
with considerable
effectiveness
I have expressed
the opinions of the
author and myself
with considerable
effectiveness

Level 2
I have used
quotations to
identify themes
with some
effectiveness
I have expressed
the opinions of
the author and
myself with some
effectiveness

Level 1
I have used
quotations to
identify themes
with limited
effectiveness
I have expressed
the opinions of
the author and
myself with
limited
effectiveness

Level R
I have not
identified
themes in
quotations
I have not
expressed
my opinion
on the topic