Unit2AssessmentPrompt

LearningTargets:
Icancitetextbasedevidencetosupportananalysisofliterarytext.(RL.6.1)
Icanwriteargumentstosupportclaimswithclearreasonsandrelevantevidence.(W6.1)
Icanproduceclearandcoherentwritingthatisappropriatetotask,purpose,andaudience.(W.6.4)

Focusingquestion:HowdoesBudusehisrulestohelphim:tosurviveortot hrive?

InthenovelB
ud,NotBuddy,themaincharacter,BudCaldwell,createsasetofrulestolivebythathecallsCaldwells
RulesandThingsforMakingaFunnerLifeandMakingaBetterLiaroutofYourself.TheserulesareBudsresponsetohis
lifeexperiences.

Inthisassessment,youareaskedtowritealiteraryargumentessayinwhichyouwillestablishaclaimaboutwhetherBud
usesthoserulestolivebytohelphimsurviveorthriveinhislife.Youwillestablishyourclaiminanintroduction.Thento
supportyourclaim,youwilluseevidenceabouthowBudusesthreeofhisrules.Finally,youwillprovideclosuretoyour
essaywithaconclusion.

Inyouressay,besureto:

W
riteanintroductionthatpresentsyourclaim.
S
electthreeofBudsrulestosupportyourclaim.
U
serelevantandspecifictextevidence,includingdirectquotations,tosupportyourclaim.
E
xplainhowyourevidencesupportsyourclaim.
U
setransitionalwordsandphrasestomakeyourwritingcohesiveandlogical.

Usethemodelessayasaguide!

BEFORESUBMITTING,deleteallheadersandsentencestemssoyousubmita5paragraph
essaywithatitle.DoNOTdeletetheassignmentinstructionsortherubricsatthebottom

Obamathepresidentoftheunitedstatesisretiringfromthewhitehouseanddonaldtrumpistakingordered.
Obamagaveaspeechtostudentsinseptember8,2009theaddressisnotlocated.
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(y of novel): In the novel, Bud, Not Buddy, the author uses his rules to (survive OR thrive).......

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PresidentObamasbacktoschool
speech

Obama was at a school in september 8, 2009 he was saying thatyoudontalwaysdogreatthefirst

try,you always have keep trying no matterwhat.Hesaidthatfailingisimportantforaccomplishment
so you know what you youre doing.when you win you get the juice and you keep winning but you
always lose some. You dont always hit the note perfectly.you Doing a math question and dont
alwaysgettheunderstanding.

Dont be afraid to ask questions if you do ask its a strength that you the courage to askthatmayconflicta
problem to you.Asking will not hurt ,ifyouneedtakeit.Whateveryoupickyoucanbenomatterwhat. Iwill
never quit and that's why i am a president .Americans dont quit we keep trying thats why we won the
revolution,worldwar1and2.Vietnamwashardforamericansandthecoldwar.

We put man on the moon so we can pass our boundries.So we know how to move through space but it
would be decades to go to mars.we connect and social online with facebook and make videos on
youtube.We havevery entertaing music and shows and movies.Life was hard to make phones and
computersbutwesuccededandthatswhywethebestcountryintheworld.
Youshouldneverquiteventhroughthetoughesttimes.

SelfAssessment:H
ighlightyourownratingsforthisassessment.
RubricCategories

W6.1a:Introduce
claimsand
organize
evidence/reasons
clearly.

W6.1b:Support
claimswithrelevant
evidence,using
accurateand
crediblesources.

claimis
introduced,clearly
communicated,
andthefocusis
strongly
maintainedforthe
purpose,
audience,andtask

claimisclear,and
thefocusismostly
maintainedforthe
purpose,
audience,andtask

claimmaybe
somewhatunclear,
orthefocusmay
beinsufficiently
sustainedforthe
purpose,
audience,andtask

claimmaybe
confusingor
ambiguous
responsemaybe
toobrieforthe
focusmaydriftfrom
thepurpose,
audience,ortask

comprehensive
evidencefrom
sourcesis
integrated
referencesare
relevantand
specific

adequateevidence
fromsourcesis
integratedsome
referencesmaybe
general

someevidence
fromsourcesmay
beweakly
integrated,
imprecise,or
repetitive
referencesmaybe
vague

evidencefromthe
sourcematerialis
minimalor
irrelevant
referencesmaybe Unintelligible,
absentorincorrectly offtopic,copiedtext,
used
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

W6.1c:Usewords,
phrases,clausesto
clarifythe
relationshipamong
claim(s)and
reasons.

W6.1d:Establish
andmaintaina
formalstyle.

effectiveuseofa
varietyof
elaborative
techniques*

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)are
clearly
acknowledgedor
addressed

W6.1e:Provide
effective
introductoryand
introductionand
concluding
conclusion
statementorsection
thatfollowsfrom
andsupportsthe
argument
presented.

adequateuseof
someelaborative
techniques

weakoruneven
useofelaborative
techniques
developmentmay
consistprimarilyof
sourcesummary
ormayrelyon
emotionalappeal

minimal,ifany,use
ofelaborative
techniques
emotionalappeal
maydominate

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)are
adequately
acknowledgedor
addressed

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)may
beconfusingor
notacknowledged

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)may
notbe
acknowledged

adequate
introductionand
conclusion

introductionor
conclusion,if
present,maybe
weak

introductionand/or
conclusionmaybe
missing

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

ARGUMENTATIVETeacherScoredRubric(D
OEDITTOUCHTHISSECTION):
RubricCategories

W6.1a:Introduce
claimsand
organize
evidence/reasons
clearly.

W6.1b:Support
claimswithrelevant
evidence,using
accurateand
crediblesources.

W6.1c:Usewords,
phrases,clausesto
clarifythe
relationshipamong
claim(s)and
reasons.

W6.1d:Establish
andmaintaina
formalstyle.

claimis
introduced,clearly
communicated,
andthefocusis
strongly
maintainedforthe
purpose,
audience,andtask

claimisclear,
andthefocusis
mostly
maintainedfor
thepurpose,
audience,and
task

claimmaybe
somewhatunclear,
orthefocusmay
beinsufficiently
sustainedforthe
purpose,
audience,andtask

claimmaybe
confusingor
ambiguous
responsemaybe
toobrieforthe
focusmaydriftfrom
thepurpose,
audience,ortask

comprehensive
evidencefrom
sourcesis
integrated
referencesare
relevantand
specific

adequate
evidencefrom
sourcesis
integratedsome
referencesmay
begeneral

someevidence
fromsourcesmay
beweakly
integrated,
imprecise,or
repetitive
referencesmaybe
vague

evidencefromthe
sourcematerialis
minimalor
irrelevant
referencesmaybe Unintelligible,
absentorincorrectly offtopic,copiedtext,
used
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

effectiveuseofa
varietyof
elaborative
techniques*

adequateuseof
someelaborative
techniques

weakoruneven
useofelaborative
techniques
developmentmay
consistprimarily
ofsource
summaryormay
relyonemotional
appeal

minimal,ifany,use
ofelaborative
techniques
emotionalappeal
maydominate

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)may
beconfusingor
notacknowledged

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)may
notbe
acknowledged

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)are
clearly
acknowledgedor
addressed

alternateand
opposing
argument(s)are
adequately
acknowledgedor
addressed

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

W6.1e:Provide
effective
introductoryand
introductionand
concluding
conclusion
statementorsection
thatfollowsfrom
andsupportsthe
argument
presented.

adequate
introductionand
conclusion

introductionor
conclusion,if
present,maybe
weak

introductionand/or
conclusionmaybe
missing
Unintelligible,
offtopic,copiedtext,
offpurpose,and/or
blankresponse

W6.1:ARGUMENTATIVETOTALSCORE:Writeargumentstosupportclaimswithclearreasonsand
relevantevIdence.

16pts,80%

D
ec2>Graded:16pts,80%

TeacherRubricSettings:t02060tfftlin_

20pts

PointsPossible: