Formative

Assessment

 

 

Directions:

Read a cold passage from The Odyssey, pausing at the points identified by the teacher to write a prediction, ask questions that come to mind, or reflect on an earlier prediction or question. 

 

Stopping Point 1:

 

Guideline

 

Complete two starter sentences, reflecting on your thinking process as you read the poem.

I predict that…

 

 

Why…

 

 

I think that…

 

 

Who is …

 

 

 

Stopping Point 2:

 

Guideline

 

Complete two starter sentences, reflecting on your thinking process as you read the poem.

Why did…

 

 

Reading this part makes me think that  ____________________________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________________

 

_________________________________________    is about to happen.

 

 

__________________________________________is confusing because

 

_____________________________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________________

 

Why…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stopping Point 3:

 

Guideline

 

Complete two starter sentences, reflecting on your thinking process as you read the poem.

Oh, I get it…

 

 

I wonder if…

 

 

Do you think that…

 

 

Why did…

 

 

 


 

Stopping Point 4:

 

Guideline

 

Complete two starter sentences, reflecting on your thinking process as you read the poem.

At first I thought _______________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________but now I

 

think________________________________________________________.

 

What would happen if . . .

 

 

This part is really saying . . .

 

 

 

At this point, I predict that the speaker will____________________________

 

________________________________________because______________

 

____________________________________________________________.

 

from Beers, Kylene. (2003). When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann.