Summative Assessment Scoring Guide

Note: Item six: choose two pieces of stimulus for this item, both related to the theme of Martin Luther King, Jr. or the Civil Rights Movement and representing two different types of media.

 Item nine: choose a reading passage for stimulus for this portion of the assessment. The passage should be rich enough to lend itself to a multi-paragraph summary. Due to the time involved, this portion of the assessment needs to be administered on a different day from the rest of the assessment.

1.             B

2.             A

3.             2 points  Response includes an explanation of word meaning with two details and/or examples from the passage as support

                1 point    Response includes an explanation of word meaning with one detail and/or example from the

                0 points  Other

4.             2 points Response references a contemporary conflict, makes a reasonable prediction, and supports t with two specific and relevant details and/or examples from the passage as support

1 point    Response includes a contemporary conflict and prediction and uses one detail and/or example from the passage as support

0 points  Other

5.             2 points  Response includes an explanation of how the choice influenced the effectiveness of the message  uses two details and/or examples from the passage for support

1 point    Response includes an explanation of how the choice influenced the effectiveness of the message

                                and uses one detail from the passage as support

                0 point    Other

6.             2 points  Response includes an explanation of an effective media message, using two appropriate  details and/or examples as support

1 point    Response includes an explanation of an effective media message, using one appropriate detail and/or example as support               

                0 points  Other

7.             2 point    Response includes a correct summary for Each law

                1 point    Response includes a correct summary for One law

                0 points  Other

8.             Scoring note: answers may vary, but must follow the main ideas in the scoring guide. Answers are in bold. Teachers may assign point value as needed.   From Letter from Birmingham City Jail

   I.  How Martin Luther King, Jr., can purposefully break the laws

A. Two types of law

        1. Just

        2. Unjust

B. Differences between the two

        1. Just law follows moral codes

        2. Unjust law doesn’t

C. Unjust laws of Alabama

        1. Blacks not allowed to vote

        2. Not democratic

D. Just and unjust laws

        1. Just laws unjustly used

2. Example of the parade permit

E. Right way to defy the law

        1.No violence (“open, “lovingly”)

        2. Willingly accept the penalty

9. Students creates an appropriate graphic organizer for note-taking with labeling.

                1 point    Appropriate graphic organizer with labeling

                0 points  Other

     Student writes a multi-paragraph summary of the passage

3 points  Summary includes all of the main ideas (and only the main ideas), original substitution of words

                                by student, and multi-paragraphs

2 points  Summary includes most of the main ideas (and only main ideas), some substitution of words

                                and includes at lest two paragraph

1 point    Summary includes some of the main ideas, very little or no substitution of words by students

                                and may only be one paragraph

0 points  Other