American Literature Review for Benchmark 1

·   I haven't seen the benchmark, but I have a hunch that these topics may be covered. :-)

•  A2: Wednesday September 30
• B3: Thursday October 1

•    Citing Textual Evidence PowerPoint (RL1)
•         Constructed response scoring guide descriptors (RL1): Shoot for a 3 or 4! CITE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE!
• 4-Exceeds the Success Criteria
  
  Demonstrates all success criteria in the Achieve Category, plus
  
  

  ·         Response not only cites textual evidence but also provides an analysis or elaboration to further support his/her answer.
  • 3-Achieves the Success Criteria
  
  

  ·         Response logically answers the question and demonstrates an understanding of the text.
  
  

  ·         Response cites explicit and relevant references to the text.
  • 2-Developing the Success Criteria
  
  

  ·         Response demonstrates some understanding of the question.
  
  

  ·         Response does not contain explicit or relevant references to the text that support the answer.
  • 1-Beginning the Success Criteria
  
  

  ·         Student attempts to answer, but the response does not provide a logical answer to the question.
  • 0-No Attempt
  
  

  ·         Student does not answer the question
   
•          Review of historical background and recurring themes in Lit. of Early America (RL2, 9)   Pearson p. 4-13: read and discuss as class, take notes of main ideas from teacher-provided notes on screen         
•  Subordinate conjunctions (L1)        
• My Big Campus Lesson: Subordinate Conjunctions http://mybigcampus.com/library/195859