The Morgan School School-Wide Rubric for Academic Expectations

The Morgan School School-wide Rubric for Academic Expectations

The Morgan School Mission Statement :The Morgan School cultivates intellect and character in partnership with families and the community. Students learn in a rigorous academic and student-centered environment that prepares them to become resourceful, productive, healthy citizens in a global society.

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Academic Expectation: The Morgan School student demonstrates proficiency in reading.

Level 4
Exemplary / __ Formulates a response that exhibits an exceptional comprehension of the text.
__ Demonstrates a perceptive analysis of the text.
__Insightful inferences, discerning judgments, and/or thoughtful associations, are well-supported by apt, ample, and
varied examples from the text and/or personal experience.
__Demonstrates adept ability to apply new learning in unfamiliar contexts/situations.
Level 3
Proficient / __Formulates a response that exhibits knowledge and understanding of the text.
__Demonstrates a thoughtful and plausible interpretation of the text.
__Judgments about the quality of the text are generally supported with examples and he or she makes appropriate
connections between prior knowledge and the text.
__Demonstrates sufficient support.
__ Successfully applies new learning to other contexts/situations.
Level 2
Developing / __Formulates a response that exhibits a limited understanding of key concepts in a text.
__Inconsistent ability to interpret the text and to draw plausible inferences.
__Judgments about the quality of the text are obvious and/or lack strong supporting evidence and he or she makes
superficial connections between prior knowledge and the text.
__Support provided is scanty and only marginally relevant.
__Exhibits difficulty when applying new learning to other contexts/situations.
Level 1
Insufficient / __Formulates a response that exhibits a poor understanding of main ideas or concepts and an inability to discern
important details in the text.
__Any inferences drawn are unsupported and/or implausible.
__Judgments about the quality of the text are unsupported and/or arbitrary and he or she makes no meaningful
connections between prior knowledge and the text.
__Support is inadequate and/or irrelevant.
__Unable to apply new learning to other contexts/situations without explicit instruction.
Notes/Feedback

Assignment:

Is Odysseus a hero? Review what you learned about Odysseus by reading pages 860-877 in The Odyssey. Look over your notes before crafting your final answer. Explain whether Odysseus is a hero or not.

If he is, describe at least two characteristics that he displays that make him a hero. Support your explanation with specific references to the text. Make certain to refer to specific words or lines in the text at least once in your explanation (quote).Upload your typed paper to turnitin.com: Upload your paper to your wiki page. Bring a printed copy to class.

Formatting quotes used in your answer:

Odysseus, a skilled warrior, described his attack on the Cicones, “I stormed that place and killed the men who fought.” (l. 43)

The line number of the quoted material should appear in parentheses after the quotation.