Do Now: Review and Score Student Writing Sample

Name______Date______Period______

Directions: Read the student response to the following prompt and then follow the directions on the bottom of the sheet.

Prompt: Does Tetsuya Ishida in “Seedlings” view conformity as a right, a burden, or a responsibility? Use evidence from the painting as well as inferences you have made to write a well-constructed paragraph that addresses this prompt.

Tetsuya Ishida in “Seedlings” views confirmity as a burden. In the painting it shows student’s in a classroom, science to be specific and this is a negative painting because as Tetsuya Ishida was a child he was told to work hard and all that. Then he drew a painting about how he felt because he was frustrated and the painting is how it is because he never like science he refused to learn it. That’s why this painting/picture is the way it is.

1. Put a box around the topic sentence/main idea.

 Does the writer address ALL parts of the prompt? Yes/No

2. Underline any direct evidence (quotes) from the text.

 Did each piece of evidence that the writer chose support the writer’s topic sentence? Yes/No

3. Did the student explain his/her evidence in a way that connected it to the topic sentence? Yes/No

 Did the writer’s explanation include a deeper analysis of the meaning of the evidence (ex. Make inferences)? Yes/No

4. Did the student’s argument make sense in the order that it was written? Yes/No

5. Did the student use transition words (ex. therefore, thus, however, additionally, in closing, for example, etc.)? Yes/No

6. Did the student write using formal Standard English (no slang, text message language, or other evidence of informal writing)? Yes/No

7. Did the student make any errors in spelling, punctuation, or capitalization? Yes/No  Circle any spelling mistakes.  Circle capitalization errors  Circle punctuation errors  Circle grammatical errors (ex. subject/verb agreement) 8. Now, use the rubric on the back of this sheet to score this BCR. What score did this student earn? 