Assessment Checklist

Assessment Checklist Droughts

Name ______Class Period______Date ______

Note: If the paper is longer than 9 sentences, the score for the paper is 0 (zero).

Points Points Summarizes Information from Text Possible Earned Teacher Comments

1. Main Idea: The cause and effect of 1 drought.

2. Supporting Detail: Drought is a period 1 of lower than normal rainfall that causes water-related problems.

3. Supporting Detail: Difficult to 1 determine when drought starts and can be awhile before realize a drought is occurring

4. Supporting Detail: Below normal 1 rainfall is not always an indication of drought.

5. Supporting Detail: Droughts can occur 1 in all places.

6. Supporting Detail: During a drought 1 there is not enough water for everyone and people need to conserve

7. Paraphrasing: Student uses own 1 words. No more than 4 words in a row taken directly from the article.

8. Order: Summary maintains 1 chronological or logical order

Total Points 8

Proficiency 6/8