<p> Assessment Checklist Droughts</p><p>Name ______Class Period______Date ______</p><p>Note: If the paper is longer than 9 sentences, the score for the paper is 0 (zero).</p><p>Points Points Summarizes Information from Text Possible Earned Teacher Comments</p><p>1. Main Idea: The cause and effect of 1 drought. </p><p>2. Supporting Detail: Drought is a period 1 of lower than normal rainfall that causes water-related problems. </p><p>3. Supporting Detail: Difficult to 1 determine when drought starts and can be awhile before realize a drought is occurring</p><p>4. Supporting Detail: Below normal 1 rainfall is not always an indication of drought.</p><p>5. Supporting Detail: Droughts can occur 1 in all places.</p><p>6. Supporting Detail: During a drought 1 there is not enough water for everyone and people need to conserve</p><p>7. Paraphrasing: Student uses own 1 words. No more than 4 words in a row taken directly from the article.</p><p>8. Order: Summary maintains 1 chronological or logical order</p><p>Total Points 8</p><p>Proficiency 6/8</p>