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=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.= Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): (T) Goal: Your goal is to become a letter writer so that you can communicate with students in another second grade class. You will need demonstrate an understanding of the parts of speech and simple sentence structures to communicate Role: You will become a letter writer in which you will use your letter writing skills to correspond to another second grade student in order to learn more about this other person. Audience: Second graders from another school Situation: The second grade class will try to be good detectives with detail in their pen pal letters to find their pen pals on meeting day. Product/Presentation: You will have a complied portfolio of letters from pen pals as well as a comic life of the project to present to parents on Farewell Night. Standards (criteria from both rubrics):Students will create a Comic Life page to show their growth and understanding of writing a pen pal letter. The pen pal letter will be their presentation to the other second grade class. Rubrics are attached. Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.): Other Evidence (OE)(stuff along the way, lessons plans/sub-tasks that lead up to the big task, rubrics for each) •graphic organizers •observations •second grade rubric Student Self-Assessment and Reflection Self-Assessment (SA) •students will take their letters through the writing process and publish them for the portfolio •some letters will be shared with peers for feedback •students who have completed the writing process will publish some letters in Microsoft Word =**Assessment Task Blue Print**=

What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task? (G) Understanding Goal (MLR) ELA
 * D1 Grammar and Usage: Students demonstrate an understanding of the parts of speech and simple sentence structures to communicate.

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met? Big Idea:Students must demonstrate their understanding of the five elements of a friendly letter Big Idea:Students demonstrate an understanding of the parts of speech and simple sentence structures in order to communicate clearly and effectively

Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings? Task Description: (T) The students will be explaining to another class how to write a friendly letter. They will demonstrate proficiency in all the areas necessary for a friendly letter. Students will work on grammar, fact and opinion, open-ended questions, and expanding their vocabulary during the lessons of this unit.

What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings? Type II Product: Comic Life of Pen Pal/Letter Writing experience Type of Presentation: Students will have a complied collection of letters in a portfolio as well as a comic life which they have helped to create

By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated? Product Criteria ComicLife • Does the comic life explain the experience of writing to the pen pal? • Is it creative and eye catching? • Does the creator explain the process and how they grew as a learner through the unit? • Is the Comic Life free of any grammatical errors? • Presentation Criteria - Pen Pal Letter •Are all five elements of a friendly letter included in each letter? • Is penmanship legible in each letter? • Are there any spelling or grammar errors? • At least two questions should be asked to their pen pal within the letter.

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe