Goldilocks Assignment
- DueOct 4by11:59pm
- Points8
- Submittinga text entry box or a file upload
- File Typeswp, txt, and pdf
- AvailableSep 24 at 12am - Oct 18 at 11:59pm25 days
Introduction:
You've been invited to readThe Every 28 Hours Plays
Actions, or as many as you find it reasonable to expect. The plays are part of project to "to help [our] community address these issues, grow empathy, and become healthier" (
every28hoursplays.org(Links to an external site.)).
Instructions:
First:
Next:
I want you to select:
- one play that istoo easyfor you. It just doesn’t offer much of an experience. It is too obvious and easy to understand. It doesn't challenge what you think or feel you know.
- one play that istoo hardfor you. There’s something about it that calls to you,but you can’t seem understand its main idea or what it is expressing.
- one play that isjust rightfor you. This play speaks to your heart and your head. You are in possession of what it says and how it says it.
And, lastly:
Once your three plays are selected, you are towrite a paragraph about each play, detailing what you see in it, observing what is the play’s main idea and how that idea is demonstrated or communicated, to the best of your ability. In each paragraph, cite a line or an action to explain your appreciation of the main idea of each play.
Spend time, even with Too Hard play. Don’t just dismiss it.
NOTE: You cannot get this wrong. The only way to trip on this assignment is to look in a shallow and dismissive manner. Engage deeply, write honestly and clearly, and you will do beautifully.
Note, also, that I am assigning you to do two Peer Reviews, details down below on this page.
Learning Objectives:
This assignment is challenging your reading skills. What follows are the Learning Objectives that are the focus of this exercise, edited here to address this assignment specifically:
Learning Objectives 1 and 2
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I can demonstrate a thorough and accurate critical understanding of resource texts in developing an insightful response. I can explore issues thoughtfully and in depth.
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LO2 |
I can accurately infer meaning when reading plays. I can develop independent ideas based on those inferences.
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Your score for this assignment will be calculated according to the rubric found when you click on the three vertical dots in the upper right-hand corner of this page and select "Show Rubric."
Ways to Submit Your Response:
You have two options for submitting this assignment. Either way, I recommend that you copy the directions and paste them onto a personal document on your computer or Google Docs, or wherever you retain your school work product. Construct and compose your assignment there.
Go to the upper right-hand corner and click Submit.
You can select Text Entry. You may type directly in to the page that is presented to you, save it, continue working on it until you are ready to submit your work product. You can choose to work in a separate file as I've suggested, and, when you are ready, copy your text that resides in the file you created and paste it into the text entry page provided. Or, you can upload a PDF, a Word DOC, or TXT file.
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Peer Reviews:
For this assignment I am requiring that you do a peer review of two of your classmates. I ask that you read their responses and comment or contribute to this exercise two things:
What did you like, or what did you classmate do well? And, be specific. (Don't just write, "You make a good point." Write, "When you write that... you express a powerful idea that..." And,
What question or suggestion do you have for your classmate? And, please, don't write, "Your submission was perfect. I have no question or suggestion."
With the assignment due Sunday, October 4, you will receive your Peer Review assignment on Monday, October 5. Please submit your Peer Reviews by Wednesday, October 7.
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Rubric
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLearning Objective 1I can demonstrate a thorough and accurate critical understanding of three one-minute plays in developing an insightful response. I can explore issues thoughtfully and in depth. |
4.0ptsMasteryStudent demonstrates thorough, complete, and accurate play reading comprehension by referencing what characters say and do, and maybe even the authors' notes on the setting, to explain and justify the plays' main ideas and implied meanings. Student achieves as much in their two Peer Reviews. |
3.0ptsProficiency (Near Mastery)Student demonstrates play reading comprehension by referencing what characters say and do, and maybe even the authors' notes on the setting, to explain and justify the plays' main ideas and implied meanings. Student achieves as much in their two Peer Reviews. |
2.0ptsEssential Ability (Below Mastery)Student demonstrates play reading comprehension by referencing what characters say and do, with maybe some inaccuracy, to explain and justify the plays' main ideas and implied meanings. Student achieves as much in their one or two Peer Reviews. |
1.0ptsEmerging Ability (Well Below Mastery)Student demonstrates play reading comprehension by referencing something that appears on the page, with some amount of inaccuracy, but in an attempt to explain and justify the plays' main ideas and implied meanings. Student achieves as much in their one or two Peer Reviews, or provides no Peer Review. |
0.0ptsInsufficient or No EvidenceStudent demonstrates a lack of understanding of the demand to reference the text in an attempt to explain and justify the plays' main ideas and implied meanings, and Student achieves as much in their one or two Peer Reviews, or provides no Peer Review; or, student provides no submission. |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLearning Objective 2I can accurately infer meaning when reading plays. I can develop independent ideas based on those inferences. |
4.0ptsMasteryStudent accurately infers the main ideas and meanings when reading plays as demonstrated by apt and accurate textual examples to support the student's inferences. Student manages equal success in Peer Reviews of classmates work, demonstrated by clear and specific observation and insightful questions or suggestions. |
3.0ptsProficiency (Near Mastery)Student infers main ideas and meanings when reading plays by providing textual examples that speak to the student's inferences. Student manages equal success in Peer Reviews of classmates work with clear observation and helpful questions or suggestions. |
2.0ptsEssential Ability (Below Mastery)Student infers main ideas and meanings when reading plays and provides textual examples that may or may not entirely support the student's inferences. Student manages equal success in Peer Reviews of classmates work with observations and questions or suggestions intended to help. |
1.0ptsEmerging Ability (Well Below Mastery)Student may not infer main ideas and meanings when reading plays, but rather provide textual examples as if they were inferences. Student manages equal success in one or two Peer Reviews of classmates work with observations and questions or suggestions intended to help, or may not provide Peer Reviews. |
0.0ptsInsufficient or No EvidenceStudent may only recount textual examples that are not true inferences. Student manages equal success in one or two Peer Reviews of classmates work with observations and questions or suggestions intended to help, or may not provide Peer Reviews; or, student provides no submission. |
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4.0pts
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Total Points:8.0 |