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Sixth Grade Poetry Performance Assessment In the Sixth Grade Poetry Performance Assessment students will read a poem and answer questions using all they know about interpreting poetry through close reading and re-reading. Then they will read a second poem, and write an essay in which they compare and contrast the perspectives in the two poems. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Sixth Grade Common Core Assessment The Sixth Grade Common Core Assessment includes three tasks. In Task 1, students will watch a short video clip twice and fill out the outline in their booklet. They will then read an article and gather information for their essay. In Task 2, students will read another article and gather information for their essay. In Task 3, students will write an essay, using the information they gathered in Tasks 1 and 2, to write a convincing argument. This task includes a rubric and an alternate text with a task. |
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Sixth Grade Standards 4 and 8 The Sixth Grade Standards 4 and 8 includes two tasks and uses Julius Caesar Chapter X . In Task 1, students will write an essay in which they answer a question about how the author convinces the readers that Caesar was both ruthless and inspired loyalty. In Task 2, students will explain the meaning of words in context of the reading and explain how it relates to the authors message. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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