Assessment Blueprint

Content/Grade Level: English 1 / 9th Test #/admin date: Interim #1 / October 22, 2017

1. Determine the Primary Purpose of the Assessment / Formative (Interim assessment #1)
2. Standard(s) (one per row) / 3. Skill(s) (one per row) / 4. Level(s) of Rigor (DOK [1-3] and Bloom’s) / 5. Possible Item Type(s)
(Use DPS Item Type Reference Sheet)
CCSS.RI.9-10.1 / Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / DOK 1-3
Bloom’s Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate / MC, MS, EBSR, HT/ST, DD
Short Constructed Response
Extended Constructed Response
CCSS.RI.9-10.2 / Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. / DOK 2-3
Bloom’s Understand, Apply, Analysis / MC, MS, EBSR
Short Constructed Response Extended Constructed Response
CCSS. RI.9-10.4 / Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). / DOK 1-3
Bloom’s Recall & Reproduction, Understand, Apply, Analyze / MC, MS, EBSR, HT/ST,
CCSS.RL.9-10.1 / Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / DOK 1-3
Bloom’s Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate / MC, MS, EBSR, HT/ST, DD,
Short Constructed Response
Extended Constructed Response
CCSS.RL.9-10.2 / Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details / DOK 2-3
Bloom’s Understand, Apply, Analyze / MC, MS, EBSR
Short Constructed Response Extended Constructed Response
CCSS. RL.9-10.4 / Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). / DOK 1-3
Bloom’s Recall & Reproduction, Understand, Apply, Analyze / MC, MS, EBSR, HT/ST,
6. Write and/or Select Assessment Items
Item # / Standard(s) and Skill(s) / Type of Item / Level(s) of Rigor
(DOK/Bloom’s) / # of Points / % of Assessment / Related passage, image, graph, etc.
1 / RI.9-10.4 - Determine the meaning of words as they are used in a text / MC / DOK 2 / Apply / 1 / 8% / “Astro Boy”
2 / RI.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says / MS / DOK 2 / Apply / 2 / 15% / “Astro Boy”
3 / RI.9-10.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text / MC / DOK 3 / Analysis / 1 / 8% / “Astro Boy”
4 / RI.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says / MC / DOK 2 / Apply / 1 / 8% / “Astro Boy”
5 / RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
Secondary standard - RL.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / SCR / DOK 3 / Analysis / 4 / 30% / “Mr. Mumsford”
6 / RL.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text. / MC / DOK 2 / Apply / 1 / 8% / “Mr. Mumsford”
7 / RL.9-10.4 - Determine the meaning of phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; / DD / DOK 3 / Analysis / 2 / 15% / “Mr. Mumsford”
8 / RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme of a text / MC / DOK 3 / Analysis / 1 / 8% / “Mr. Mumsford”
TOTAL / 13 / 100%

TeacHer ASSESSMENT

Student Directions – Read the passages and answer the questions that follow. Choose the best answer for each question. When you finish the assessment, place your answer sheet in your close booklet, and quietly wait until time has expired.

An excerpt from “Astro Boy Meet Robot Dad”

by Michael Ian Black

*Copyright law forbids the department of Accountability, Research, & Evaluation (ARE) from publishing this work in its entirety. Teachers in classrooms have more leeway to use copyrighted material for instructional purposes under fair use. ARE recommends that schools obtain permission to use copyrighted materials whenever fair use is in doubt to avoid legal repercussions. However, the text above can be accessed from its original source here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/438/transcript.

1. What is the meaning of demonstrative as it is used in paragraph 9? (RI.9-10.4)

A. affectionate

passionate
mysterious
superficial

2. Which two quotations best support the answer to question 1? (RI.9-10.1)

A. “…yet he spent so much more time interacting with the computer than with us.” (paragraph 2)

B. “He's distant, and foggy, but recovering.” (paragraph 5)

C. “…I couldn't remember him ever telling me that he loved me.” (paragraph 9)

D. “…I didn't doubt that he did, but he'd never said it.” (paragraph 9)

E. “…I decided to tell him I loved him.” (paragraph 9)

F. “…I felt the need to do it at that moment, it just seemed important.” (paragraph 9)

G. “I tell him I hate leaving so often, but I will be home in a few days,” (paragraph 12)

H. “He hugs me around the neck and says through his tears, "You're the best…” (paragraph 13)

3. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage developed over the course of the excerpt? (RI.9-10.2)

Things are usually not as bad as you think they will be.
People are afraid of change, but life is always changing.
Love is a force for happiness and fulfillment.

D. You never know someone until you put yourself in their situation.

4. Which quotation best supports the answer to question 3?(RI.9-10.1)

“I want a dad. I want my dad. I still feel that way, 28 years later.” (paragraph11)
“He hugs me around the neck and says through his tears, ‘You're the best dad a kid could ever ask for.’” (paragraph 13)

C. “…I find my memory shifting from my own point of view…to imagining myself as my father.” (paragraph 14)

“I know what it means to feel so far away, even when you're right there.” (paragraph 15)

“Mr. Mumsford”

by Larry French

· …purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-Very-Short-Stories/dp/0393308839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460488302&sr=8-1&keywords=flash+fiction

· …accessed at this link: http://www.wneudecker.de/fadi/04-oberstufe/literatur/shstories/mumsford.pdf.

5. In a well-constructed paragraph, identify a theme from “Mr. Mumsford” and cite at least two pieces of evidence showing its development over the course of the text. Be sure to explain how the evidence supports the development of the theme. (SCR: RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.1)

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6. Which quotation provides the best evidence that Bibs is a non-violent man? (RL.9-10.1)

“Bibs, the janitor, had never killed a man before. He'd raised rabbits as a boy and killed one now and then for supper.” (paragraph 1)
“Beads of sweat stood out on Bibs's forehead, and he clenched the bat with both hands.” (paragraph 3)
“Bibs thought for a moment, seemed to waver, and then said, ‘Well, that seems fair.’” (paragraph 12)

D. “‘You been working too many hours,’ said Bibs. ‘A Christian man ought to always eat the supper meal with his wife.’” (paragraph 14)

7. From the list, select two quotations that best support the inference that Bibs wants people to like him. Drag the phrases into the table provided and drop them in the order of best answer and second best answer. (RL.9-10.4)

Best answer
Second best answer

8. Which theme statement best shows what the principal in “Mr. Mumsford” and the narrator in an excerpt from “Astro Boy and Robot Dad” learn in their stories? (RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2)

People matter more than you think.
Relationships can be complicated.
Friendship and love dependent upon trust.

D. Human beings all have the same needs.

Student ASSESSMENT

Directions – Read the passages and answer the questions that follow. Choose the best answer for each question. When you finish the assessment, place your answer sheet in your close booklet, and quietly wait until time has expired.

An excerpt from “Astro Boy Meet Robot Dad”

by Michael Ian Black

1. What is the meaning of demonstrative as it is used in paragraph 9?

affectionate
passionate
mysterious
superficial

2. Which two quotations best support the answer to question 1?

A. “…yet he spent so much more time interacting with the computer than with us.” (paragraph 2)

B. “He's distant, and foggy, but recovering.” (paragraph 5)

C. “…I couldn't remember him ever telling me that he loved me.” (paragraph 9)

D. “…I didn't doubt that he did, but he'd never said it.” (paragraph 9)

E. “…I decided to tell him I loved him.” (paragraph 9)

F. “…I felt the need to do it at that moment, it just seemed important.” (paragraph 9)

G. “I tell him I hate leaving so often, but I will be home in a few days,” (paragraph 12)

H. “He hugs me around the neck and says through his tears, "You're the best…” (paragraph 13)

3. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage developed over the course of the excerpt?

Things are usually not as bad as you think they will be.
People are afraid of change, but life is always changing.
Love is a force for happiness and fulfillment.
You never know someone until you put yourself in their situation.

4. Which quotation best supports the answer to question 3?

“I want a dad. I want my dad. I still feel that way, 28 years later.” (paragraph11)
“He hugs me around the neck and says through his tears, ‘You're the best dad a kid could ever ask for.’” (paragraph 13)
“…I find my memory shifting from my own point of view…to imagining myself as my father.” (paragraph 14)
“I know what it means to feel so far away, even when you're right there.” (paragraph 15)

“Mr. Mumsford”

by Larry French

· …purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-Very-Short-Stories/dp/0393308839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460488302&sr=8-1&keywords=flash+fiction

· …accessed at this link: http://www.wneudecker.de/fadi/04-oberstufe/literatur/shstories/mumsford.pdf.

______

6. Which quotation provides the best evidence that Bibs is a non-violent man?

“Bibs, the janitor, had never killed a man before. He'd raised rabbits as a boy and killed one now and then for supper.” (paragraph 1)
“Beads of sweat stood out on Bibs's forehead, and he clenched the bat with both hands.” (paragraph 3)
“Bibs thought for a moment, seemed to waver, and then said, ‘Well, that seems fair.’” (paragraph 12)
“‘You been working too many hours,’ said Bibs. ‘A Christian man ought to always eat the supper meal with his wife.’” (paragraph 14)

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Best answer
Second best answer

8. Which theme statement best shows what the principal in “Mr. Mumsford” and the narrator in an excerpt from “Astro Boy and Robot Dad” learn in their stories?

People matter more than you think.
Relationships can be complicated.
Friendship and love dependent upon trust.
Human beings all have the same needs.