The students will be pre-assessed based on their answers to the Plant Questionnaire that is given the day before this lesson is taught or the morning of the day the lesson is taught. During the anticipatory set the teacher will ask the students how they think plants get food and the teacher will take mental notes of some of the responses. This will serve as an informal second pre-assessment. These pre-assessments will tell the teacher what the students know about the needs of plants before the lesson is taught. The pre-assessments will also tell the teacher if he/she should spend more or less time discussing any particular parts of the lesson. If students already know one part then a quick summary of the information is good and more time can be spent on new information.
Photosynthesis Description Rubric |
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4 Points |
3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
Content |
Paragraph identifies three things a plant needs to be able to make its own food and explains where the three things come from and how the plant absorbs them. |
Paragraph identifies three things a plant needs to be able to make its own food and explains where the three things a plant needs to make its own food come from or how the plant absorbs them. |
Paragraph identifies two things a plant needs to be able to make its own food and explains where two things a plant needs to make its own food come from or how the plant absorbs them. |
Paragraph identifies one thing a plant needs to be able to make its own food and explains where one thing a plant needs to make its own food come from or how the plant absorbs it. |
Neatness |
Writing is neatly done and easy to read. |
Three or more words are written sloppy and hard to read, but the rest of the response is neat. |
Entire response is written sloppy, but is still able to be read with some effort. |
Writing is illegible. |
Paragraph |
Response is written in a paragraph with four or more sentences. |
Response is written in a paragraph with three sentences. |
Response is written in a paragraph with two sentences. |
Response is not written in a paragraph. |
Comments:
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Make sure to include:
____ three things a plant needs to be able to make its own food
____ where the three things come from
____ how the plant absorbs the three things
Paragraph should be:
____ neat, easy to read writing
____ have four or more sentences