Short Stories and ISU 1

Class Outline:

1. Silent Reading
2. ISU Tracking Sheet Feedback
1. Review ISU tracking rubric.
1. Get out your ISU tracking sheet. Please hand it in.
2. With a partner, you will be given two ISU tracking sheets and two rubrics. 
3. Please read them over carefully one at a time and assess them using the rubrics with your partner.
4. At the bottom of each rubric, write two things you like about their work on the tracking sheet, and one area of improvement ("'I like," I like," "You might want to try,")
5. Hand in the tracking sheets and rubrics to Beth.
3. Presentation

Tracking Sheet Rubric

	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Strategies: Builds understanding of text by identifying important ideas and elements in the text. Uses quotations and page numbers for support. (Column 1)	Excellent support and identification for all elements and devices.	Good support and identification for all elements and devices.	Some support and identification for all elements and devices.	Limited support or identification for all elements and devices.
Thinking: Makes good connections between elements andnnections between elements ormentr all elements and devices.t. Uses quotations and page numbers for support. for each.. les a inferences about devices (Column 2)	Excellent connections/ inferences and engagement.	Good connections/ inferences and engagement.	Some connections/ inferences and engagement.	Limited connections/ inferences and engagement. May have some incomplete.

Digital Copy of Tracking Sheet and Rubric

Hi all,

Feel free to use this digital copy of the tracking sheet to record you notes on your novel.

Beth

ISU Tracking Sheet

Section of Book: /3                                                                                          Name:                                                                                                                                                         Book Title:

Element—Examples, quotations, page references	Inferences— meaning, connections to other elements
Setting
Character(s)— traits, growth or change?
Mood- dominant? Shifts?
Conflict (type, generalized versus statement and specific versus statement. Resolutions?)
Big Ideas	Possible Messages about Society (Themes)
Examples of Devices (e.g. Imagery, Symbolism, Metaphor, Foreshadowing) Give page # and passage and label device for each.	Inferences— why did the author use this comparison or device? What is implied in the device usage?

Tracking Sheet Rubric

	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Strategies: Builds understanding of text by identifying important ideas and elements in the text. Uses quotations and page numbers for support. (Column 1)	Excellent support and identification for all elements and devices.	Good support and identification for all elements and devices.	Some support and identification for all elements and devices.	Limited support or identification for elements and devices.
Thinking: Makes good connections between elements andnnections between elements ormentr all elements and devices.t. Uses quotations and page numbers for support. for each.. les a inferences about devices (Column 2)	Excellent connections/ inferences and engagement.	Good connections/ inferences and engagement.	Some connections/ inferences and engagement.	Limited connections/ inferences and engagement. May have some incomplete.