Lesson 13: Assignment

The assignment for this lesson has three parts:

Part I:

Think back on all the material you have examined throughout this course. Develop a rubric you will use in your job to assess literacy or a student product or project that reflects an aspect of literacy.

Content area teachers might consider developing a comprehension rubric to use in their classrooms. Principals might develop a self-assessment rubric for teachers to use in analyzing classroom instruction.

Identify at least 3 dimensions to assess.
Select the number of levels for each dimension.
Write a concise, but specific, description of performance at each level.

You might want to spend some time searching the Internet for examples to get ideas. Dr. Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University has created a quick, but effective tutorial called Four Nets for Better Searching. Take a look at it to improve your search skills.

You can make your rubric using any tool you'd like. Rubistar is a nice tool introduced during the lesson. You may wish to use it to create your rubric by customizing one of theirs. Once you've created it, save it as HTML, and attach it to your discussion posting. Since you are producing a document that will be used outside of this course, pay close attention to your spelling and grammar usage.

If you'd rather create it in your favorite word processor, that would be fine. Since this course doesn't require everyone to have a specific word processor, please post an RTF file.

Part II:

Take the quiz on this Lesson (13) after you have finished studying the content. You can get to the quiz by clicking on the Quiz link on the left-side of this page. The quiz is not timed, and you may take it as many times as you'd like. You need a score of at least 80% on this quiz to pass. That means you must receive 16 out of the possible 20 points. Good luck!

Note: Students taking the course for graduate credit may only take the quiz one time.

Part III:

Submit your literacy log for Lesson 13. You can get to the literacy log by clicking the Quiz link on the left side of this page. You will not receive a grade for the literacy log until all lesson entries have been submitted. Your facilitator will grade your entire log using the rubric that has been provided. We recommend that you keep your handwritten log for your own records and to turn into your district if required.

Each assignment in the FOR-PD course will have a rubric to help you understand what is required in the assignment, how to submit it, and how it will be graded.

Note: Though not explicitly stated in the rubric, professional discourse is expected. If your discussion contains excessive typos or grammatical errors, your facilitator will request that you edit and repost your discussion.

For Part I of this assignment, this is the rubric:

Assignment Element	Developing	Notable	Exemplary
Message clearly identifies context in which the rubric will be used, including information about learners	no information about context and participants is identified, or it is sketchy 0 points	----	clearly identifies context in which the rubric will be used, including information about learners 2 points
For each dimension and level of performance, there is a brief and specific description of expectations (maximum points possible = 18)	message does not provide requested details 0 points	message addresses some, but not all the requested details 1 point	there is a brief and unambiguous description of expectations 2 points
Total Possible Points			20

Use this rubric to guide you as you post your discussion. Then use it to grade your own work! You must score 16 points or higher on this discussion.

For Part II of this assignment, this is the rubric:

Get a passing score on the Lesson 13 Quiz (minimum 80%)	16 or more points
TOTAL	20 possible points

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