Does the passage from "Keeping a Journal" or the passage from "How to Write Poetry" better use words and phrases to persuade a person about the value or journals? In your response, use information from the article that supports your answer.

Write your explanation on the lines in your Answer Book.

Annotation: The student responds, "I think "How to Write Poetry" is more telling the goods of a journal." The student answers the question. To improve this response, the student should use text support to explain what "the goods of a journal" are. Next, the student should show how those "goods" make a person believe that there is a value in journals.

Annotation: The student answers that " 'Keeping a Journal' uses better words to persuade people because it tells you a little bit of the history of journals and where the word comes from" Then the student cites the second paragraph telling the derivation of the word journal. The student answers the question and offers text support for that answer. To improve this response, the student should show how knowing the history of the word journal is persuasive enough to make people believe in the value of journals. In addition the student could find additional word use from the text that might prove persuasive to students for example the words "treasures and memories."

Annotation: The student responds that "How to Keep a Journal" is more persuasive than "How to Write Poetry" because "How to Write Poetry" has mainly Quishtons. And in the story "How to Keep a Journal" it tells you everything that a journal has and what people write in it." Next, the student cites the portion of text where it compares the journal to a mosaic. The student answers the question and uses text support for that answer. To improve this response, the student should focus on the comparison of the journal to a mosaic and explain how that comparison is persuasive and would make a student believe in the value of journals. Perhaps the student could emphasize that the journal like the mosaic is a work of art, the artist like the journalist is "unique," and that art like the journal is a "true expression of the heart."

Score 3

The response demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of the text.

• Addresses the demands of the question
• Effectively uses text-relevant¹ information to clarify or extend understanding

Score 2

The response demonstrates a general understanding of the text.

• Partially addresses the demands of the question
• Uses text-relevant¹ information to show understanding

Score 1

The response demonstrates a minimal understanding of the text.

• Minimally addresses the demands of the question
• Uses minimal information to show some understanding of the text in relation to the question

Score 0

The response is completely incorrect, irrelevant to the question, or missing.²

Note 1:

Text-relevant: This information may or may not be an exact copy (quote) of the text but is clearly related to the text and often shows an analysis and/or interpretation of important ideas. Students may incorporate information to show connections to relevant prior experience as appropriate.

Note 2:

An exact copy (quote) or paraphrase of the question that provides no new relevant information will receive a score of "0".

Rubric Document Date: June 2003