Explain how the speaker in "At the Library" feels about reading. In your response, use details and examples from the poem that support your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.

Annotation: The reader answers the question "really likes to read because it makes her feel like shes in a whole other world." This is supported with text "…I smile because I see me in her eyes…" which "shows that she relates to the character." The reader offers further text support "I find a paradise where birds can talk…" that "shows that she imagines herself in the book…" To improve this response, the reader should establish firmer links among being in another world, relating to the character, and being in a paradise. Then the reader should expand upon the relationship between the quotes from the text and the reader's judgment about them telling how "I see me in her eyes" indicates relating to a character and how "a paradise where birds can talk" shows the speaker imagines herself in the book.

Annotation: The reader answers the question "reading is a world were anything can happun" and expands upon the idea by stating "the speaker sees herself in these books because books reflect and define her" and concludes that "the speaker loves to read and a library is like a home for her." The ideas that "books reflect and define" the speaker and that "a library is like a home for her" are reasonable conclusions that can be expanded. To further improve this response the reader needs to supply text support for his/her conclusions.

Annotation: The reader answers the question "speaker feels excited to read" and then offers minimal text support that "she can find a paradise" through her reading. Then the reader draws the valid conclusion that "usually if you don't like something you wouldn't keep coming back and describing as a paradise." The reader concludes "that this author loves to explore books" and speculates about what the author might do to get others to read." To improve this response, the reader should elaborate upon the relationship between finding a paradise and the excitement of reading and offer additional text support for that idea. In addition the reader should define the difference between the speaker of the poem and the author/poet.

Annotation: The reader answers the question "the speaker feels enthusiastic about the poem" and offers minimal and ineffective text support "I find paradice" and "where children fly." The reader continues, "the author is very creative" and "creative about her stories." To improve this response, the reader needs to establish the difference between the speaker of the poem and the author/poet. The feeling of enthusiasm by the speaker of the poem should be supported by text and a conclusion drawn about the enthusiasm and its relationship to the selected text.

Annotation: The reader answers "the speaker is feeling like she's in the book" and "seems very tranquil while she's writing the poem" confusing the speaker of the poem and the author/poet. Then the reader concludes that the poet has "forgotten the world around her while she writes this poem" and it seems "like the author is writing a fantasy book about herself." To improve this response, the reader should establish the difference between the speaker of the poem and the poet and then provide text support for the idea that "the speaker is feeling like she's in the book." Then the reader should draw a conclusion about how text support shows that the speaker is "in the book."

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