Integrated  Pest  Management  Task  Overview  

Teacher Directions and Scoring Rubrics  

Student Task: Parts 1 and 2 Students  are  given  the  texts,  research,  and  any  additional  information  about  the  essay.  

Part  1    (Approximately  90  minutes)  1. Initiate  the  testing  session.2. Encourage  students  to  take  good  notes  as  they  review  the  resources.    They  will  have  access  to

their  notes  on  both  Part  1  and  Part  2.3. Alert  the  students  when  15  minutes  have  elapsed.4. Alert  the  students  when  there  are  5  minutes  remaining  in  Part  1.

Stretch  Break  

Part  2    (Approximately  90  minutes)  

1. Initiate  the  testing  Part  2.2. Allow  students  to  access  the  sources  and  their  notes  from  Part  I.3. Alert  the  students  when  30  minutes  have  elapsed.4. After  students  have  been  writing  for  80  minutes,  alert  them  that  there  are  10  minutes  left  to

complete  their  essays.5. Close  the  testing  session.

Scorable  Products:    Student  responses  to  the  constructed-­‐response  questions  in  part  1  and  the  essay  in  part  2  will  be  scored.    

GRADES      9/10/11  (180  minutes  Approximate  Time)  

Task  Overview:  

Part  1  (90  minutes):  Ultimately  tasked  with  writing  an  essay  on  Integrated  Pest  Management,  students  will  read  a  variety  of  print  materials  including  a  Q  and  A  sheet,  an  article,  and  a  poster.    They  will  also  watch  three  short  videos,  taking  notes  on  these  sources.  After  conducting  this  research,  they  will  then  respond  to  three  constructed-­‐response  questions  addressing  the  research  skills  of  locating,  analyzing  and  evaluating  information.  

Part  2:  (90  minutes):  Finally,  students  will  work  individually  to  compose  an  essay  on  Integrated  Pest  management,  referring  to  their  notes  and  the  sources  as  needed.  

Created by Nancy Skerritt for the Pacific Education Institute, May 2014 Grades 9/10/11

 Integrated  Pest  Management  Task  Overview  

Teacher Directions and Scoring Rubrics  

Scoring Rubrics:

Question  #1   Claim  4  Research,  Target  2  

Question  #2   Claim  4  Research,  Target  3  

`   Question  #3   Claim  4  Research,  Target  4  

Essay   Explanatory  Writing  Rubric  (Grades  6-11)  

Informational and Explanatory Essay Rubrics:

4  –  Points   Statement  of  Purpose  /  Focus  Organization  

4  –  Points   Language  Elaboration  

2  –  Points   Conventions  

Created by Nancy Skerritt for the Pacific Education Institute, May 2014 Grades 9/10/11

 Integrated  Pest  Management  Task  Overview  

Teacher Directions and Scoring Rubrics  

1. Define  Integrated  Pest  Management  in  one  or  two  sentences  and  briefly  explain  its  benefits  toboth  the  farmer  and  the  environment.  Use  information  from  a  video  and  a  print  source  tosupport  your  answer,  referencing  the  sources  you  choose  to  use.    (Claim  4,  Target  2)

Analyze/Integrate  Information  Rubric  (Claim  4,  Target  2)  

2   • The  response  gives  sufficient  evidence  of  the  ability  to  gather,  analyze,  and  integrateinformation  within  and  among  multiple  sources  of  information.

1   • The  response  gives  limited  evidence  of  the  ability  to  gather,  analyze,  and  integrate  informationwithin  and  among  multiple  sources  of  information.

0   A  response  gets  no  credit  if  it  provides  no  evidence  of  the  ability  to  gather,  analyze,  and  integrate  information  within  and  among  multiple  sources  of  information.  

2. You  have  been  asked  to  explain  IPM  to  students  at  a  neighboring  school.    You  can  use  onevideo,  one  article  and  one  poster.    Which  sources  do  you  select  and  what  is  your  criteria?(Claim  4,  Target  3)

   Evaluate  Information  /  Source  Rubric    (Claim  4,  Target  3)  

2   • The  response  gives  sufficient  evidence  of  the  ability  to  evaluate  the  credibility,  completeness,relevancy,  and/or  accuracy  of  the  information  and  sources.

1   • The  response  gives  limited  evidence  of  the  ability  to  evaluate  the  credibility,  completeness,relevancy,  and/or  accuracy  of  the  information  and  sources.

0   A  response  gets  no  credit  if  it  provides  no  evidence  of  the  ability  to  evaluate  the  credibility,  completeness,  relevancy,  and/or  accuracy  of  the  information  and  sources.  

3. Defend  the  following  statement:    Integrated  Pest  Management  is  a  common  sense  approachto  pest  control.    Use  information  multiple  sources  in  your  response,  citing  the  sources  that  youuse.  (Claim  4,  Target  4)

   Use  Evidence  Rubric    (Claim  4,  Target  4)  

2   The  response  gives  sufficient  evidence  of  the  ability  to  cite  evidence  to  support  arguments  and/or  ideas.  

1   The  response  gives  limited  evidence  of  the  ability  to  cite  evidence  to  support  arguments  and/or  ideas..  

0   A  response  gets  no  credit  if  it  provides  no  evidence  of  the  ability  to  cite  evidence  to  support  arguments  and/or  ideas.  

Created by Nancy Skerritt for the Pacific Education Institute, May 2014 Grades 9/10/11

 

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Informative / Explanatory Writing Rubric (Grades 6-11) Score 4 3 2 1

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The  response  is  fully  sustained  and  consistently  and  purposefully  focused:  � controlling  idea  or  main  idea  

of  a  topic  is  focused,  clearly  stated,  and  strongly  maintained  

� controlling  idea  or  main  idea  of  a  topic  is  introduced  and  communicated  clearly  within  the  context  

The  response  is  adequately  sustained  and  generally  focused:  � focus  is  clear  and  for  the  most  

part  maintained,  though  some  loosely  related  material  may  be  present  

� some  context  for  the  controlling  idea  or  main  idea  of  the  topic  is  adequate  

The  response  is  somewhat  sustained  and  may  have  a  minor  drift  in  focus:  � may  be  clearly  focused  on  

the  controlling  or  main  idea,  but  is  insufficiently  sustained  

� controlling  idea  or  main  idea  may  be  unclear  and  somewhat  unfocused    

The  response  may  be  related  to  the  topic  but  may  provide  little  or  no  focus:    � may  be  very  brief  � may  have  a  major  drift  � focus  may  be  confusing  

or  ambiguous    

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The  response  has  a  clear  and  effective  organizational  structure  creating  unity  and  completeness:  � use  of  a  variety  of  

transitional  strategies  � logical  progression  of  ideas  

from  beginning  to  end  � strong  connections  among  

ideas,  with  some  syntactic  variety  

The  response  has  an  evident  organizational  structure  and  a  sense  of  completeness,  though  there  may  be  minor  flaws  and  some  ideas  may  be  loosely  connected:  � adequate  use  of  transitional  

strategies  with  some  variety  � adequate  progression  of  ideas  

from  beginning  to  end  � adequate  introduction  and  

conclusion    � adequate,  if  slightly  inconsistent,  

connection  among  ideas  

The  response  has  an  inconsistent  organizational  structure,  and  flaws  are  evident:  � inconsistent  use  of  

transitional  strategies  with  little  variety  

� uneven  progression  of  ideas  from  beginning  to  end  

� conclusion  and  introduction,  if  present,  are  weak  

� weak  connection  among  ideas  

The  response  has  little  or  no  discernible  organizational  structure:  � few  or  no  transitional  

strategies  are  evident  � frequent  extraneous  

ideas  may  intrude  

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Evid

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The  response  provides  thorough  and  convincing  support/evidence  for  the  controlling  idea  or  main  idea  that  includes  the  effective  use  of  sources,  facts,  and  details.  The  response  achieves  substantial  depth  that  is  specific  and  relevant:  � use  of  evidence  from  sources  is  

smoothly  integrated,  comprehensive,  and  concrete  

� effective  use  of  a  variety  of  elaborative  techniques  

The  response  provides  adequate  support/evidence  for  the  controlling  idea  or  main  idea  that  includes  the  use  of  sources,  facts,  and  details:  � some  evidence  from  sources  is  

integrated,  though  citations  may  be  general  or  imprecise  adequate  use  of  some  elaborative  techniques  

 

The  response  provides  uneven,  cursory  support/evidence  for  the  controlling  idea  or  main  idea  that  includes  partial  or  uneven  use  of  sources,  facts,  and  details:  � Evidence  from  sources  is  

weakly  integrated,  and  citations,  if  present,  are  uneven  

� Weak  or  uneven  use  of  elaborative  techniques    

The  response  provides  minimal  support/evidence  for  the  controlling  idea  or  main  idea  that  includes  little  or  no  use  of  sources,  facts,  and  details:  � Use  of  evidence  from  

the  source  material  is  minimal,  absent,  in  error,  or  irrelevant    

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The  response  clearly  and  effectively  expresses  ideas,  using  precise  language:  � use  of  academic  and  domain-­‐

specific  vocabulary  is  clearly  appropriate  for  the  audience  and  purpose  

 

The  response  adequately  expresses  ideas,  employing  a  mix  of  precise  with  more  general  language:  � use  of  domain-­‐specific  

vocabulary  is  generally  appropriate  for  the  audience  and  purpose  

The  response  expresses  ideas  unevenly,  using  simplistic  language:  � use  of  domain-­‐specific  

vocabulary  that  may  at  times  be  appropriate  for  the  audience  and  purpose  

 

The  response’s  expression  of  ideas  is  vague,  lacks  clarity,  or  is  confusing:  � Uses  limited  language  or  

domain-­‐specific  vocabulary  

May  have  little  sense  of  audience  and  purpose  

   

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s The  response  demonstrates  an  adequate  command  of  conventions:  • errors  in  usage  and  sentence  formation  may  be  present,  but  no  systematic  pattern  of  errors  is  displayed  and  meaning  is  not  obscured  

• adequate  use  of  punctuation,  capitalization,  and  spelling  

The  response  demonstrates  a  partial  command  of  conventions:  • errors  in  usage  may  obscure  meaning  • inconsistent  use  of  punctuation,  capitalization,  and  spelling  

 

NS Insufficient,  illegible,  in  a  language  other  than  English,  incoherent,  off-­‐topic,  or  off-­‐purpose  writing    

SCORING  VERSION