Baseline+and+Benchmark

Baseline and Benchmark2009-2010

Baseline Essay
[|11Baseline Essay2010.doc] [|AChangeofHeart.doc]

[|self edit baseline essay revision.docx] [|baseline essay practice.docx]

Benchmark Essay
[|Eleventh Grade Benchmark Essay2011-1.doc]

[|Hounding the Innocent.doc]

[|Hounding the Innocentvocab.docx]

Rubric
[|EPT12-11 rubric.doc]



Old Article: [|ViolenceBaseline2010.doc]
 * Use EPT Rubric!

Learning Outcomes

 * Utilize and master a number of deep reading strategies including “Marking the Text” “Writing in Margins” “Charting” “Chunking”
 * Read critically (identify theses, claims, text support, structure,) to better understand audience, author’s purpose, and content development (R 2.1, 2.2)
 * Read critically (identify theses, claims, text support, structure,) to better understand audience, author’s purpose, and content development (R 2.1, 2.2)
 * Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, and paragraph sentence structure and an understanding of English usage
 * Identify and compose sentences using the four basic sentence patterns
 * Identify and use transitions/coherence devices between sentences and paragraphs to demonstrate a clear connection among ideas, basic grammar, and punctuation.
 * Produce legible work that shows accurate word choice and spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization
 * Analyze and evaluate author’s implicit and explicit claims, assumptions or beliefs as credible and relevant (R 2.4, 2.5)