Open Ended Responses

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Open Ended Responses

• Two Column Notes

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What are Open Ended Responses (OER)?

• 3 Questions to answer based on reading 2 stories
• Fiction Question
• Non-Fiction Question
• Crossover (Both Stories) Question
• Space
• 5 lines for the single story questions
• 8 lines for the crossover question

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RACE to the top!

• R RESTATE
• The question in your own words.
• A ANSWER
• Answer the question directly.
• Answer the question in the first sentence
• C CITE EVIDENCE
• Cite evidence to support your answer
• Use only quotes that tie directly to the answer
• E EXTEND YOUR THINKING
• Explain how the evidence proves your answer

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Text Support/Evidence- Answer must have

• DIRECT QUOTE is BEST
• Preferred way to cite evidence
• Must be a Full sentence
• Summary/Paraphrase
• Weaker

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How is an OER SCORED?

• 0 insufficient
• 1 partially sufficient
• 2 sufficient
• 3 exemplary
• 0 1 not passing
• 2 3 passing

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Score 0

• INSUFFICIENT
• Too general or vague
• Incorrect based on the story.
• Just a plot summary.
• Leaving it blank.
• Writing in a foreign language

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Score 1

• PARTIALLY SUFFICIENT
• Answer provided BUT you are missing one of
  remaining parts
• Have evidence but no explanation
• Have explanation but no evidence
• OR
• All three parts exist BUT
• Unclear connection between evidence and the
  explanation

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Score 2

• SUFFICIENT
• All four parts (RACE) found WITH
• Relevant evidence
• Explanation of evidence is clear and specific

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Score 3

• EXEMPLARY
• all the characteristics of a 2 WITH
• Particularly thoughtful or insightful analysis
  and/or evidence
• Explanation of evidence shows depth of
  understanding
• ORIGINAL
• WELL-THOUGHT OUT
• WELL-WRITTEN

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REVIEW

• RACE
• Restate the question in your own words.
• Answer the question.
• Cite relevant evidence.
• Explain how the evidence proves your answer.
• SCORING
• 0 insufficient
• 1 partially sufficient
• 2 sufficient
• 3 exemplary

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A GOOD THING!!!

• The graders CANNOT grade you on grammar and
  sentence structure,
• BUT
• These things can effect how well they can read
  your answer.

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Applying the OERto REAL LIFE

• The Egg Analogy

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Imagine the Scoring as an
Egg

• Shell
• Yolk
• White

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Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

• 0- Insufficient
• These answers have no parts of the egg, or parts
  included are wrong, unclear, or not specific. The
  reader says, No Way!

No Egg Parts
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Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

• 1- Partially Sufficient
• These answers may have only one or two parts of
  the egg. All of the parts are not included and/or
  parts are unclear, incomplete. The reader says,
  Huh?

Broken Egg
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Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

• 2- Sufficient
• All three parts of the egg are evident and all
  parts are reasonable. The reader says, Okay.

Whole Egg
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Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

• 3- Exemplary
• All three parts of the egg are evident,
  thoughtful, insightful, and offer strong support.
  These answers may offer a unique perspective. The
  reader says, Wow!

Decorative Egg