Mrs.+Frisby+and+the+rats+of+NIMH



4/13/11 You did not use the fill-in-the-blank version I gave you. It would have helped to focus your writing greatly. You did not follow the persuasive essay format/goal that I set forth for you. However, you do persuade--though not as effectively as you might have. Final grade: 73.

Mr. B. ** Grading Checklist for Final Reflection/Essay on ** **__ Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH __**

** Perfect Score = 120 points **

** //Heading//—4 pts. total **
 * ** Name—1 pt. **
 * ** Date—1 pt. **
 * ** Subject—1 pt. **
 * ** Teacher or Grade-Section—1 pt. **

** //Title//—4 pts. total **

Hilarity in Education: The Message of
** __Baskin in Da House”;__ or flip the order, put ** ** title first, followed by colon, followed by the ** ** theme or message) **

** //Introduction//—16 pts. ** ** Quote; Strong, Vivid Description of Arresting ** ** Detail; Do NOT Ask a Question!)—4 points **
 * ** Attention Grabber (Bold statement or a **
 * ** Announce the Title and the Author—4 pts. **
 * ** Thesis Statement/Message to Prove—4 points **
 * ** How It Will Be Proved—4 points **

** //Body Paragraph// (28 pts. Total) ** · ** State the point—4 pts. **

**__ Text Evidence __**
· ** Quote—4 pts ** ** __Or__ ** · ** Short, Lead-In That Introduces the Example--4 pts. ** ** AND… ** · ** Who was Involved—4 pts. **  · ** What (Where) Happened Immediately Before— ** ** 4 pts. **  · ** What Happened During the Event—4 pts. **  · ** What Happened After--4 pts. **  · ** Explain What It Means/What It Shows—4 pts. **

** //Body Paragraph// (28 pts. Total) ** · ** State the point—4 pts. ** ** __Text Evidence__ ** · ** Quote—4 pts ** ** __Or__ ** · ** Short, Lead-In That Introduces the Example--4 pts. ** ** AND… ** · ** Who was Involved—4 pts. **  · ** What (Where) Happened Immediately Before— ** ** 4 pts. **  · ** What Happened During the Event—4 pts. **  · ** What Happened After--4 pts. **  · ** Explain What It Means/What It Shows—4 pts. **

** //Body Paragraph// (28 pts. Total) ** · ** State the point—4 pts. ** ** __Text Evidence__ ** · ** Quote—4 pts ** ** __Or__ ** · ** Short, Lead-In That Introduces the Example--4 pts. ** ** AND… ** · ** Who was Involved—4 pts. **  · ** What (Where) Happened Immediately Before— ** ** 4 pts. **  · ** What Happened During the Event—4 pts. **  · ** What Happened After--4 pts. **  · ** Explain What It Means/What It Shows—4 pts. **

** //Conclusion// (12 pts.) ** ** It; Describe How You Hope Others Will Use **
 * ** Summarize or Restate the Main—4 pts. **
 * ** Remind Reader Why this Is Significant—4 pts. **
 * ** Make a Connection (Say How You Will Use **
 * it or How Others Have, In Fact, Used it)—4 pts. **

Dear Daniella and Mrs. Cabrejos--

The summary that Daniella and I typed together today was not saved. I suppose it is possible that she just did not save it. I cannot be sure. The file does not exist with paragraphs in Daniella's Humanities folder. So, she needs to retype what she wrote on the post-its for pages 39-52 and upload that here.

She needs to make sure that she finishes her reading through page 111 in Frisby and that all short-response essays are written, typed, and uploaded.

Yours,

Mr. Baskin

2/3/11

Dear Daniella: Mrs. Frisby assignments-- You seem to have completed all of the assignments. However, while you have written much, much of what you say is often too vague or not factually based on the text or demonstrates a misunderstanding of plot and/or theme. I admire how you stuck with this assignment, though you did find it difficult, I think.

I think that when you are reading you need to continue the strategy of taking notes on what you understand and taking notes on information pertinent to the reading question I've asked you to answer. Oftentimes, I feel that you have lost track of the question, or that you have lost track of important story details. One way to avoid this is to read and re-read to check understanding. This means that you have a silent conversation with yourself about what you understand is happening in the text. When you say to yourself, "What just happened?" or "What does that mean?" you need to apply almost a scientific method approach to detecting/resolving what you missed. Ask yourself a question, then go back and re-read.

I don't thiink you are using that self-talking questioning approach and I think you are losing the trail of details. To help you with this, you should keep a "Learning Journal" for the novels you read or regularly take post-it notes. The goal is to carefully construct an understanding or picture that accurately reflects the events happening in the story. In addition, going forward I will more closely monitor your reading in class, have you read with me or with a strong reading partner, and continue to model with you note-taking/self-reflection. You do need to make progress on your reading comprehension of fiction texts. Overall grade: 75.

Mr. Baskin