Grade 6 Teacher Directions C ommon F ormative A ssessment

1. Quarter Two Reading Informational Text Grade 6 Teacher Directions Common Formative Assessment

2. Important Information • This booklet is divided into two parts… • Teacher’s Resources and Answer Keys • Pages 1 – 10 • Student Assessment (can be printed in a small booklet form) • Pages 11 – 29 • This material is intended for assessing reading informational standards RI - 5,6 and 7 at the end of quarter two. Do NOT allow students to read the passages before the assessment. In quarter two, students are also assessed on Write and Revise (see page 5). • Student scores for the common formative assessments can be recorded on the Class Assessment Summary Sheet. • Printing Instructions… • Decide on the primary way to use this booklet, then choose one of the following ways to print this material. • You can print the entire 29 pages – then divide it into two sections (teacher and student). The student booklet would be on regular 8 ½ X 11. • OR… • Send to the HSD Print Shop: • Print Shop instructions for Small Student Booklet Format. • Print pages 11 – 29 in small student booklet format. • Set print driver properties to - - Original size 8 ½ x 11 • Paper size = 11x17 • Print type = Small Student Booklet

3. Directions for Common Formative Assessment • Independent Readers: • Students read selections independently without reading assistance. • Students complete the selected response answers by shading in the bubble. • Students complete the constructed response answers by writing a response for each question. • Not Independent Readers: (Please indicate on record sheet if student is Not an Independent Reader) • Read the selection and questions aloud to the student in English or Spanish. • Read the selected response answers to the student. • Read the constructed response answers to the student. You may write the answer the student says unless he/she is able to do so. • Note: The constructed response questions do NOT assess writing proficiency and should not be scored as such. The constructed responses are evidence of reading comprehension. • Remind students to STOP on the stop page. Do not allow them to go on to the “happy face” page until you have scored their answers. • Assessment Class Summary Sheet (scoring) • When students have finished the entire assessment enter the total number of correct selected responses for each standard (0 – 5). • When students have completed the constructed response score ONLYwith a number from (0 – 3) as indicated by the constructed response rubric. • Write and Revise • The special section for Write and Revise includes six selected response questions. Write and Revise questions are not included on the assessment summary sheets. They are for your information and instruction. • DO NOT write recommendations for the student about why a score was incorrect in their test booklet. It is important for students to reflect on their own answers after the tests are scored on the reflection sheet (last page of student booklet). • Return the scored test booklets to the students. Students record their responses as correct or incorrect on page 27. • The last page in the student booklet is a reflection page (page 28). This last page is a reflection page for the students to think about what they missed and why. • Present ONEspecific question for students to reflect on concerning incorrect answers. They can do this on their own, with a peer or with a teacher. Example reflections questions might include: • Ideas/Suggestions: • What did you not understand about the question? • Underline words you did not understand. • Rephrase the question.

4. Write and Revise The Common Core standards are integrative in nature. Student proficiency develops and is assessed on a continuum. The HSD, Common Formative Assessment (CFA) for quarter two includes three write and revisecategories to prepare our students for this transition in conjunction with our primary focus of Reading Informational Text. Student results are for the teacher’s information and are not part of the assessment summary. Quarter 2 Students “Read to Write” integrating basic writing and language revision skills. Write and Revised Assessed Categories for Quarter Two Writing: Write and Revise (revision of short text) Language: Language and Vocabulary Use (accurate use of words and phrases) Language: Edit and Clarify (accurate use of grammar, mechanics and syntax) Quarter 3 Students write expanded constructed responses and move toward “Full Compositions.” Quarter 4 Students respond to a prompt requiring integrative research as part of a “Performance Task” evidenced by a full composition, speech or visual display.

5. SBAC Reading Assessment Constructed Response General Template  Short Constructed Response Short constructed response sample questions are designed to assess CCLS reading standards. These are single questions that ask students to respond to a prompt or question by stating their answer and providing textual evidence to support their answer. The goal of the short response questions is to require students to show succinctly their ability to comprehend text. In responding to these questions, students will be expected to write in complete sentences.

6. Quarter 2 CFA Constructed ResponseAnswer Key Constructed Response 6. How does paragraph 9 support the key idea of the passage All Bottled Up? Use examples from the passage. RI. 6.5 Scoring notes “Teacher or Rubric Language” Students give essential elements of a completeinterpretation: The essential elements of a complete interpretation include a description of how paragraph 9 (Is the Bottle Ever Better?),supports the key idea of the passage All Bottled Up. The Key Idea of the passage must be identified in some terms as the impact of bottled water. Students address many aspectsof the task and provides sufficient relevant evidence: Aspects of the task with relevant and sufficient evidence for paragraph 9 that support one part of the Key Idea of the passage, include stating that in certain situations (like natural disasters and emergencies) bottled water is the safest option for drinking water. Another aspect should include how disasters can affect the public water supply. Students should also include an how developing or countries that are at war may not have reliable drinking sources. Students’ writing is focused and organized, consistently addressing: Sentences vary in length and interest depending on the point the student is making about the topic.

7. Quarter 2 CFA Constructed ResponseAnswer Key Constructed Response 12. Explain the author’s point of view about bottled water using examples from the text. RI.6.6 Scoring Notes: “Teacher or Rubric Language” Students give essential elements of a completeinterpretation: The essential elements of a complete interpretation include a complete explanation of the prompt: the author’s point of view about bottled water using relevant evidence from the text. Students address many aspects: Aspects of the task that have relevant and sufficient evidence should include stating the author’s general point of view (i.e., bottled water can have a negative impact on the environment). Relevant evidence to support the author’s point of view about the environment would be that the process of turning plastic into disposable water bottles which causes pollution. Another impact is that only 23% of the water bottles are recycled leaving a growing waste problem. Other aspects of the author’s point of view may included (but are not required as they don’t address the point of view specifically) could be: water bottle companies are trying to create biodegradable bottles and many businesses are using more tap water. Students may also mention that sometimes bottled water is necessary during emergencies. Students’ writing is focused and organized, consistently addressing: The author’s point of view is consistent throughout the answer. Sentences vary in length and interest.

8. Quarter 2 CFA Constructed Response Answer Key Constructed Response 18. Using the information found both in the graph The Market for Water and the passage All Bottled Upexplain the impact of the increased of use of water bottles. RI.6.7 Scoring Notes: “Teacher or Rubric Language” Students give essential elements of a completeinterpretation: The essential elements of a complete interpretation includeexplaining the impact of increased use of water bottles with evidence in both the graph and passage and referring to both. Students address many aspects: Aspects of the task that have relevant and sufficient evidence should include more people are using bottled water but not recycling the bottles (graph) and this effects the increase of solid waste (passage). Another aspect found both in the graph and passage is the effect of transporting water trans-continentally on using resources that could fuel homes and cars (graph) and the pollution created by transportation (passage). Both the graph and the passage have information about the amount of bottled water consumed yearly – which may be connected to impact. Students’ writing is focused and organized, consistently addressing: Students use a variety of sentence lengths to address the topic and stay on the topic consistently.

9. Quarter 2 CFA Selected Response Answer Key

10. Quarter Two Reading Informational Text Grade 6 Common Formative Assessment Reading Informational Text Name_______________

11. All Bottled Up • by Jodie Mangor • 1 • Voss and Imsdal come from Norway, Bisleri is bottled in India, and Vata is an Iranian brand. Around the globe, people are quenching their thirst with bottled water. In the past 10 years, sales in Asia and South America have tripled. In 2007, people in the United States drank more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water. The United States currently consumes the most bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil. Compared to sugary, caffeinated soft drinks, this seems a healthy choice. But is it a wise one? • Water for One • 2 • A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. It can be bought almost anywhere, carried around for a while, and then thrown away. • 3 • The impact of bottled water on the environment, however, is staggering. Approximately 2.7 million tons of plastic are turned into disposable bottles each year. This requires large quantities of crude oil and water. It also produces greenhouse gases. Bottled water is often shipped long distances to reach consumers, sometimes trans continentally. This uses even more fossil fuels and creates more pollution. • 4 • Although the bottles can be recycled, only a fraction of them are. The United States only recycles about 23 percent. The rest are part of a growing solid waste problem. • Bottled Over Tap? • 5 • Convenience isn’t the only reason for bottled water’s rise in popularity. Words like “pristine” and “pure,” together with images of mountains or glaciers, are used to market bottled water. Many people believe that it must be cleaner and more healthful than tap water1 from public water systems. But this is a misconception. In developed nations such as the United States and in Europe, regulations that ensure safe water are often stricter for tap than for bottled water. In the United States, tap water is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Bottled water, which is viewed as a packaged food product, is regulated by individual states if it stays within their borders or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if it crosses state lines. • 6 • Jermuk water, which is bottled in Armenia, provides an example of how bottled water standards vary from place to place. In 2007, Jermuk water was pulled from American shelves by the FDA because it contained arsenic2 levels as high as 674 micrograms per liter. Armenian standards allow as much as 700 micrograms of arsenic per liter of water, but U.S. standards set the limit at 10 micrograms per liter. EnglishforEveryone.org

12. All Bottled Up (continued…) • 7 • It may come as a surprise that as much as 40 percent of the water bottled in the United States starts out as tap water. Before bottling, some companies filter it, and they might add minerals for taste. • 8 • Despite its sometimes humble origins, bottled water can cost anywhere from 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. • Is the Bottle Ever Better? • 9 • At times, bottled water is the best available option. Hurricanes, other natural disasters, and emergency situations such as the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center in 2001 can negatively affect the safety of public water. Reliable water systems may not be in place in developing nations and war-torn countries. In these cases, bottled water can provide an important source of clean, safe, drinking water. • Future Solutions • 10 • “Back to the tap” movements are cropping up around the world. In order to save money, use fewer resources, and create less waste, they advocate using tap water and reusable “sports” bottles rather than bottled water. San Francisco and other cities across the United States no longer allow their governmental departments to buy single-serve water bottles. Cities in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom are considering similar bans. • 11 • Many bottled water companies are trying to do their part, too. They have reduced the amount of plastic in their bottles and bottle caps. Both the Colorado-based BIOTA Company and the English company Belu Water use biodegradable plastic bottles derived from corn. Belu takes it a step further by donating some of its profits to clean water projects.12 Bottled water has become an international phenomenon. While it is an important source of safe drinking water, we should not lose sight of a more environmentally friendly source: the water that comes out of our taps. • 1 tap water — water drawn from a faucet • 2arsenic — a poisonous chemical • 3 phenomenon — any observable fact or event; fad“

13. In the section titled, Bottle Over Tap?, which phrase supports the idea that convenience isn’t the only reason for bottled water’s rise in popularity? RI.6.5 Many people believe that it must be cleaner and more healthful than tap water. Bottled water standards vary from place to place. 40 percent of the water bottled in the United States starts out as tap water. D. Bottle water can cost anywhere from 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. Read the sentence: The Red Cross brought in cases of bottled water for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. RI.6.5 Which section would this sentence best fit into? Water for One Bottled Over Tap? Is the Bottle Ever Better? Future Solutions

14. Which title would give the reader a better idea of the main idea of the passage, All Bottled Up? RI.6.5 Drink This B. Bottled Water is the Best Got Water? D. Is Bottled Water a Waste? In the section Is the Bottle Ever Better?, what does the author describe as the most valid reason for choosing bottled water over tap water? RI.6.5 A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. Bottled water is often shipped long distances to reach consumers. At times, bottled water is the best available option. Hurricanes, other natural disasters, and emergency situations…can negatively affect the safety of public water.

15. Which quote from the section titledWater for One, best supports the purpose of the passage All Bottled Up? RI.6.5 Approximately 2.7 million tons of plastic are turned into disposable bottles each year. This requires large quantities of crude oil and water. It also produces greenhouse gases. A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. Many bottled water companies are trying to do their part, too. They have reduced the amount of plastic in their bottles and bottle caps.

16. Name ______________ 7. Choose the answer that best determines the author’s purpose. RI.6.6 The author’s purpose is to inform the reader of the problems associated with bottled water. The author’s purpose is to persuade the reader not to drink bottled water. The author’s purpose is to tell a story about the different uses of bottled water. D. The author’s purpose is to inform the reader about how bottled water is manufactured. 8. Which of the following supports the negative point of view of bottled water? RI.6.6 In 2007, people in the United States drank more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water. A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. The United States only recycles about 23 percent. The rest are part of a growing solid waste problem. Many people believe that is must be cleaner and more healthful than tap water from public water systems.

17. 9. What evidence supports the author’s view point that bottled water companies mislead the public? RI.6.6 Compared to sugary, caffeinated soft drinks, this seems a healthy choice. Words like “pristine” and “pure,” together with images of mountains or glaciers, are used to market bottle water. C. Before bottling, some companies filter it, and they might add minerals for taste. D. Both the Colorado-based BIOTA Company and the English company Belu Water use biodegradable plastic bottles derived from corn. 10. Which detail best supports the most likely positive use of bottled water? RI.6.6 Compared to sugary, caffeinated soft drinks, this seems a healthy choice. A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. Although the bottles can be recycled, only a fraction of them are. At times, bottled water is the best available option.

18. 11. What best summarizes the author’s point of view in the section titled, Future Solutions? RI.6.6 United States needs to require more of bottles to be biodegradable. We should reduce the amount of plastic in bottles and bottle caps. We need reliable and safe water systems. There are other ways to use fewer resources and create less waste than using bottled water.

19. 13. Read the statement from the passage: “Bottled water is often shipped long distances to reach consumers, sometimes trans-continentally. This uses even more fossil fuels and creates more pollution.” What evidence found in the graph below, The Market for Water, supports this statement? Making the plastic bottle uses twice as much water as fits inside the bottle. This requires large quantities of crude oil and water. Annual transportation of bottled water burns 500,00 gallons of oil, enough to power more than 80,000 for a year. The average American consumes 28 gallons of bottled water every year. The Market For Water

20. 14. What conclusion can you draw from information found both in the graph The Market for Waterand the passageAll Bottled Up? RI.6.7 People like bottled water more than sugary drinks like soda. Bottled water consumption has increased. At times, bottled water is the best available option. D. Coffee consumption is not increasing. 15. Based upon the information found both in the graph The Market for Waterand the passage All Bottled Up? what recommendation could you make regarding the use of bottled water? RI.6.7 Use bottled water only when necessary. Do not waste water. Drink soda instead of water. Tap water can be dangerous.

21. 16. How does the graph support the section, Water for One? RI.6.7 A detail of the graph states the impact of transportation of bottled water on the environment. Not as many people drink diet soda as bottled water. Both the graph and the passage describe an increase in bottled water consumption. Water quality standards globally are inconsistent. The Market For Water

22. Wasting and Recycling www.sustainablebusiness.com Bottled Water www.banthebottle.net 17. What does information from both graphics tell you about bottled water? RI.6.7 From 1990 until 2006 plastic water bottle waste has increased. Since 1990 recycling bottled water containers has only slightly increased while wasting containers by throwing them has increased. 80% of all containers are not recycled. Americans still buy upward of 28 billion bottles of water although we have some of the safest tap water in the world. The growing popularity of bottled water means we will continue to use millions of barrels of oil each year to produce the bottles.

24. 19. Read the sentence below. (Write and Revise W.2b – relevant facts) Despite its sometimes humble origins, bottled water can cost anywhere from 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. Select the statement that would most logically follow the sentence. Tap water is clean water supplied to our homes. Bottled water is safe, clean drinking water. So, why are we spending so much more on bottled water than tap water? Many people drink water from a tap. • 20. Read the section below. (Write and Revise W.2b – relevant facts) • Although the bottles can be recycled, only a fraction of them are. The United States only recycles about 23 percent. But, bottled water is convenient. The rest are part of a growing solid waste problem. • Select the sentence that does not support this section. • Although the bottles can be recycled, only a fraction of them are. • The United States only recycles about 23 percent. • But, bottled water is convenient. • The rest are part of a growing solid waste problem.

25. 21. Read the paragraph below. (Write and Revise Vocabulary L.3.a) One way to decrease the amount of bottled water sold each year is to use more tap water. Another way to buy bottled water only when it is absolutely necessary. But none of these things are perfect. Which word is the clearest and most specific substitute for “things”? efforts issues offers methods 22. Read the paragraph below. (Write and Revise Vocabulary L.3.a) Between 1990 and 1998 there was little increase in wasting bottled water containers. But the years follow 1998 showed a great increase in waste. Which word best replaces follow? followed following follows follow

26. 23. Read the sentence below.(Write and Revise, Edit and Clarify L.3.b) The United states, in 2007, sold more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water to Americans. Select the correct way to revise this sentence. In 2007, the United States, sold more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water to Americans. The United States, in 2007 did sold more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water to Americans. In 2007 the United States sold more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water and to Americans. D. The United States and in 2007, sold more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water and to Americans. 24. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (Write and Revise Edit and Clarify L.6.3b) Crude oil, water, and plastic are all components of manufacturing bottled water. B. Crude oil, water and plastic are all components of manufacturing bottled water. C. Crude oil water and, plastic are all components of manufacturing bottled water. D. Crude oil water and plastic, are all components of manufacturing bottled water.

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