Upstairs/Downstairs

1. Reading Literature 9-12.2: Determine Theme and Analyze Its Development • Reading Informational Text 9-12.2: Determine Central Idea and Analyze Its Development • Reading Literature/ Informational Text Standard 9-12.1: Cite Strong and Thorough Textual Evidence Upstairs/Downstairs Copy the following info into the “Reading Response” section of your notebook

2. Format Your Paper • First, divide your paper by drawing a series of stairs from the upper right corner to the lower left corner • The left-hand side of the paper is the upstairs, representing a character’s strengths • The right-hand side of the paper is the downstairs, representing a character’s weaknesses or challenges

3. Creating the Upstairs Side • Upstairs side contains criteria representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals • Two Citations • Representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals • Must be at least two sentences long • Two Images • Representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals • Must relate to citations • Two Brainstorms • Representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals • Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must relate to image

4. Downstairs Side • Downstairs side contains criteria representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles • Two Citations • Representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles • Must be at least two sentences long • Two Images • Representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles • Must relate to citations • Two Brainstorms • Representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles • Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must relate to image

5. Guidelines • Citations, images, and brainstorms must tie-in • Must be multicolored • No lined paper • Use parenthetical citation • Each side must be a different color • Be creative, unique, even unusual

6. Upstairs/DownstairsExample

9. Upstairs: 2-Images 8-Brainstorms 2-Citations Downstairs 2-Images 8-Brainstorms 2-Citations Stairs: 1 - Stairs Direction Right to Left Multicolored Sides different color Citations 2+ sentences How to Grade Upstairs/Downstairs List criteria on back of assignment, noting what you did correctly. Must include written evaluation and show corrections made to assignment to raise your level of learning.

10. Reading Comprehension Standard 3.2: Theme and Textual Evidence Creativity Evaluation Write one sentence explaining what you did well according to the skill being learned using the language of Bloom’s taxonomy. Then, write one more sentence explaining what you could do better or differently next time and how you could move up one level on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Higher Order Thinking Skills 4.5 to 5/A 3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C 1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K Bloom’s Taxonomy Student Directions for Written Evaluation Lower Order Thinking Skills Grading Scale 0 Errors = 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - = 1.5/L to 2.4/L 1 Errors = 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4+ Errors = .1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors = 2.5/C to 3.4/C

11. Printing Directions • On the tool bar, click on “File,” click on “Print.” • In the “Print” dialogue box, in the lower left corner under “Print What,” click on the drop down arrow and select “Handouts.” • Then, under “Color/Grayscale,” select the best on for your printer. • Next, under “Handouts,” click on “Slides per Page,” and choose “9.” • Lastly, click on “OK,” and the file will print. • Staple Directions to your assignment.