Open-Ended Responses



Open-Ended Responses

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You must…

Answer

Provide text evidence

Explain

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Score Point 0: You haven’t answered the question. Or your answer is too general or vague. Or you give an answer but fail to support it with evidence or an explanation. Or your evidence &/or explanation doesn’t support the answer.

Score Point 1: You answer and give proper evidence or answer and give reasonable explanation. But you don’t have an answer with evidence AND explanation.

Score Point 2: You answer correctly and give proper evidence and an explanation.

Score Point 3: Exceptional depth with answer, evidence, and explanation.

These may be reasons you scored what you did:

□ You did not answer the question

□ Text evidence is weak

□ Text evidence is off topic

□ No text evidence

□ Explanation is weak

□ No explanation

How are open-ended responses relevant to the “real world”?

It is important for you to be able to explain why you feel the way you do. Why you want what you want. Why you believe what you believe.

You need to be able to explain these kinds of things. You need to be able to give examples and explanations to help support your feelings, wants, beliefs.

It’s important for others to be able to answer these types of questions, too.

Imagine you went to the doctor because you weren’t feeling well. You ask him, “Dr. I feel awful. What’s wrong with me?” He does some tests and consults his books and tells you that you have Chronic Granulomatous Disease, or CGD, (He is answering your question) “a genetically heterogeneous immunodeficiency disorder resulting from an inability of phagocytes to kill microbes that they have ingested. It is caused by any of several defects in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase enzyme complex which normally generate increased oxygen consumption, essential for the clearance of phagocytosed micro-organisms.” (This is the doctor providing you with text evidence, proving what is wrong with you.)

Wow, thanks doc. WTH is that? Then he explains that to you in “regular-people terms.” “You have something called Bridges-Good Syndrome, a hereditary disease in which certain cells of the immune system have a hard time forming certain compounds used to kill certain germs. This causes many organs to be swollen and irritated.” (Here he is explaining, in words you can understand, just what is wrong with you.)

There are MANY different jobs that will require you to answer, provide evidence of some sort, and explain that evidence. Work with your partner/group to come up with different questions that might be asked of each occupation. These questions would need evidence and explanation to be fully answered.

← Waiter/waitress

← Mechanic

← Receptionist at a hotel

← High school principal

← Police officer

← Bill collector

← The Geek Squad dude

← Eye doctor

← Customer Service Rep @ Walmart

← A/C repairman

← Elementary teacher

← High school teacher

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