Activity 2 Self-Assessment

Name:
Date:

Anticipated Grade Second Semester:

Please give evidence from your work in the appropriate box by each outcome that best represents
your level of achievement.
Learning Outcomes

Level 2
Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Level 3
Demonstrates
Sufficient Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Level 4
Demonstrates Deep
Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Reading Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your portfolio to support your response.
1. I am able to cite strong
and thorough textual
evidence to support
analysis of what a text
says and implies.

Certain factors that may

make a child more
likely to bully others
include, but are not
limited to, having issues
controlling anger and
impulses, a history of
abuse or violence in
their family and
behavioral factors such
as alcohol or drug abuse
(Fundukian and Wilson
184).

2. I am able to analyze
and evaluate the
effectiveness of the
structure an author uses
in his or her exposition or
argument.

...including language
barriers faced by some
Asian American
students and a spike in

racial abuse following

the September 11,
2001 attacks against
children perceived as
Muslim(Izadi 4).
3.I can analyze an
authors assumptions
and appeals (e.g. ethos,
logos, pathos)

In an extreme case,
students of Columbine
High School, Eric
Harris and Dylan
Klebold, committed a
mass shooting attack
upon the high school
on April 20, 1999. The
attackers killed 13
people before killing
themselves.
Researchers believe
that the two boys were
not accepted by many
social groups and were
consistently bullied
(Opposing Viewpoints
194).

4. I can analyze the

writers use of rhetorical
devices and strategies.
(repetition, figurative
language, sentence
structure, diction)

According to new data

from the U.S. Justice and
education departments,
Asian American teens are
victims of bullying than
any other racial group
(Izadi 1)
The reasons for being
bullied reported most
often by students look,
body shape and race

5. I understand the key

rhetorical concepts such
as audience, purpose,
context, and genre
through analysis of texts.

Learning Outcomes

Level 2
Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Level 3
Demonstrates
Sufficient Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Level 4
Demonstrates Deep
Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Writing Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your writing to support your claim.
6.I can write readingbased arguments to
support claims in an
analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.

Both in our word and in

Huxleys world, there
was a decline of the
pursuit of knowledge.
What is different
between the two worlds
is that in Huxleys,
there is absolutely no

pursuit and is in fact

non-existent while in
our world we still have
educational facilities
such as schools and
colleges to support our
pursuit.
7. I incorporate the texts
of others effectively and
use documentation styles
suitable to the task,
genre, and discipline.

My incorporation of the
Ted talk on addiction
into the Brave New
World essay.

8. I can edit for clarity

and for standard written
English grammar, usage,
and mechanics.

Taking out the passive

verbs in the Brave
New World essay
Using quotes and
commentary to
compare and contrast
in the Brave New World
essay.

9. I am able to produce
clear and coherent
writing in which the
development,
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.

Usage of quotes in
Brave New World
essay.

10.I have the ability to

observe, evaluate, and
regulate my development
as a reader and writer of
expository texts,
including the
identification of areas
needing further growth.

Listening and Speaking Rhetorically Outcomes: Explain how you are able to achieve these skills.
I am able to initiate and
participate effectively in a
range of collaborative
discussion with peers.

Lack o f communication
in the Good Food Bad
Food proposal.

Learning Outcomes

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Demonstrates
Sufficient Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrates Deep
Command of
Knowledge and Skills

Habits of Mind Outcomes: Explain to what degree you have achieved the following
I believe I am level 4
due to the amount of
improvement that has
occurred over the
school year.

12. I act as a motivated,

self-directed learner.

13. I persist during

difficult academic tasks.

I was able to persist at

writing even though I
was having difficulty
during the year to
achieve significantly
higher score towards
the end of the year.

14. I see new ways of

thinking and being; I see
other points of view.

I was able to compare

and contrast to worlds
in the Brave New
World essay.

15. I am able to critique

my own and others
academic work.
16. I can reflect on my
own learning and on the
processes that shape
knowledge.

Lack of corrections in the

Good Food Bad Food
Essay.
I was able to reflect on
what I learned from
previous essays to
improve my grade on
my essays.