Topaz Thompson

MEDT 7476
Dr. Huett
Assessment Plan

Performance Finding the Main Idea

Task Title

Grade 6

Designer Topaz Thompson

Client Melanie Hale

Information GIVE Center West Middle School
5550 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071
6th Grade ELA
Setting Classroom
Description of o 6th Grade Language Arts Class
Learners o Class Size: 20 students total (15 General Ed./3 Special Ed./2 Gifted)
o Age Range: 11-12
o 13 female /7 male
o 16 Hispanic/4 African American
  Students will create an infographic using piktochart.com that will teach a student how
Performance to find the main idea of a passage.
Task
Annotation  Students will have participated in a group activity in which they will determine the
appropriate steps to determine the main idea of a passage by analyzing a series of
instructional videos and classroom notes.

Subject Language Arts

Approximate 2 hours (2 class periods)

Duration of
Performance

Gwinnett County Public Schools-AKS Standards

Focus
Standards  6LA.A.2: determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development
over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text
Gwinnett County Public Schools-AKS Standards
Complement
ary Standards  6LA.D.31: analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media
and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a
topic, text, or issue under study

NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts

National  Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and
Standards appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other
readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word
 identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter
correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
 Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries,
databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to
create and communicate knowledge.

Description
and Teacher
Directions
Title of Rubric  Main Idea Piktochart Rubric
Rubric  This rubric will serve as a guide to develop their project. It allows students to know
Description what is expected while providing the teacher a baseline for constructive feedback for
improvements.
 Rubric of
Other
Performance
Tool
Evaluation

Example of
Student Work
 Teacher
Commentary

Materials and
Equipment  LCD Projector/Board
 Google Chromebooks
 Pencil/Paper
 Sample Passages via IXL
 What 21st
Century  Internet connected Google Chromebook with access to Piktochart Website
Technology
was used in
this
Differentiated  Students work in collaborative groups to identify steps to find the main idea of a
Instruction passage.
 Gifted/Advanced Students will:
- Assist struggling learners within small groups by modeling how to find the main
Idea within sample passages.
- Have the option to model the process of finding the main idea by creating a
video or dramatization.
 Learners identified with IEP’s will:
- will be provided with sample passages and students will work with high
learners within small groups to illustrate the process of finding the main idea.

Web  How to find the Main Idea Brain Pop Jr. Video
Resources  Piktochart Website
 IXL – Module: A.1
 How to Find the Main Idea of a Passage -YouTube