Author's+Purpose+and+Perspective+Scales

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 * ** Marzano’s Generic Scale ** ||
 * SCORE 5.0 || More complex content ||
 * SCORE 4.0 || Target learning Goal ||
 * SCORE 3.0 || Simpler content ||
 * SCORE 2.0 || With help, partial success of score 2.0, or basic or elemental content ||
 * SCORE 10 || Even with help, no success ||

(word choice, selective inclusion of facts and data, tone, emotional appeals, connotative meanings, etc.) made by an author in a variety of texts citing relevant textual evidence to support their inferences. || Student can identify and explain how specific features of a textreveal an author's bias/point of view." =**__Here are some FCAT samples of this Target.__**=
 * ** Author’s Purpose/Perspective 910.1.7.2 ** ||
 * SCORE 5.0 || In syntactically or conceptually complex text, the student can analyze and explain why an author makes a particular choice and how that choice affects the meaning and the purpose of the entire work, citing relevant textual evidence. ||
 * SCORE 4.0 || Student can infer the purpose and/or the author's perspective from specific choices
 * SCORE 3.0 || Student can recognize the overall purpose of a passage but cannot understand how a specific choice relates to that purpose. ||
 * SCORE 2.0 || Student can relate author’s bias and background to ideas in the reading. ||
 * SCORE 1.0 ||  Student does not understand that texts are created by authors for specific purposes . ||

In the author’s opinion, who is the most important swing musician of all time? **__Target__ __complexity level 4.0__** (?)

A. Glenn Miller

B. Duke Ellington *

C. Benny Goodman

D. Louis Armstrong

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">What was the author’s purpose in writing this passage? **__Level 3.0 Moderate__**

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">A. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">to relate an outdoor walking experience

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">B. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">to emphasize the importance of observing nature ﻿*

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">C. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">to describe some of the changes that occur in nature

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">D. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">to illustrate the interdependence among plants and animals

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read this sentence from the passage. **__Level 4.0 Target__**

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">And the fish, whether six inches or ten, were praised like precious stones. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">The author uses this comparison to

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">A. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">reveal the assorted colors of fish.

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">B. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">describe the various sizes of fish.

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">C. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">show the client’s appreciation for each catch. *

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">D. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">focus on the client’s preference for material goods.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Author’s Perspective __Level 4.0 Target complexity level__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">The sample item below is based on “Cutting Off the World’s Roof ” on page H–15. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">The author of this article would most likely make the statement that mountains must

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">A. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">move with Earth’s crust.

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">B. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">crumble when faults occur.

<span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">C. <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">yield to the forces of nature.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">D. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">sink under their own weight

Sample Item Author’s Purpose __Target level 4.0__

What is the most likely reason the author of "Swing Is the Thing!" included the section "Still Swingin’" in the article? Give details and examples from the article to support your answer.

Sample Item Author’s Purpose __High complexity 5.0__ (?)

Explain how the "National Park Service Homepage" uses information to persuade readers to visit and support America’s national parks. Use details and information from the website to support your response.