Nanette Leegwater

ED 377 Thursdays 1:00 3:50

Professor Schultz
November 3, 2011
Extended Written Response Assessment Draft
High School American Literature
Unit 5: Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent
Statement of Purpose: This summative assessment is to monitor student understanding
of the reading Dust Tracks on the Road by Zora Neale Hurson. There are 25 points
possible on this assessment. Because the information on this assessment will be useful
to students when writing the Comparison-and-Contrast Essay being assigned in the next
unit, students have the opportunity to make any necessary corrections, resubmit the
corrected assessment to the teacher, and have the assessment re-graded.
CE 3.1.2
Demonstrate an understanding of literary characterization, character development, the
function of major and minor characters, motives and causes for action, and moral dilemmas
that characters encounter by describing their function in specific works

Learning Targets

Knowledge Item

I can demonstrate an understanding of literary

characterization

I can describe how characters in this story

respond to major events and challenges.

I can demonstrate

I can show understanding of how literary

characterization is revealed by actions, speech,
thoughts, physical appearance, and the other
characters thoughts or words in this text.

11

2,7,8,9,10,12, 20

I can show understanding of vocabulary used in 13,14,

this text.
15,16,17,18,19

Reasoning Item

21

DIRECTIONS for the essay questions: Choose only 1 Question! Write at least 2 complete
paragraphs discussing one of these prompts. I will not be grading on spelling or grammar, but
your response must be logical and consistent with the details of the story. Use the writing paper
provided. If you need more paper, raise your hand and I will bring it to you. (6 points)
1. Discuss Eatonville, Florida, in what it embodies and instills in Zora's life in terms of
race, society, and art. How did it affect her?
sure unsure

2. Discuss Zora's relationship with white people.

sure

unsure