Reading Work Sample Task Form

Reading Work Sample Task Form

Reading Work Sample Task Form

Instructions: Please fill in the following sections using the corresponding information listed on the Work Sample Documentation Form (WSDF). The purpose of the Work Sample Task Form is to confirm the information previously stated on the WSDF, to provide a consistent template for describing your instructions to the student and to help the scorers identify the tasks in the binders.

Work Sample #: ____

c On demand

Title and Author of Text: Turkeys

Write the target for each strand in the task in the boxes below.

x Literary Text	Literary Comprehension	Literary Analysis	Literary Thinking Critically
	LC02	LA05	LT19

c Informational Text	Informational Comprehension	Informational Analysis	Informational Thinking Critically

Reading Task Instructions (If student work is on the same page as the task instructions, you do not need to complete this box):

Reading responses are expected to be written in complete sentence and paragraphs.

In paragraphs, answer each of the following in a reading response to “Turkeys.”

1. (LC02) Summarize the story in your own words. Use text based evidence to support your summary.

2. (LA05) What does Mama mean by the statement “extinction by dilution.” What does it tell you about her character? Use text based evidence to support your response.

3. (LT19) Evaluate the ornithologists’ decision to place the turkey eggs next to the narrator’s body when she was sick. Use text based evidence to support your response.