OER Strategies

Open Ended Response (OER)

3 Questions to answer
Fiction Non-Fiction Crossover

Space
10 lines for the single questions 10 lines for the combination question

ACE the Big 3

A: ANSWER
Answer the question explicitly Answer the question in the first sentence

C: CITE
Cite evidence to support your answer Cite evidence in an effective way
Use only quotes that tie directly to the answer Use only the part(s) necessary

E: EXPLAIN
Explain explicitly how the evidence proves your answer

Textual Support/Evidence
DIRECT QUOTE Needed Full sentence Phrases and/or individual words Summary/Paraphrase DONT DO IT!!!

SCORING
0 = insufficient 1 = partially sufficient 2 = sufficient 3 = exemplary

0 & 1 = not passing 2 & 3 = passing

Score 0
INSUFFICIENT Too general or vague to determine whether it is reasonable or not. Incorrect interpretation based on the text. Mere plot summary. *Leaving it blank or writing your answer in a foreign language also receives a zero!

Score 1
Partially Sufficient Answer provided BUT missing one of remaining parts
Have evidence but no explanation Have explanation but no evidence

OR All three parts exist BUT

Unclear or vague connection between evidence and the explanation

Score 2
SUFFICIENT All three parts found WITH
Relevant evidence Explanation of evidence is clear and specific

Score 3
EXEMPLARY all the characteristics of a 2 WITH
Particularly thoughtful or insightful analysis and/or evidence Explanation of evidence shows depth of understanding

ORIGINAL WELL-THOUGHT OUT WELL-WRITTEN

REVIEW
ACE:
Answer the question. Cite relevant evidence. Explain how the evidence proves your answer.

SCORING:
0 = insufficient 1 = partially sufficient 2 = sufficient 3 = exemplary

A GOOD THING!!!
The graders CANNOT grade you on grammar and sentence structure, BUT These things can effect how well they can read your answer.

Applying the OER to REAL LIFE

The Egg Analogy

Imagine the Scoring as an

Shell Yolk White

Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

0- Insufficient

These answers have no parts of the egg, or parts included are wrong, vague or not specific. The reader says, No Way!

Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

1- Partially Sufficient These answers may have only one or two parts of the egg. All of the parts are not included and/or parts are vague, incomplete. The reader says, Huh?

Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

2- Sufficient All three parts of the egg are evident and all parts are reasonable. The reader says, Okay.

Comparing OER Scoring to an Egg

3- Exemplary All three parts of the egg are evident, thoughtful, insightful, and offer strong support. These answers may offer a unique perspective. The reader says, Wow!

See if you can figure out the score for these OERs
A Trip to Remember

Question: In your opinion, does this passage take place in the past, the present, or the future? Explain how you know, and include evidence from the passage to support your answer.

What score would you give this?

I think this passage takes place in the future. I think its in the future because in the passage it says, Well be arriving at the moon in five minutes. This shows that the passage takes place in the future because we arent yet advanced enough to take vacation trips to the moon.

If you said 2 you are right!

Why?

What score would you give this?

In this story, this is about a boy named Tyrell and his dad going to the moon. When they landed on the moon and walked through the terming they were seeing all this cool stuff and Tyrell was so excited of seeing it all and wanted to try everything, but his dad said one at a time.

If you said 0 you are right

Why?

What score would you give this?

To me, the story takes place in the present day. I believe this because how him and his father was talking about how everything look and what it was like. Also, because it said a two seated rocket flew by the window. There are only rockets in space. So therefore I think this took place in the present time.

If you said 0 you are right!

Why?

What score would you give this?

This story takes place in the future. It clearly states that it took only two hours to make it to the moon, which is, as far as we know impossible. It also mentions a machine very similar to a stereo-typical hovercraft. Its most obvious however, when Tyrells father asks, didnt you take your energy pill this morning? This question suggests that the people in this story eat their meals in capsule form, something we today have yet to create.

If you said 3 you are right!

Why?

What score would you give this?

The passage takes place in the future. I can tell that it takes place in the future by saying that there was a newer model of the shuttle and that it goes faster since he was a kid. When he said, since he was a kid. The word told me it took place in the future.

If you guessed 1 you are right!

Why?