Explain how imagery sets a passage's mood
When to use this goal
For students who can find descriptive words but cannot say what feeling the author creates with them. Present levels in comprehension and written or oral response, not grade, decide fit. Read the passage aloud when decoding would limit the response.
- Baseline
- Score two recent responses about descriptive passages with this rubric. Check whether the student lacks mood vocabulary (a word bank helps) or finds details but cannot link them (needs modeling of the explanation).
- Tips
- Short passages keep the focus on craft. Contrast two passages with opposite moods early on. The same rubric works for oral responses recorded on a device.
- Limits
- Mood words are partly a vocabulary skill, so a low score may reflect vocabulary more than analysis. The rubric does not measure the student's own descriptive writing.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-lit-010.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after reading a descriptive passage of one or two paragraphs from a class text, the student will write a response that names the mood, quotes three sensory details, and explains how each builds the mood independently, earning a score of at least 7 out of 9 on a 9-point imagery and mood rubric, on 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly work samples, as measured by a defined scoring rubric collected every two weeks.
Baseline: 3 out of 9 rubric points.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Rubric score fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Rubric scoring gives rubric score data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Literary Analysis & Author's Craft.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
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- Area of need
- Reading - Literary Analysis & Author's Craft
- Baseline
- 3 out of 9 rubric points.
- Annual goal437 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after reading a descriptive passage of one or two paragraphs from a class text, the student will write a response that names the mood, quotes three sensory details, and explains how each builds the mood independently, earning a score of at least 7 out of 9 on a 9-point imagery and mood rubric, on 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly work samples, as measured by a defined scoring rubric collected every two weeks.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After reading a descriptive passage of one or two paragraphs from a class text
- Behavior
- The student will write a response that names the mood, quotes three sensory details, and explains how each builds the mood independently
- Criteria
- Earning a score of at least 7 out of 9 on a 9-point imagery and mood rubric, on 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly work samples
- Evaluation method
- A defined scoring rubric
- Schedule
- Every two weeks
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Matching data sheet
Rubric tracker. Scores each rubric criterion and totals them.
Rubric tracker
Rubric score- Student label:
- Target:
- earning a score of at least 7 out of 9 on a 9-point imagery and mood rubric
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly work samples
- Collection schedule:
- every two weeks
- Method:
- Rubric scoring
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after reading a descriptive passage of one or two paragraphs from a class text, the student will write a response that names the mood, quotes three sensory details, and explains how each builds the mood independently, earning a score of at least 7 out of 9 on a 9-point imagery and mood rubric, on 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly work samples, as measured by a defined scoring rubric collected every two weeks.
| Date | Task / sample | names a mood that fits the passage (0 to 3) | quotes sensory details accurately (0 to 3) | explains how the details create the mood (0 to 3) | Total (of 9) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score each sample with a 9-point imagery and mood rubric. Attach or reference the rubric's score descriptors.
- Use the same prompt type and conditions for each scored sample.
- If two people score, check agreement on a few samples before relying on the data.
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