English 9 · Unit 01 · Week 03 · Independent Assessment

Unit 01 Scholarly Demonstration

First-draft independence, accurate text evidence, responsible synthesis, and teacher-evaluated 8/10 mastery. No model answers or generated outlines are provided.

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Connect & Build · Prior Learning

Weeks 1–2 · Close reading, independent claims, precise evidence, explanation, quotation, and revision; Week 3 · Scholarly inquiry and synthesis.

1 · Recall

Before starting, privately recall the reading and writing routines you practiced in the preceding lessons. Do not generate an outline or use model answers.

2 · Apply

Independently apply those familiar routines to the unfamiliar Texts C and D. Your interpretation, evidence choices, 450–650-word Draft 1, and conventions corrections must be your own.

3 · Reflect

After locking Draft 1, use the separate revision record to explain which prior skill helped you most and what improved. This reflection follows—not precedes—the independent first draft.

Revisit: Week 1 · Reading Foundations · Week 2 · Independent Literary Analysis

Bring forward a skill, not a memorized answer. Independent assessment instructions remain in force.

Day 5 · Original short-short story

The Synthesis Page

At week's end, Jo arranged a map, an interview and a dated notice side by side. The sources agreed that the route changed but offered different reasons. Jo wrote a conclusion that described their agreement without hiding their disagreement.

Evidence question: Compose a synthesis claim grounded in two sources.

Identify two supporting details and save a response in your existing lesson portfolio.

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Unit 01 Scholarly Demonstration

Today’s Question: Can I independently turn unfamiliar evidence into a defensible, synthesized interpretation?

Learning Target

I can independently read unfamiliar paired texts, ask a meaningful question, develop a defensible claim, use precise evidence from both texts, synthesize their ideas, and communicate my reasoning clearly.

Conditions

Complete the first response without PROSE, sentence-level assistance, or a generated outline. You may use your Unit 1 strategy notes, but the reading, question, claim, evidence choices, and reasoning must be yours.

Independent Process

Read Text C for gist.
Read Text D for gist.
Reread and annotate both.
Write one interpretive or synthesis question.
Develop one defensible claim.
Select at least two precise pieces of evidence from Text C and at least one from Text D.
Write 450–650 words.
Complete the conventions check.
Use the rubric before submitting.

Prompt

Develop an interpretation of what the paired texts suggest about perspective and responsible judgment. Your response should make a defensible claim, use evidence from both texts, explain relationships among the evidence, and show synthesis rather than two separate summaries.

Corrective Learning

8/10 or higher = mastery. If the response is below 8/10, identify the lowest rubric row, revise that exact weakness, explain what changed and why, then resubmit. Corrective learning improves the same intellectual work; it does not lower the standard.

Mastery Rubric · 10 Points

Category	2 · Mastery	1 · Developing	0 · Missing
Inquiry & Claim	Question/claim is specific, arguable, and responsive to both texts.	Claim is present but broad, obvious, or unevenly connected.	No defensible claim.
Evidence	Precise, relevant evidence from both texts.	Some relevant evidence but imprecise, uneven, or incomplete.	Unsupported or inaccurate.
Synthesis	Explains a meaningful relationship between the texts and forms a new conclusion.	Compares or summarizes sources but synthesis is partial.	Treats sources separately or ignores one.
Reasoning	Clearly explains how evidence supports and complicates the interpretation.	Some explanation, but reasoning is repetitive or incomplete.	Evidence is largely unexplained.
Clarity & Conventions	Focused, coherent, controlled sentences and responsible attribution.	Meaning is mostly clear with recurring convention or attribution issues.	Errors seriously interfere with meaning or source responsibility.

Mastery: 8/10 or higher.

PROSE After Draft 1

After the independent response is complete, preserve it as W3D15 Scholarly Demonstration — Draft 1. Make only evidence-based revisions you can explain. Preserve the final version separately.

Unfamiliar paired texts · Read before responding

Unfamiliar Literary Text · Day 15

Text C · Two Maps

Sera found both maps in the top drawer of the cabin desk. One was printed, folded into exact rectangles, and marked with road numbers. The other was drawn in pencil on the back of an old grocery list. It showed a creek, a split oak, a hill shaped “like a sleeping dog,” and a line that said, “If the road floods, listen for water before you look for it.”

Her brother Owen held up the printed map. “This one is real.”

“They’re both real,” Sera said. “They’re just answering different questions.”

By late afternoon rain had covered the lower road. The printed map still showed a clean blue line where the pavement disappeared beneath brown water. Owen traced a detour with his finger, but the turn he wanted was blocked by a fallen tree.

Sera unfolded the grocery-list map. The split oak stood uphill from them, half hidden by vines. Beyond it, she could hear the creek before she could see it. The hand-drawn map did not show every road, and the printed map did not show the narrow footpath beside the water. Together, the two maps gave them enough information to find the ridge trail back to the cabin.

That night Owen flattened both maps on the table. “I still like this one better,” he said, tapping the printed sheet.

Sera smiled. “Better for what?”

Unfamiliar Informational Text · Day 15

Text D · Every Map Selects

A map may appear to be a neutral picture of a place, but every map is built through selection. A road map emphasizes routes and labels. A weather map emphasizes atmospheric conditions. A transit map may distort physical distance so that connections are easier to understand.

Selection does not automatically make a map dishonest. A useful map cannot include every fact about a place. Its value depends partly on whether the information it emphasizes fits the question a person is trying to answer.

This is also why responsible judgment often requires more than one representation. A source can be accurate and still be incomplete for a particular purpose. Comparing perspectives allows a person to notice what one source makes visible and what another leaves out.

The goal is not to collect as many perspectives as possible without judging them. The goal is to understand what each perspective contributes, test it against evidence and purpose, and then make a decision that remains your own responsibility.

Day 15 · Applied Language Check

Conventions Check · 10 Items

Correct each sentence and name the rule you used. Score 8/10 or higher, or correct the missed items and explain the repair.

#	Sentence to Repair	Focus
1	Because the two maps emphasize different information.	Fragment
2	Sera trusts the hand-drawn map Owen prefers the printed one.	Run-on
3	The printed map is accurate, it is not sufficient for the flooded road.	Comma splice
4	Owen prefers the printed map, but later he uses both.	Explain coordination
5	While the printed map shows roads the hand-drawn map shows landmarks.	Introductory clause punctuation
6	Text D says maps leave things out this does not always make them dishonest.	Sentence boundary
7	The maps are different. Which helps Sera and Owen make a stronger decision.	Fragment repair
8	Sera listens for the creek, therefore she finds information the road map cannot provide.	Independent clauses
9	Text D argues that no single representation answers every question and this idea helps explain Text C.	Clarity / coordination
10	The sources suggest perspective matters however judgment still requires evidence.	Conjunctive adverb punctuation

Individual Assessment Record

These fields preserve evidence on this device for your selected learner. Work independently before opening any editing tools. The 10-point literary rubric is evaluated separately from preparation status.

1 · My original independent Draft 1

Write 450–650 words independently using Text C and Text D. When finished, preserve the first draft with the Lock Draft 1 button.

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2 · Final revised response

Complete your evidence-based revision after preserving Draft 1. Do not erase or replace the first draft.

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3 · Ten conventions corrections and rules

For each of the 10 original sentences above, provide your corrected version and name the rule used.

4 · Revision and growth note

Explain what changed between Draft 1 and Final, how the evidence or reasoning improved, and what corrective learning remains.

Draft 1 is not yet locked.

Locking preserves a dated copy of the original first draft so later revisions cannot silently replace it. Export before changing devices.

Independent work declaration

I read the paired texts and completed my own initial response without generated outlines, answers, or sentence-level assistance. I understand that preparing evidence does not award the 8/10 mastery grade. The written analysis and conventions corrections require evaluation.

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