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This rubric includes the categories: Listening and Following, Accuracy, and Volume. Students are scored on a 4 point scale using the key words NONE, SOME, MOST, and ALL. Teachers and Students assess their learning. Can be used in phases over multiple days to focus on each skill, or collectively in one sitting.

This activity introduces the idea of interdependence using the familiar setting of a school. Students discuss how they depend on various staff at school and how the staff depends on them. Using the familiar setting allows students to comprehend and then transfer the idea of interdependence regarding use of Ohio's natural resources within industry and the customer.

Any text can be used for this learning opportunity. Students fill in the title of the text and read looking for and recording evidence of fiction or non-fiction. Discussion can follow the reading as students analyze and share their evidence. Students complete the bottom after they've identified whether the text is fiction or non-fiction, which also allows for a specific genre and an explanation of their answer.

*Ongoing activity allows students to set goals in 3 areas: academic, INTERpersonal (others), and INTRApersonal (self) *Students write action steps in the BEGINNING and reflect on progress throughout the MIDDLE and END. *Can be used at the BEGINNING of the year, or the BEGINNING of any unit, month, or other time period.

The fun begins by compiling a list of student-generated story elements, allowing for teachers to assess students' knowledge of story elements. When brainstorming is complete, a copy will be needed for each student. Distribute brainstormed list with a copy of the graphic organizer on the reverse side. Students can work in pairs or alone, rolling dice to determine the story elements they will use for their narrative. Review the importance a plot events and how they develop a story. A rubric