EIGHTH GRADE TRAINING GUIDE

1994 Reading Rubric - Eighth Grade

Passage Title: "After English Class" and "Paul Hewitt"

FORM F

1. What advice would you give to the students in these two poems? Be sure to explain in detail.

ITEM SCORE SCALE

0	Answer is unresponsive, unrelated, or inappropriate.
1	Answer states advice which would be given to at least one of the speakers of the two poems. The explanation of why that advice would be given, if present,is spase, confusing or literal.
2	Answer states advice which would be given to the speakrs of the two poems. The explanation of why that advice would be given references both poems but is brief or has minor errors.
3	Answer states advice which would be given to the speakers of the two poems. The explanation of why that advice would be given specifically references both poems and is clear and developed.

THE POEMS -- AFTER ENGLISH CLASS & PAUL HEWITT

AFTER ENGLISH CLASS
I used to like "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
I liked the coming darkness
The jingle of harness bells, breaking - and adding to
---the stillnesss,
The gentle drift of snow . . .

But today, the teacher told us what everything stood for
The woods, the horse, the miles to go, the sleep --
They all have "hidden meanings."

It's grown so complicated now that
Next time I drive by,
I don't think I'll bother to stop.

PAUL HEWITT

Please, sir, I don't mean to be disrespectful.
I did raise my hand.
I mean, who cares if Macbeth becomes a monster,
if Huck Finn rescues Jim,
If Willie Loman never finds happiness?
They're just characters in books.
What have they got to do with me?
I mean, I'm never going hunting for white whales.
I'm never going to fight in the Civil War.
And I certainly don't live in the Dust Bowl.
Tell me instead how to
Make money, pick up girls.
Then maybe I'll listen.
You got any books that deal with real life?

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STUDENT RESPONSES

QUESTION

1. What advice would you give to the students in these two poems? Be sure to explain in detail.

STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER ONE

They both express there feeling about something. but the one about After English Class, she expressed her self about how she use to stop at the woods on a snowy evenings. Paul Hewitt he expressed his self about the story he read and how the characters in the story.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER TWO

These two poems are very good if you like the kind that gives hidden meanings.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER THREE

Advice I would give to those two speakers is to find the best in ie! They e ethe impression that are deprest and don't care I think they should find something to look forward in each day; something to live for.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER FOUR

Well I'd say life is life you have to learn how to deal with it especially in school there's always going to Be something taught that you could care less abut But that's the way things go and you do what you think is Best for you don't listen to your friends.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER FIVE

I would tell the speaker of the first poem to stop next time because those "hidden meanings" are there for a purpose. That purpose is for him to find out and if he never stops he'll never know.

As for the second speaker I would say that real life is nice but fantasy and fiction are good when looking for change and to many more exciting.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER SIX

I would tell Jean Little that no matter how muchmr comlcatd higs my ;e i te give her joy, she should continue to take part in the beauty on nature.

I would tell Mel Glenn that in reading of other peoples lives, we can become from their mistakes and be taught about the good things in life and build our vocabulary.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER SEVEN

My advice to the speakers is to listen to their teachers. There is a meaning to everything, and you shouldn't be discouraged by that. Also, characters have a lot to do with you and me. They bring us life, fantasies, and dreams. Books are supposed to help the reader become experienced with things beyond reality. Books are your "real life."

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