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Scoring guide for Scoring guide for 2 points2 points

Answer Answer mustmust be Complete be Complete & & specific. specific. ..

Good enough to be an A when Good enough to be an A when compared to the sample 2compared to the sample 2

Used Used Key wordsKey words from the text from the text Explanation in the Explanation in the student’s own wordsstudent’s own words Used Used Specific detailsSpecific details from the passage from the passage

(“text-based details”)(“text-based details”) Sufficient information to show a Sufficient information to show a

thorough understandingthorough understanding

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In a In a rain forestrain forest there are there are birds and birds and insectsinsects and and animalsanimals in the in the canopy canopy layerlayer, but the sun can’t get though , but the sun can’t get though the canopy to grow plants on the the canopy to grow plants on the ground like in a jungle. A ground like in a jungle. A junglejungle has has thick plantsthick plants covering the covering the ground and the ground and the canopy isn’t so canopy isn’t so thickthick..

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In aIn a junglejungle, sunlight goes through , sunlight goes through the canopy & the plants on the the canopy & the plants on the ground are so thick a person can’t ground are so thick a person can’t walk through them. A walk through them. A rain forestrain forest has such a thick canopy of has such a thick canopy of treetops the sunlight can’t get treetops the sunlight can’t get through. This means the ground through. This means the ground doesn’t have plants.doesn’t have plants.

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Jungles areJungles are in places like river in places like river banks and cleared fields where the banks and cleared fields where the sunlight can get through. The sun sunlight can get through. The sun makes the plants grow on the makes the plants grow on the ground. ground. Rain forests haveRain forests have a canopy a canopy so thick the sun can’t get in to so thick the sun can’t get in to make things grow on the ground.make things grow on the ground.

Scoring guide for Scoring guide for 1 Point1 Point

Partial or generalPartial or general answer answer Everything between a 2 & Everything between a 2 & a a 00

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A A jungle jungle hashas plants plants on the ground on the ground and a and a rain forest rain forest doesn’tdoesn’t..

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A A rain forest is different from a rain forest is different from a jungle becausejungle because it has a thick it has a thick canopy that keeps the sunlight canopy that keeps the sunlight from penetrating. A jungle doesn’t.from penetrating. A jungle doesn’t.

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SunlightSunlight gets to the ground in gets to the ground in a a junglejungle but it but it doesn’t in doesn’t in a rain a rain forestforest..

0 Points : 0 Points : UnacceptableUnacceptable

Weak enough to be an FWeak enough to be an F BlankBlank Off-topic, i.e., Off-topic, i.e., does not answer the does not answer the

questionquestion InaccurateInaccurate overall overall Shows confusionShows confusion

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Plants on the ground.Plants on the ground.

A rain forest is so thick you can’t A rain forest is so thick you can’t walk through it. A jungle isn’t.walk through it. A jungle isn’t.

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The canopy looks like an umbrella from The canopy looks like an umbrella from an airplane. The tops of the trees grow an airplane. The tops of the trees grow together so much that all you can see is together so much that all you can see is a sea of dark green. There are actually a sea of dark green. There are actually thousands of trees making up the thousands of trees making up the canopy and sometimes they’re 200 feet canopy and sometimes they’re 200 feet tall.tall.

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GREAT JOBGREAT JOB – Be sure you – Be sure you marked your answer marked your answer correctly.correctly.

Pass your graded paper to the front Pass your graded paper to the front of the room.of the room.