Upstairs/Downstairs

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Upstairs/Downstairs

• Reading Literature 9-12.2 Determine Theme and
  Analyze Its Development
• Reading Informational Text 9-12.2 Determine
  Central Idea and Analyze Its Development
• Reading Literature/ Informational Text Standard
  9-12.1 Cite Strong and Thorough Textual Evidence

• Copy the following info into the Reading
  Response section of your notebook

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Format Your Paper

• First, divide your paper by drawing a series of
  stairs from the upper right corner to the lower
  left corner
• The left-hand side of the paper is the upstairs,
  representing a characters strengths
• The right-hand side of the paper is the
  downstairs, representing a characters weaknesses
  or challenges

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Creating the Upstairs Side

• Upstairs side contains criteria representing a
  characters strengths, dreams, and goals
• Two Citations
• Representing a characters strengths, dreams, and
  goals
• Must be at least two sentences long
• Two Images
• Representing a characters strengths, dreams, and
  goals
• Must relate to citations
• Two Brainstorms
• Representing a characters strengths, dreams, and
  goals
• Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must
  relate to image

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Downstairs Side

• Downstairs side contains criteria representing a
  characters weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles
• Two Citations
• Representing a characters weaknesses,
  nightmares, and obstacles
• Must be at least two sentences long
• Two Images
• Representing a characters weaknesses,
  nightmares, and obstacles
• Must relate to citations
• Two Brainstorms
• Representing a characters weaknesses,
  nightmares,
  and obstacles
• Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must
  relate to image

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Guidelines

• Citations, images, and brainstorms must tie-in
• Must be multicolored
• No lined paper
• Use parenthetical citation
• Each side must be a different color
• Be creative, unique, even unusual

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Upstairs/DownstairsExample
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How to Grade Upstairs/Downstairs

• Upstairs
• 2-Images
• 8-Brainstorms
• 2-Citations
• Downstairs
• 2-Images
• 8-Brainstorms
• 2-Citations

• Stairs
• 1 - Stairs Direction Right to Left
• Multicolored
• Sides different color
• Citations 2 sentences

List criteria on back of assignment, noting what
you did correctly. Must include written
evaluation and show corrections made to
assignment to raise your level of learning.
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Creativity
Reading Comprehension Standard 3.2 Theme and
Textual Evidence
Evaluation
Write one sentence explaining what you
did well according to the skill being learned
using the language of Blooms taxonomy. Then,
write one more sentence explaining what you could
do better or differently next time and how you
could move up one level on Blooms Taxonomy.
Higher Order Thinking Skills
4.5 to 5/A
3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C
1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K
Blooms Taxonomy
Student Directions for Written Evaluation
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Grading Scale
0 Errors 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - 1.5/L
to 2.4/L 1 Errors 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4 Errors
.1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors 2.5/C to 3.4/C
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Printing Directions

1. On the tool bar, click on File, click on
   Print.
2. In the Print dialogue box, in the lower left
   corner under Print What, click on the drop down
   arrow and select Handouts.
3. Then, under Color/Grayscale, select the best on
   for your printer.
4. Next, under Handouts, click on Slides per
   Page, and choose 9.
5. Lastly, click on OK, and the file will print.
6. Staple Directions to your assignment.