English Language Arts and Reading.5.1.D

The student is expected to

work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking -- oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

Task students with developing a project plan for a major activity, such as preparing a research project or developing and presenting a proposal for the campus principal. The scope of the project can involve the entire class or smaller groups of students. Students will work together to develop their project plan including creating norms, identifying tasks, assigning possible roles, and determining a timeframe for completion. Each group will determine how the specific responsibilities will be shared among the group members and how the roles are to be assigned. Observe groups as they discuss and plan to assess whether each student works collaboratively with the members of the group.

 

Further Explanation

The focus of this assessment is on group collaboration and development of an effective plan that best fits the task and establishes roles that will contribute equally to the final product. Assess the quality of communication among group members, such as listening actively, sharing ideas, creating a positive climate, cooperating, and reaching decisions. Students must demonstrate the importance of individual contributions in a group situation.

Shared responsibilities are tasks that a student completes with the contribution of other students. A plan of shared responsibilities might call on students to each be responsible for an individual task necessary to complete a final product. For example, students working collaboratively on a project might have unique responsibilities, such as writing a speech, creating visual aids, identifying appropriate quotations, etc. Another approach to a plan of shared responsibilities might have students perform similar activities to create a final product. For example, each student might research and write a separate portion of a report. Students will work together to develop a plan that best fits the task and allows students to contribute equally to the final product.