Notes in answer key begin with DOK level, applicable content area, and notes on alignment/demonstration of
instructional shifts
A student examined a rock sample and described it as having particles of various
colors that were
Which phrase most accurately defines the term culture?
a. The artifacts left by ancient people
1 millimeter to 12 millimeters in size. The student was making
b. The interaction of plants and animals within a natural environment
a. An inference
b. A hypothesis c. A prediction
d. An observation
c. A way of life shared by members of a society
DOK 2 science, grade 8, builds content knowledge
d. A firsthand account of an event
DOK 2 SS grade 5, academic language (decontextualized from complex text)
Retell the story from the point of view of the horse.
How did the author create a feeling of suspense?
DOK 3 Literacy, grade level dependent on text, instructional shifts dependent on
what students are asked to do with text as a basis for the response.
DOK 2 Literacy, grade level dependent on text, instructional shifts dependent on
text and what the students are expected to do with the text to respond to the
prompt.
What did Red Riding Hood carry through the woods? Who did she find when she
got to her Granny’s house?
Which of these is the noun in the sentence: The wolf jumped up.
DOK1 Literacy Grade Level 4, prompt does not elicit any of the instructional shifts.
Write a summary of what happened in the text.
DOK 2 Literacy grade dependent on text, dependent on expectations of teachers
for students to cite evidence from text
How do both authors use satire in their texts? How are they alike, and how are
they different, in their use of satirical form.
DOK 3, Literacy, grade dependent on text, students should be reading closely and
citing evidence from text to support the comparison
DOK 1 Literacy Grade 3, prompt does not elicit any of the instructional shifts.
How does the pirate in the poem compare with the pirate in the article about
Bluebeard?
DOK 3 Literacy, grade dependent on level of text, students should be reading
closely and citing evidence from text to support the comparison.
What does the word vagabond mean sentence 3 of the story?
DOK 2, Literacy, grade dependent on the text, complexity of text dependent but
students are asked to engage with language- vagabond would not be considered
academic language but it is tier 2 work
Which literary device is the author using when she says that “Granny is like
sweet apple pie?”
In which area of the United states did the Dust Bowl of the 1930s occur?
a. Northeast
b. Southeast
c. Great Plains
d. Pacific Northwest
DOK 1, literacy, grade dependent on level of text, no evidence of instructional
shifts
DOK 1, SS, grade 5, no evidence of instructional shifts
What is HcL?
Identify one way that the Aztec and Mayan cultures were similar. Use evidence
to support your claim.
DOK 1, Science, grade 8, no evidence of instructional shifts
Given 7 relevant documents, in graphs, photos, cartoon, letter and text formats
Explain the reasons immigrants may have come to the United States and the
hardships they faced.
Support the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details
Incorporate relevant outside information. Use information from at least four
documents
DOK 4, SS, grade dependent on text, requires close analytical reading and
comparison and synthesis of ideas.
Humans are changing the quality of the atmosphere and some of these changes
may be harmful to the environment. Identify one specific pollutant resulting
from human activity that has contributed to changing the quality of the
atmosphere. State one specific example of how the pollutant you identified may
be harmful to the environment.
DOK 3, Science, dependent on text, students have to cite evidence to support
claim.
Why did Sammy want to run away?
DOK 1, Literacy, dependent on text
DOK 2, SS, grade 5, text dependent on complexity, cite one piece of evidence to
support one claim, would build some content knowledge.
A normally healthy 35-year-old woman was found
to have a severe intestinal
infection usually seen in much older and sicker patients in hospitals. Because of
so many cases like hers, some doctors became alarmed that the organism
responsible could spread rapidly and cause unusually severe illnesses and some
deaths. Scientists suspect that the cause is a mutated form of an organism that
has a resistance
to some of the most common treatments. Since it is difficult to
cure an infection caused by this organism, it might be easier to prevent these
infections by using a vaccine. Identify the specific material a vaccine would have
to contain to prevent future infections. Explain how this vaccine would prevent
future infections.
DOK 4, Science, HS, students would need to engage with complex text and the
academic language required to understand the science of vaccines and organisms,
they are building content knowledge as they read, and the identification of specific
material and an explanation of the vaccine should require the citing of evidence
from text to support the claim and explanation.
What makes John a true tragic figure in this passage?
DOK 2, Literacy, dependent on text, teachers need
to set an expectation that
students support their response by citing evidence in the text to demonstrate the
instructional shifts.
What does the author do to make you believe Mary’s story?
DOK 2, Literacy, dependent on text, need to set expectation that students cite
evidence from text. This is an opinion response.
What about this text makes it a piece of historical fiction?
Which of these is another good title for the story?
DOK 1, literacy
DOK 2, literacy, demonstration of shifts would require students to compare and
synthesize events in a work of historical fiction with events in nonfiction text and
to cite evidence to support their claim.
In much of the northeastern United States, the populations of white-tailed deer
have increased so much that they have become a problem because they eat
crops, flowers, and shrubs. The elimination of the main predators of the deer
and the lack of other natural enemies are often given as reasons for this
population increase. Three possible methods of controlling the deer population
are listed below.
Write a letter to the poet from the author of the story. Have the story author
explain why the poet’s vision is unrealistic?
DOK 3, literacy, depends on expectation for citing evidence and close analytic
reading to compare ideas.
1. Spread poisoned food in the habitat of the deer
2. Introduce a new predator of deer from another region
3. Introduce another animal species to compete with the deer for food
Choose one of these methods and write how this method might have a negative
impact, other than killing deer, on the local ecosystem.
DOK 3, Science, depends on expectations for use of evidence and content
knowledge
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