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Social Studies
Grade 9
Scoring Guide for
Released Item #47
Michigan Timber
Fall 2006



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Holistic Feature Scoring of Civic Writing: Grade 9

Points Description

4
In order to receive a 4-point score, the response must
1. Give a clearly stated position on the issue and support their position Students should use words such as support/oppose, for/against,
agree/disagree, or should/should not Do not accept those who do not take a stand, who say someone else
(parents, school, or government) should decide the issue
2. Provide at least one supporting point that is based on the Core
Democratic Values of American constitutional democracy Do not accept if this support contradicts stated position
3. Provide at least one piece of accurate, important and relevant supporting
social studies information that comes from the students prior knowledge
of civics, economics, geography, or history (information other than that
supplied by the Data Section or a Core Democratic Value) Do not accept feelings or opinions for this element. Do not accept if this support contradicts stated position.
4. Provide at least one piece of accurate, valid, and relevant supporting
information from the Data Section Do not accept if this support contradicts stated position Data interpretations must be more right than wrong

3
In order to receive a 3-point score, the response must give a clearly stated and supported position on the issue contain at least 2 of the remaining 3 elements

2
In order to receive a 2-point score, the response must give a clearly stated and supported position on the issue contain at least 1 of the remaining 3 elements

1
In order to receive a 1-point score, the response must give a clearly stated and supported position on the issue
0
Response shows no evidence of a clear position or the position is not
supported in any way.
NOTE: The supporting points used by students must be explained in enough detail to show a clear connection to the
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Anchor Paper 1 - Score Point 4

Anchor Paper 1
Score Point 4
Position: should further restrict supported with other elements.
Data: costs of clearcutting are low or damage from water runoff linked to position by context of
outweigh the benefits.
Core Democratic Value: Common Good by sacrifice costs of clearcutting are low for benefit to all of
minimizing damage from water runoff and loss of tourism.
Prior Knowledge: loss of tourism within the weighing economic benefits argument. (Understanding of
give and take.)
Note: acceptance of using same economic words for multiple elements.

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Anchor Paper 2 - Score Point 3


Anchor Paper 2
Score Point 3
Position: should not further restrict supported with other elements.
Data: regrowth potential is high, cost of harvesting is lo</i>w, clearcut will cost less with our animal
habitat.
Core Democratic Value: no sacrifice given for Common Good (unexplained).
Prior Knowledge: Paragraph 3 economic process; allow interpretation Taxes may increase to mean
revenue increases.

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Anchor Paper 3 - Score Point 3


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Anchor Paper 3
Score Point 3
Position: disagree with further restrictions supported with other elements.
Data: Paragraph 3800 companys is w/in data box.; selective and shelterwood cutting are more
expensive; amount of timberincreased solid w/in context; regrowth potential is high; Potential
damage to the soillowest.
Core Democratic Value: no sacrifice for Common Good is given.
Prior Knowledge: logging is an important industry in Michigan and Imagine the damage to the 800
companys, argument strengthened by workers jobs would be questioned and comparison of clearcutting
to other methods.

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Anchor Paper 4 - Score Point 3



Anchor Paper 4
Score Point 3
Position: should be eliminated (this modified position is accepted) supported by elements.
Data: Land would look bad reference to Part B appearance.
Core Democratic Value: with the Common Good, no sacrifice is mentioned.
Prior Knowledge: floodscaused by no trees; plus gives extra step of being able to keep soil down on
the ground.

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Anchor Paper 5 - Score Point 2



Anchor Paper 5
Score Point 2
Position: should put a restriction on clearcut logging is supported by other elements.
Data: shelterwoodbecausehigh regrowth potential ...; the other data statements are not accepted, but
they are neutral, and therefore do not count against awarding the data point.
Core Democratic Value: insufficient explanation, plus it is an extreme example.

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Anchor Paper 6 - Score Point 2



Anchor Paper 6
Score Point 2
Position: should put restrictions (accepted the modified position that there are no current restrictions),
supported by other elements.
Data: Preponderance of appropriate use of data. clearcut loggingdoesnt look too attractive, Selective
Cuttinglooks better (than clearcutting), and timber is being loggedincreasedlast 30 years
Core Democrative Value: is not awarded, as Equality only applies to people.

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Anchor Paper 7 - Score Point 1



Anchor Paper 7
Score Point 1
Position: I think the State of Michigan, supported with other elements.
Core Democratic Value: point is not awarded as the Core Democratic Value of Life applies to people only.
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Anchor Paper 8 - Score Point 1




Anchor Paper 8
Score Point 1
Position: I believe that the State of Michigan is supported by other elements.
Core Democratic Value: is not awarded because there is no mention that the Pursuit of Happiness
cannot infringe on the rights of others.
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Anchor Paper 9 - Score Point 0



Anchor Paper 9
Score Point 0
Position: The paper does not take a position for or against the issue.

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Anchor Paper 10 - Score Point 0



Anchor Paper 10
Score Point 0
This paper takes a clear position, but does not support the position.