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Performance Task Plant Reproduction and Mutations

The document provides guidance for students to complete a performance-based assessment on an informative text about how the color of a flower changes to attract pollinators. It includes: 1. Questions for students to answer about the process of pollination and how changing color helps the scarlet gilia flower survive. 2. A writing planning page for a 3 paragraph summary of the article focusing on the central ideas without including opinions. 3. A graphic organizer for the 3 paragraph summary with prompts for an introduction, body, and conclusion paragraph.

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Performance Task Plant Reproduction and Mutations

The document provides guidance for students to complete a performance-based assessment on an informative text about how the color of a flower changes to attract pollinators. It includes: 1. Questions for students to answer about the process of pollination and how changing color helps the scarlet gilia flower survive. 2. A writing planning page for a 3 paragraph summary of the article focusing on the central ideas without including opinions. 3. A graphic organizer for the 3 paragraph summary with prompts for an introduction, body, and conclusion paragraph.

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FDA V Class__________

Name_________________________________ Date___________________

Performance Based Assessment on Informational Text, Grade 8 Task 1: Bayard Webster, author of Plants Color Shifts Tied to Attracting Pollinators explains why a flower in Arizona changes color. Using the informative Writing Planning Page worksheet, answer key questions based on the article and in class content.

Task 2: Using the lnformative writing Planning Page and the Writing Graphic Organizer, write a summary of the article, "Plants Color Shifts Tied to Attracting Pollinators". Your summary should focus on explaining the author's central ideas and should be written in your own words for someone who has not read this article' Be sure to stay true to what the article says and do not include your opinion of the article.

FDA V Class__________ Informative Writing Planning Page

Name_________________________________ Date___________________

Writing Task #1 Summary of Article (the following questions will help you write a 3 paragraph summary of the article by Bayard Webster) 1. Describe the process of pollination.

2. Why is pollination important? What would happen if pollination in flowering plants did not occur?

3. What is the main idea of the article?

4. Why do plants in the phlox family such as the scarlet gilia change colors? Support your answer with 3 details.

5. How does changing colors help the species of scarlet gilia survive?

Application of knowledge questions 1. Describe what a mutation is.

2. How do mutations affect the traits of organisms?

3. Create and describe a mutation in the scarlet gilia flower that would attract a pollinator that is attracted to scent. (Your Response must address the following two bullet points). Describe the mutation and how it affects the traits of the scarlet gilia flower. How does this mutation further increase the scarlet gilias ability to reproduce?

FDA V Class____________

Name____________________________ Date_____________________

Multi-Paragraph Graphic Organizer


This graphic organizer is used to organize your ideas before you begin writing. You only need to write the main idea of your paragraph in the box, not the entire paragraph. Begin with a sentence that will grab the attention of your audience.

Paragraph 1 INTRODUCTION (Main idea of the article)


(Dont provide details or examples in the introduction. Just include general ideas about what the rest of your paper will be about.)

Topic sentence should lead in from the introduction paragraph.

Paragraph 2 BODY (why does The scarlet gilia change colors?)


(Support your ideas with 3 examples, anecdotes, description, dialogue, details, reasons, or facts.)

Topic sentence should lead in from the previous paragraph. Paragraph 3 CONCLUSION (how does changing colors help the species scarlet gilia survive?)
(Sum up what you have written by leaving your audience with something to think about.)

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