BES Indicators for Reading |
| Score 5 |
| -insightful, discerning, perceptive -Sensitive to slight changes in word order, sentence structure, and descriptive details -makes warranted and responsible assumptions from subtle cues (fills in the gaps) -differentiates between literal and figurative meanings -may recognize real or seeming contradictions; explores and tolerates contradictions and ambiguities -understands the whole work as well as how the parts fit together -develops connections with other texts and personal experiences -takes risks (Even though the passage is difficult, the reader charges forward, dorms an opinion, rereads, and may revise his/her understanding as additional information becomes available.) -poses questions, postulates answers, takes exception, agrees, disagrees, and speculates. |
| Score 3 |
| -reads literally, constructing a plausible but
superficial interpretation -has little sensitivity to nuances and complexities -fills in some gaps (drawing meaning from cues in the text) -sometimes differentiates between figurative and literal meanings -may recognize real or seeming contradictions, but is sometimes distracted by these contradictions and ambiguities -demonstrates a grasp of the whole work, but at a simplistic and literal level -sometimes connects text with other texts and personal experiences -may generate, validate, expand and/or reflect on own ideas, but tends to retell or paraphrase instead -while confident, rarely takes risks. His/her understanding is fixed and rarely revises his/her interpretations as he/she rereads and as additional information become available. -usually does not but sometimes may challenge or question text. May agree or disagree without explaining his/her reactions. |
| Score 1 |
| -lacks understanding of text -shows no sensitivity to nuances and complexities -constructs partial or misleading meaning from cues in text -interprets text literally or not at all -does not recognize contradictions or ambiguities -seems unable to grasp the whole work -develops few or no connections with the text -may recognize some idea but the response will appear to have only a slight relevance to the text -not a risk taker, shows little tolerance for textual difficulties or lack of closure. Having made some initial sense, he/she retains his/her view without testing or revising it. -seldom asks questions of a text or offers meaningful evaluations of what he/she reads |
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