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Sources for performance task.

Source #1
This excerpt is from Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Sharpest
Shooters. It is about Stephen Curry’s time in college and his early career.

Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story of One

of Basketball's Sharpest Shooters
by Clayton Geoffreys

The first game was played against Gonzaga. The team

was losing by as many as eleven points at the start of
the second half, but Curry put on a heroic performance
managing to score thirty points in the second half. This
gave the Wildcats their first win in an NCAA
tournament since 1969. Something similar happened in
the second round as well. Curry was limited to five
points in the first half against heavy favorites
Georgetown and his team was trailing by seventeen
points at one point. Curry managed to score twenty-five
points in the second half helping his team advance to
the next round. Georgetown was the second-seeded team
in the nation that year. The whole nation noticed
Curry’s talent as the Wildcats lost to the top-seeded
Kansas Jayhawks after winning another battle versus
third-seeded Wisconsin. Curry managed to break several records in the process including
most three-pointers in a season and joined an elite group of players to score more than
30 points in their first four games of an NCAA tournament. Stephen Curry made sure
that Davidson’s name would not be forgotten in the near future with his performances
over his three years there. Now Curry has transferred his work ethic attitude towards
the game and personal values into his NBA career. The future looks bright for Steph
Curry at the age of twenty-five as he has already left a significant legacy at Davidson
College and in the NBA as well. The holder of the record for total three-pointers made in
a regular season in the NBA and in the NCAA has a very optimistic future ahead of him.
Steph Curry is emerging as one of the greatest point guards of the modern era. It will be
exciting to see years from now how he will go down in the record books.

Excerpt from Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Sharpest Shooters
by Clayton Geoffreys. Copyright © 2014 by Clayton Geoffreys.

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This quote is from Stephen Curry during his MVP acceptance speech. In his speech, he
talks about what this award means to him.

MVP Acceptance Speech

by Stephen Curry

“This hasn’t sunk in at all. I’m on cloud nine for sure. We’re in the middle of a playoff
run, and that’s that most important thing. But today’s a celebration for sure, and I want
to take the time to really appreciate what this means, and that’s why we’re here. So I’ll
try to explain how I feel the best I can just bear with me…”

“…Make sure you live in the moment and work (hard) every single day, and I hope I
inspire people all around the world to just be themselves, be humble, and be grateful for
all the blessings in your life. I’m truly honored to be your MVP this year. Thank you very
much.”

Quote from Stephen Curry’s 2014-2015 NBA MVP Acceptance Speech

Source #3
This blog post sums up Curry’s success and positive attitude after Golden State won the
2015 NBA finals.

Warriors Win!

Stephen Curry was seen by many as the underdog in the 2015 NBA finals. Despite all
the talk and comparison to Lebron James and his strong talent, Curry continued to work
his hardest. "It's all about winning," Curry said. "Stats really don't matter. I mean, guys
have great series and all that and people take notice and take their place in history with
those stats and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, it's all about winning and what
you can do to help your team get to that point." With this team attitude, Curry led the
Golden State Warriors to win the 2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2,
proving to his audience that if you set your mind to something nothing can stand in your
way.

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Stephen Curry has had many successes in his basketball career so far. Provide two
pieces of evidence from different sources that support this claim. Explain how each
example supports the claim. Make sure to cite evidence identifying the source by title or
number.

Stephen curry has had many successes in the NBA Because he won MPV for a whole year. The text states “ Stephan curry was
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seen by many as the underdog in the 2015 NBA nals”By worriers win blog post. As you can see by my evidence, Stephan curry
didn’t care about what other people thought about him and went into the game with a good mindset. For example, “It's all about
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winning," Curry said. "Stats really don't matter. I mean, guys have great series and all that and people take notice and take their
place in history with those stats and all that stu . But at the end of the day, it's all about winning and what you can do to help your
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team get to that point”. The fact clearly indicates that nobody can be better that Stephan Curry at having the most positive mindset.

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Explain how the sources support the idea that Stephen Curry is a hard worker. Cite
evidence from at least two sources and identify the source by title or number.

Source three states “It's all about winning," Curry said. "Stats really don't matter. I mean, guys have great series and all that and people
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take notice and take their place in history with those stats and all that stu . But at the end of the day, it's all about winning and what you
can do to help your team get to that point." With this team attitude, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to win the 2015 NBA Finals
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against the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2, proving to his audience that if you set your mind to something nothing can stand in your way”.

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Source one states “The team was losing by as many as eleven points at the start of the second half, but Curry put on a heroic
performance managing to score thirty points in the second half. This gave the Wildcats their rst win in an NCAA tournament since
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1969”.

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Check the boxes that show the claim(s) that each source supports. Some sources may
have more than one box checked.

Source#1: Source#2: Source#3:

Book Excerpt Quote Blog Post
Stephen MVP Warriors
Curry: The Acceptance Win
Inspiring Speech
Story…
Stephen Curry
holds NCAA
records.
Stephen
Curry’s
success is due
to his hard
work.
Stephen Curry
is a positive
role model.

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Part 1 Answer Key
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Key Elements:

1. Responses will vary but should include two of the following

sources, cited, and explained. Responses also need to discuss
specific examples of Curry’s success and explain how the sources
they cite support this claim.

Source#1 (Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story )

- Curry put on a heroic performance managing to score thirty points in
the second half. This gave the Wildcats their first win in an NCAA
tournament since 1969.
-The holder of the record for total three-pointers made in a regular
season in the NBA and in the NCAA
Source#2 (MVP Acceptance Speech)
-I’m truly honored to be your MVP this year.
Source#3 (Warriors Win)
-With this team attitude, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to win the
2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2, proving to his
audience that if you set your mind to something nothing can stand in
your way.

2. Responses will vary but should include at least two of the

following sources, cited, and explained. Responses also need to
explain using specific examples of how Curry is a hard worker.

Source#1 (Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story )

-Now Curry has transferred his work ethic attitude towards the game and
personal values into his NBA career.
Source#2 (MVP Acceptance Speech)
-Make sure you live in the moment and work (hard) every single day, and
I hope I inspire people all around the world to just be themselves, be
humble, and be grateful for all the blessings in your life.
Source#3 (Warriors Win)
-Curry continued to work his hardest.
-With this team attitude, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to win the
2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2, proving to his
audience that if you set your mind to something nothing can stand in
your way.

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Part 1 Answer Key
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3.

Source#1: Source#2: Source#:

Book Excerpt Quote Blog Post
Stephen MVP Warriors
Curry: The Acceptance Win
Inspiring Speech
Story…
Stephen Curry
holds NCAA
records.
Stephen
Curry’s
success is due
to his hard
work.
Stephen Curry
is a positive
role model.

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Stephen Curry
Performance Task Part 2

Common Core Standards Type of Question

Topic
I can produce
effective
W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2 Extended
writing for a Write An Informative Text Response
range of W.6.4, W.7.4, W.8.4
purposes and Produce Clear and
audiences.
Coherent Writing
W.6.8, W.7.8, W.8.8
Gather Information
RI.6.9, RI.7.9, RI.8.9
Draw Evidence
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Student Directions

Stephen Curry Informative Performance Task

Part 2

Read the sources and take notes. Then plan, draft, revise, and edit your
writing. Please read your assignment below.

Your Assignment:

Now that you had time to research Stephen Curry the editor of the school
newspaper asked you to write an article on him. Your audience is students,
teachers, and parents.

Using more than one source develop a central idea. Once you have your
central idea, pick the most relevant information from more than one source
to support this idea. Then, write a multi-paragraph informative article.
Unless quoting directly from the sources, use your own words. Make sure
you reference title or number when quoting or paraphrasing from the
sources.

Remember to plan, write, revise, and edit your final draft.

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Planning Page

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Rough Draft
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Part 2 Rubric
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These rubrics are also available free online by Smarter

Balanced Assessment Consortium

http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/subjects/science/
assessment/smarter-balanced_scoring_rubrics.pdf

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Part 2 Rubric
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Score 4 3
The response has a clear and
effective organizational structure,
creating a sense of unity and
completeness. The response is
fully sustained, and consistently
and purposefully focused:
controlling or main idea of a
topic is clearly
communicated, and the focus
is strongly maintained for the
Purpose/Organization
purpose, audience, and task
consistent use of a variety of
transitional strategies to
clarify the relationships
between and among ideas
effective introduction and
conclusion
logical progression of ideas
from beginning to end; strong
connections between and
among ideas with some
syntactic variety
4-Point
Informative-Explanatory
Performance Task Writing Rubric (Grades 6-11)
The response has an evident
organizational structure and a
sense of completeness, though
there may be minor flaws and
some ideas may be loosely
connected. The response is
adequately sustained and
generally focused:
controlling or main idea of a
topic is clear, and the focus
is mostly maintained for the
purpose, audience, and task
adequate use of transitional
strategies with some variety
to clarify the relationships
between and among ideas
adequate introduction and
conclusion
adequate progression of
ideas from beginning to end;
adequate connections
between and among ideas
2 1
The response has an inconsistent
organizational structure, and
flaws are evident. The response
is somewhat sustained and may
have a minor drift in focus:
controlling or main idea of a
topic may be somewhat
unclear, or the focus may be
insufficiently sustained for
the purpose, audience, and
task
inconsistent use of
transitional strategies and/or
little variety
introduction or conclusion, if
present, may be weak
uneven progression of ideas
from beginning to end;
and/or formulaic;
inconsistent or unclear
connections between and
among ideas
NS
The response has little or no Unintelligible
discernible organizational In a language
structure. The response may be other than
related to the topic but may English
provide little or no focus: Off-topic
Copied text
Off-purpose
controlling or main idea may
be confusing or ambiguous;
response may be too brief or
the focus may drift from the
purpose, audience, or task
few or no transitional
strategies are evident
introduction and/or
conclusion may be missing
frequent extraneous ideas
may be evident; ideas may
be randomly ordered or have
an unclear progression

Score 4 3
The response provides thorough
and convincing support/evidence
for the controlling idea and
supporting idea(s) that includes
the effective use of sources, facts,
and details. The response clearly
and effectively elaborates ideas,
using precise language:
comprehensive evidence
Evidence/Elaboration
from sources is integrated;
references are relevant and
specific
effective use of a variety of
elaborative techniques*
vocabulary is clearly
appropriate for the audience
and purpose
effective, appropriate style
enhances content
*Elaborative techniques may include the use of personal experiences that support the controlling idea.
4-Point
Informative-Explanatory
Performance Task Writing Rubric (Grades 6-11)
2 1
The response provides adequate The response provides uneven,
support/evidence for the cursory support/evidence for the
controlling idea and supporting controlling idea and supporting
idea(s) that includes the use of idea(s) that includes uneven or
sources, facts, and details. The limited use of sources, facts, and
response adequately elaborates details. The response elaborates
ideas, employing a mix of precise ideas unevenly, using simplistic
and more general language: language:
adequate evidence from some evidence from sources
sources is integrated; some may be weakly integrated,
references may be general imprecise, or repetitive;
references may be vague
adequate use of some weak or uneven use of
elaborative techniques* elaborative techniques*;
development may consist
primarily of source summary
vocabulary is generally vocabulary use is uneven or
appropriate for the audience somewhat ineffective for the
and purpose audience and purpose
generally appropriate style is inconsistent or weak attempt
evident to create appropriate style
NS
The response provides minimal Unintelligible
support/evidence for the In a language
controlling idea and supporting other than
idea(s) that includes little or no English
use of sources, facts, and details. Off-topic
The response is vague, lacks Copied text
clarity, or is confusing: Off-purpose
evidence from the source
material is minimal or
irrelevant; references may be
absent or incorrectly used
minimal, if any, use of
elaborative techniques*
vocabulary is limited or
ineffective for the audience
and purpose
little or no evidence of
appropriate style
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