An ESL teacher asks bridging-level English language learners to read a content-area passage and then write a summary of the passage. In this context, the teacher's most important consideration when evaluating a student's summary should be the extent to which:
  1. The student's writing reflects command of grade-level academic vocabulary and language structures.
  2. The student used evidence from the text to support his or her arguments and analysis.
  3. The student produced clear, coherent, and well-organized writing that is appropriate to the task
  4. The student's writing reflects comprehension of the text's target concepts.
Explanation
Correct Response: D. Asking students to summarize, or write a short paragraph that describes a text's main ideas, is an informal way for teachers to assess students' understanding of a text they have read. A and C are incorrect because they focus on assessing the writing itself (e.g., using grade-level academic vocabulary and language structures correctly, organizing ideas well). B is incorrect because a summary is a not an expository text in which students take a position with respect to a text and then support their thesis with evidence from the text.
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