GRASPS Performance

Tasks PL
I can

Create an
authentic
performance task
with a real world
problem

I will show my
knowledge and skills by

Developing a GRASPS
performance task to
use in my classroom
this semester

GRASPS Performance
Tasks PL
Homework

Finish creating your

GRASPS performance
task and implement it
in your classroom
There
will be a follow-up
Important
Note
session, so please collect
student samples to share.

Think Pair Share

What is a
performance
task?

What is a Performance
Task?
A performance task is a complex scenario that
provides students an opportunity to
demonstrate what they know and are able to
do concerning a given concept.
A teacher is asking students to show that they
can use the knowledge and skills they learned
in an authentic real life situation.

GRASPS
Performance
Tasks
G
R
A
S
P
S

Real-world GOAL
Real-world ROLE
Real-world Audience
Real-world Situation
Real-world Products or Performances
Standards/Criteria to judge product or
performance

GRAS
PS

GOAL:
Provide a statement of the task.
Establish the goal, problem, challenge, or obstacle in the task.
ROLE:
Define the role of the students in the task.
State the job of the students for the task.
AUDIENCE:
Identify the target audience within the context of the scenario.
Example audiences might include a client or committee.
SITUATION:
Set the context of the scenario.
Explain the situation.
PRODUCT:
Clarify what the students will create and why they will create
it.
STANDARDS and CRITERIA [INDICATORS]:
Provide students with a clear picture of success.
Identify specific standards for success.
Issue rubrics to the students or develop them with the
students.

GRASPS Ideas
G

Design, teach, explain, inform, create, persuade, defend,

critique, improve

Advertiser, illustrator, coach, candidate, chef, engineer,

eyewitness, newscaster, editor, news show host,
politician

Board members, neighbors, pen pals, travel agent, jury,

celebrity, historical figure, community, school board,
government

S
P

The context of the situation Create a real life scenario.

What success looks like: Scoring guide, rubric & examples

Advertisement, game, script, debate, rap, banner,

cartoon, scrapbook, proposal, brochure, slide show,
puppet show

Language Arts
Homework
Read 30 min.
Study morphemes
Youre the Inventor
GRASPS Performance
task due next Friday
No Reminder
school Monday

Quick Write
How do inventors
decide what to
name their
inventions?

Inventors Use
Morphemes!
graph
A device that allows

Tele
(far
away)

(write) you to send &

receive written
messages over long
distances

Tele
(far
away)

phone A device that allows

(sound you to send &
)
receive audible
messages over long
distances

Auto

mobile

A vehicle that

Goal
Your task is to
develop an
invention and
name the
invention
using your
knowledge of
morphemes.

Role
You are an
inventor!

Situation
The challenge involves dealing with
companies who expect the name of your
invention to explain the purpose of your
invention.
Big companies are presented with millions of
inventions each year and dont have much time
to spend figuring out the purpose of each
product.
Therefore, your audience should be able to quickly and
easily identify the purpose of your invention using their
understanding of the meaning of morphemes.

Product & Purpose

You will create a
poster in order to
pitch your product to
potential companies
who will produce
your invention.

Name

Criterion For
Success

Exemplary
Contains 3-4
morphemes that
help the audience
understand the
purpose of the
invention
40 points

Clearly and
thoroughly
Explanati explains why all
morphemes were
on of
chosen
Name
40 points

Illustration is neat
and detailed and
there are no
grammar, spelling,
Format/
or punctuation
Mechanic
errors
s
20 points

Proficient
Contains 2
morphemes that
help the audience
understand the
purpose of the
invention
30 points

Developing
Contains 1
morpheme that
helps the audience
understand the
purpose of the
invention
20 points

Clearly explains
why most
morphemes were
chosen
30 points

Few morphemes
are clearly
explained
20 points

Illustration is
included, but it is
difficult to
interpret or there
are minor errors
with spelling,
punctuation,
and/or grammar

Either the
illustration is not
included or there
are drastic errors
in spelling,
punctuation and/or
grammar
10 points

Unsatisfactory
Contains 0
morphemes that
help the audience
understand the
purpose of the
invention or no
name given
10 points

No explanation given
10 points

Illustration not
included and there
are drastic errors in
spelling, punctuation
and/or grammar
5 points

Early Finisher
Produce a
persuasive
writing piece
convincing
companies to
mass produce
your
invention.

GRASPS Performance
Tasks PL
Homework

Finish creating your

GRASPS performance
task and implement it
in your classroom
There
will be a follow-up
Important
Note
session, so please collect
student samples to share.

Think Pair Share

What is a
performance
task?

GRASPS Performance
Tasks PL
I can
Create an
authentic
performance task
with a real world
problem

I will show my
knowledge and skills by

Developing a GRASPS
performance task to
use in my classroom
this semester