Writing Assessment

Purpose: To assess students ability to use different writing skills to complete

academic content objectives and tasks.

Intensive (Controlled) Writing

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Grade Level: 1
WIDA Level: 3 - Developing
WIDA Standards:
The Language of Social Studies
The Language of Language arts
VA SOL Civics : 1.10 The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by
a) focusing on fair play, exhibiting good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating
others with respect;
b) recognizing the purpose of rules and practicing self-control;
c) working hard in school;
d) taking responsibility for ones own actions;
VA SOL English: 1.13 The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by
b) focus on one topic
e) being each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final
copies
f) use correct spelling for commonly use sight words and phonetically regular
words in final copies
Objective: Students will be able to write a one-sentence description about each picture
to show their understanding of the traits of good citizen. Their one sentence description
should include and display their competency of when to use appropriate capitalization
and punctuation, as well as key vocabulary words.
Directions: Teacher will read: Students will look at each picture and describe in one
sentence how the people in the pictures show traits of a good citizen.
Remember to write complete sentences with capital letters, periods, and key words
weve talked about!
Scoring: Each sentence can earn 0-2 points based on the following scale:
2 points - sentences use correct capitalization, correct punctuation, and use of
key vocabulary words for this unit correctly
1 point - sentences that have either correct capitalization, correct punctuation, or
use key vocabulary words for this unit correctly (not all parts correct)
0 points - no capital letters, no punctuation, no use of key vocabulary words
Test Sample:
Test-takers read: Write one-sentence about how each picture shows people being good
citizens.

Example:
Test-takers see:

1.
Test-takers write:
The little boy and girl are sharing their crayons.

2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

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6.

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References
Brown, H. D., & Abeywickrama, P. (2010). Language assessment: Principles and
classroom practices (2nd ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
Education, V. D. (n.d.). History & Social Science. Retrieved November 10, 2016, from
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/next
_version/stds_history1.pdf
Education, V. D. (n.d.). English. Retrieved November 10, 2016, from
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/english/2010/stds_english
1.pdf
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA), The English Language
Learner Can Do Booklet (2012). Can do descriptors: Grade level cluster 1-2.
Retrieved from https://www.wida.us/standards/CAN_DOs/Booklet1-2.pdf