Janna SmithGenreContent Area ConnectionNarrativePrewritingNarrativeDraftingNarrativeRevisingEditor’s ChecklistNarrativeEditingNarrativePublishingJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 1Janna SmithREAD 7140 OWANarrative Writing UnitSimulated JournalMaymester 2008Dr. RootJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 2Interdisciplinary Writing Unit: School and Student Characteristics and Individual DifferencesSchool System and School Your name and grade level __Janna Smith 1 st grade_____________ Name of school system __Pierce County School System___________ Name of school ___Blackshear Elementary School_______________School’s Student Characteristicso Students 513_ Number of boys 589_ Number of girls 4-11 yrs Age rangeo Ethnicity (number of students) 435_ African American 13__ Asian American ____ Native American 124_ Hispanic 526_ Caucasian 4___ Othero Reading Achievement (Give percentages.) Based on: CRCT__________________________________________ 32__ % Above-average or advanced skill level 54__ % Average or intermediate skill 14__ % Below average skill levelo Writing Achievement (Give percentages.) Based on: Georgia’s Performance-based writing assessment________ 31___ % Above-average or advanced skill level 56___ % Average or intermediate skill 13__ % Below average skill levelClassroom’s Student Characteristicso Students 9___ Number of boys 11__ Number of girls 6-8__ Age rangeo Ethnicity (number of students) 6___ African American ____ Asian AmericanJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 3 ____ Native American 3___ Hispanic 11__ Caucasian ____ OtherJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 4o Reading Achievement (Give percentages.) Based on: _CRCT___________________________________________ 27__ % Above-average or advanced skill level 62__ % Average or intermediate skill 11__ % Below average skill levelo Writing Achievement (Give percentages.) Based on: Georgia’s Performance-based writing assessment _________ 25__ % Above-average or advanced skill level 58__ % Average or intermediate skill 17__ % Below average skill levelo Classroom Organization (Check as many as apply.) _X__ Homogeneous _X__ Heterogeneous ____ Self-Contained ____ Team Teaching ____ Departmentalized ____ Parallel Block List other programs: Individual Differenceso Students Attending Pull-Out or Supplementary Programs (number of students) _X__ Title I ____ Reading _X__ Gifted _X__ Early Intervention Program ____ Safety Net List other programs:o Language Proficiency (number of students) _18_ English language _2__ Bilingual ____ Other languages List other languages:o Students with Individual Education Plans (IEP) (number of students) ____ Blind or visual impairment ____ Deaf or hearing impairment ____ Developmental delay ____ Emotional or behavioral disorder ____ Learning disability ____ Mild intellectual disabilityJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 5 ____ Other health impairment ____ Physical disability ____ Speech ____ OtherJanna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 6 This survey is to help me get to know you a little better!!1. What do you want to be when you grow up? ____________________________________________________2. When I watch television, I like to watch … ________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. My favorite subject in school is ____________________________________________________4. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? _________________________________________________________________________________________5. Do you have any hobbies or collections? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Janna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 76. What is the title of the book that you like the most? _________________________________________________________________________________________________7. Do play or like to watch any sports if so which ones? _________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Where did you go this summer? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________Smith, J. (2007). Student Survey. Unpublished Manuscript. Waycross, GA. Valdosta State University. Smith, J. (2007). Student Survey. Unpublished Manuscript. Waycross, GA. Valdosta State University.Janna Smith, READ 7140 OWA, 8Georgia Writing AssessmentsGRADES: 3, 5, 8, and 11The assessments are assessed on a basis that will provide teachers, students, and parents about the students’ individual performance in writing. The assessments will provide the strengthsand challenges of the student. The State Writing Assessment Core Development and Advisory Committees helped the Georgia Department of Education develop the writing assessment. Educators with expertise knowledge of the instructions of writing skills and assessments made up the committees involved. The goal of the committees is to develop an appropriate assessment that will enhance the instruction of language arts statewide. GRADE 3This assessment consists of teacher evaluation of student writing. The assessors will us ananalytic system to score the assessment. Types of WritingNarrative- Relating personal experience (recount an event in life-a story w/ plot & characters).An imaginative story (stories grounded in imagination or fantasy). Informational- Writing assignments can be related to: any other GPS’and any type of non-fiction writing whose purpose is to inform or explain to reader.- Can be created during instructional time.- Students should incorporate information from resources w/o copying word forword.- Paraphrasing information and using technical terms that is appropriate. Persuasive- Students should take a position on an issue or topic familiar with. The writing may take place after the students have researched or it may be part of a lesson on an issue in particular content area. Response to Literature- Students should form a position in response to any text read. The assignment should be linked to a certain piece of literature. The retelling of the entire story is not appropriate for this genre. Analytic and Holistic ScoringThe scoring is analytic. This means that there is more than one domain or feature of the paper that is evaluated. There are four