Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyui opasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghj klzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbn mqwertyuio Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 1 pasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjk Interdisciplinary Writing Unit lzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm 4th Grade Persuasive Writing qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyui Mary Kathy King opasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghj klzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbn READ 7140 OWA mqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwerty May 2008 uiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfg hjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvb Valdosta State University nmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwert yuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdf ghjklzxcvbnmrtyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyui opasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghj klzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbn King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 2 Interdisciplinary Writing Unit School and Student Characteristics and Individual Differences School System and School Your name and grade level Mary Kathy King 4th Grade Name of school system Blackshear Elementary Name of school Blackshear Elementary School s Student Characteristics o Students 18 Number of boys 16 Number of girls 10 12 Age range o Ethnicity number of students 6 African American 0 Asian American 0 Native American 2 Hispanic 26 Caucasian 0 Other o Reading Achievement Give percentages Based on STAR Reading 12 Above average or advanced skill level 15 Average or intermediate skill 12 Below average skill level o Writing Achievement Give percentages Based on Georgia 3rd Grade Writing Test 10 Above average or advanced skill level 16 Average or intermediate skill 13 Below average skill level o Classroom Organization Check as many as apply Homogeneous X Heterogeneous Self Contained X Team Teaching Departmentalized Parallel Block List other programs Individual Differences o Students Attending Pull Out or Supplementary Programs number of students King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 3 School Title I 2 Reading 0 Gifted 0 Early Intervention Program 0 Safety Net List other programs o Language Proficiency number of students 34 English language 1 Bilingual 1 Other languages List other languages o Students with Individual Education Plans IEP number of students 0 Blind or visual impairment 0 Deaf or hearing impairment 0 Developmental delay 1 Emotional or behavioral disorder 1 Learning disability 0 Mild intellectual disability 5 Other health impairment 0 Physical disability 1 Speech 0 Other King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 4 Student Interest Survey Name Please answer these questions to the best of your ability You may skip answers you find to be uncomfortable 1 What is your favorite book 2 What is the farthest point you ve traveled away from home 3 What is a recent movie you enjoyed and what did you like about it 4 What is your favorite place to be and why 5 What is your favorite food 6 What is your favorite kind of music 7 What is your favorite sport 8 To what organizations teams clubs do you belong King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 5 9 Name someone you admire and tell why 10 What are two common activities you do after getting home from school 11 What is a responsibility you have 12 What wish do you have for someone else 13 What do you want to do for a career 14 What is something about which you daydream 15 What is something about which you are curious 16 What would the title of a book about your life be 17 If you could go back two years ago what advice would you give yourself King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 6 18 Describe yourself as a friend 19 Describe your best friend Student interest survey n d Retrieved May 15 2007 from Union County School District Web site http ibox union k12 sc us ems Teachers Forms Student 20Interest 20Survey htm King M K 2008 May Sharing stages of writing persuasive writing Valdosta GA Valdosta State University Mary Kathy King READ 7140 OWA Page 7 Grade Five 5 Writing Assessment Description The writing assessment for grade five consists of an evaluation of each student response to an assigned prompt Students are assigned a topic from a prompt bank representing three genres narrative informational and persuasive Students are allowed approximately 120 minutes to write their essays The writing assessment must be administered in one day A makeup is also given the following day Type of Writing The Georgia Grade 5 Writing Assessment is a test of narrative informational and persuasive writing Students will be given either an informational persuasive or narrative writing topic Because topics will be spiraled students may receive any one of the three writing topics thus requiring them to be prepared to write in informational narrative and persuasive genres Topics will be released after each test administration and will become part of the practice topic bank Analytic and Holistic Scoring The scoring system is analytic Analytic scoring means that more than one feature or domain of a paper is evaluated Each domain itself is scored holistically The score assigned indicates the test raters overall impression of the writer s command of the components using predetermined scoring criteria contained in the Scoring Rubrics Accurate scoring requires balancing a writer s strengths and areas of challenge Student writing will be assessed analytically in four domains Ideas Organization Style and Conventions Analytic scoring will provide detailed information on student writing including scale scores and performance levels The Grade 5 Writing Assessment will also be linked to a common reporting scale allowing for greater capability to compare scores over time Time Line The Grade 5 Writing Assessment is administered during the first week of March All grade five students will take the assessment on the same day There will also be one day for make up Testing time will be 120 minutes 2 sessions of 60 minutes each Each system will have the flexibility to determine what time of day to administer each of the sessions No extra time will be allowed except as specified in a student s Individual