On-Demand Assessments

NarrativeOpinion

Information

Grades K-2Grades 3-8

Ready?

If you have clicked onto this powerpoint/Smartboard notebook you must be ready to assess your students. At the beginning of the year, you should administer three different assessments: narrative, opinion, and information. While this seems like a lot, your students will love looking these over and comparing them to the end of the unit prompts, and it is a great way to watch for whether your lessons are transferring across the different writing genres.

Tips on the next slide.

Keep it light – Students should only feel like it is an opportunity to show what they know. Reassure them just to do their best job and that this is only a tool to develop future mini-lesson, small group conferences and conferences.

K-2– There are different prompts for the younger students. Browse through the powerpoint and see if there is a slide that you think would work for your class. If 45 minutes looks too long, call it quits but write down the time you stopped.

Take notes– While students are working, this is a great time to walk around the room and take notes on things like: stamina, volume, who is distracted, who is focused, writing habits, beginning sentences, etc...you get the idea

Make Copies - Make a copy for the students to put into their folder, or tape into their notebooks. Email Linda Earle, Instructional Coach for writing to facilitate what to do next. learle@nscsd.org

What are On-Demand Assessments?

WHERE?Takes place during one of the writing workshop periods 45 minutes HOW?Students are given a prompt and asked to write as well as they know how in the particular genre.WHY?Use the assessment results to get to know students' strengths and weaknesses in writing and set up strategy groups or conferences.

On-Demand Writing

Why?

Provides a crystal clear demonstration of what students have learned to do withoutassistance.

Child's chance to show off what he or she knows how to do and the teacher's chance to measure the stickiness of his or her teaching.

"Use to help children pull themselves up by their bootstraps."

Narrative K-2 SAY TO STUDENTS:

"I'm really eager to understand what you can do as writers of narratives, of stories, so today, will you please write the best personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can write? Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on a scene or two. You'll have forty-five minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing."For students in grades K-2, you will add:"In your writing, make sure you:• Make a beginning for your story.• Show what happened, in order.• Use details to help readers picture your story.• Make an ending for your story.

Narrative Grades 3-8 SAY TO STUDENTS:

"I'm really eager to understand what you can do as writers of narratives, of stories, so today, will you please write the best personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can write? Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on a scene or two. You'll have forty-five minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing."For students in grades 3-8, you will add:"In your writing, make sure you:• Write a beginning for your story.• Use transition words to tell what happened in

order.• Elaborate to help readers picture your story.• Show what your story is really about.• Write an ending for your story.

Narrative On-demand Assessment K-245 Minutes or when teacher stops

Do your best job writing a personal narrative, or story.

Today, you will write the best personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can write. Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on a scene or two. You'll have 45 minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.

In your writing, make sure you:• Make a beginning for your story.• Show what happened, in order.• Use details to help readers picture

your story.• Make an ending for your story.

Narrative On-demand Assessment 3-845 Minutes or when teacher stops

Do your best job writing a personal narrative, or story.

Today, you will write the best personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can write. Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on a scene or two. You'll have 45 minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.In your writing, make sure you:

• Write a beginning for your story.• Use transition words to tell what happened

in order.• Elaborate to help readers picture your

story.• Show what your story is really about.• Write an ending for your story.

Narrative On-demand Assessment K-245 minutes

Do your best job writing a personal narrative, or story.

In your writing make sure you:

Make a beginning for your story.

Show what happened, in order.

Use details to help readers picture your story.

Make an ending for your story.

Narrative On-demand Assessment Grades 3-845 minutes

Do your best job writing a personal narrative, or story.

In your writing make sure you:

Write a beginning for your story.

Use transition words to tell what happened in order.

Elaborate to help readers picture your story.

Show what your story is really about.

Write an ending for your story.

Not part of the K-2 prompts, or the narrative prompts.

Opinion piece:

Think of a topic or issue that you know a lot about or that you have strong feelings about. Tomorrow, you will have 45 minutes to write an opinion or argument text in which you will write you opinion or claim and tell reasons why you feel that way. Use everything you know about essays, persuasive letters, and reviews to do this. If you want to find and use information from a book or another outside source, you may bring that text with you tomorrow. Please keep in mind that you'll have 45 minutes to complete this so you will need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting.

Said the day before:

The day of the test.

Think of a topic or issue that you know a lot about or that you have strong feelings about. You will have 45 minutes to write an opinion or argument text in which you will write your opinion or claim and tell reasons why you feel that way. use everything you know about essays, persuasive letters, and reviews to do this. Please keep in mind that you'll have forty-five minutes to complete this, so you will need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting.

Chart that should be displayed for all learners to read.

In your writing make sure you:

Write a beginning of your piece and give your opinion.

Name reasons to show why you have that opinion.

Give evidence (details, facts, examples) to prove your reasons.

Use transition words to show how parts of your writing fit together.

Write an ending for your piece.

Not part of the K-2 prompts, or the narrative prompts.

Information piece:

Think of a topic that you've studied or that you know a lot about. Tomorrow, you will have forty-five minutes to write an informational (or all-about) text that teaches others interesting and important information and ideas about that topic. If you want to find and use information from a book or another outside source to help you with this writing, you may bring that with you tomorrow. Please keep in mind that you'll have only forty-five minutes to complete this. You will have only this one period, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting. Write in a way that shows all that you know about information writing.

Said the day before:

Think of a topic that you've studied or that you know a lot about. You will have forty-five minutes to write an informational (or all-about) text that teaches others interesting and important information and ideas about that topic. If you want to use information from a book or another outside source to help you with this writing, you may. Please keep in mind that you'll have only forty-five minutes to complete this. You will have only this one period, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting. Write in a way that shows all that you know about information writing.

Read and DISPLAY this to them:

In your writing, make sure you:

In your writing make sure you:

Write an introduction

Elaborate with a variety of information

Organize your writing

Use transition words

Write a conclusion.