Reading Interest Inventory Analysis

Erica Scully
Student I
This students interest inventory has shown a lot of strengths in
their writing literacy development. The student was very excited to fill
out the interest inventory and writing sample- she even asked the
question can I write another paragraph? The students writing
demonstrates that she has the concept of organization because she
attempts to provide an introduction and a conclusion sentence for both
paragraphs. Her main idea is evident from the first sentence My best
friends are Emma and Hayden and she continues her writing with
supporting details that are relevant to her topic. In her first paragraph
she describes what Hayden is like and what kind of activities they do
together, in her second she does the same but she describes her other
best friend Emma. Her writing is very focused; it includes appropriate
descriptions and attention to detail without going off topic.
Additionally, this student shows strong writing skills with the use of
appropriate sentence structure. The majority of sentences use verbs
and adjectives to elaborate on her main idea, and also include correct
use of punctuation. Ultimately, this student did a great job in following
directions and completing the task at hand.
Although student Is writing sample demonstrates many
strengths, it also reflects some weaknesses. There is some incomplete
sentence structures, and misuse of capitalization within sentences. For
example, the second paragraph states We go swimming in her pool.
And play whith Light sabers. And Play Star wars. The last two
sentences display that student I has a good grasp on the importance
of adding supporting details, however she does not yet display the
ability to include them without writing incomplete sentences. There is
also some incorrect spelling on simple sight words such as with, and
no use of indentation at the beginning of the paragraphs. These
aspects of writing will continue to improve throughout the year with
practice and exposure to meaningful reading and writing.
If I were conferencing with student I after she wrote the writing
sample about her best friends, I would first highlight all of her
strengths to show that she is doing an excellent job with her writing
development. I would compliment her ability to stay on task, and
organize her thoughts in a clear and concise way. I would go on to
point out the areas where she has room for improvement. Specifically, I
would focus on her incomplete sentence structures and misuse of
capitalization. I would show her some examples of how she could
revise these sentences to make them whole. I would ultimately end the
conference with a positive compliment regarding her extensive use of

detail that helped the reader understand why Hayden and Emma are
her befriends. I believe that always ending a student teacher
conference with a positive is significantly important in keeping the
students motivation and confidence up.