TEWL3
(story 2
For Children Age 7-0 and Above
One-Picture Instructions
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Pont to the example picture and sy tothe cid, Look atthe entre picture on ths page. (Pont to example) Thee i one
picture with many things happening. Pout to the pltue and 2H you were to write about this pctre, you would write
about everthing thats happening inthe picture and make it story.
Remember a story sully has a beginning, middle, and end. tories usually hae some kind of action. People or
animals canbe paying a game making things, eadng, or doing everyday things We uly ive the people names, so we
«an talk about them easy inthe stony.
‘Before you bei, it is helpfl to look at the entire picture and decide what hagpening. In this pictre, It looks tke
Someone is having a birthday prt. Two children, we can name them Peggy and Thomas, are siting a the table having
‘ae. tt oks ike chocolate cake. One cil, John, i tryng to it apifata, Another he, Bob, is kneeling onthe floor with
bismother. They look like they are trying to open a present. Height be saying “Lets huey!” You can we your imagination
to write about make-believe things that might happen ina story. What da you thnkthe chien are going to do next?
Maybe they wil take turns hitting the pita or ply ta.
Story Item structions
ive the chil Student Workbook page 23 and show the hitchen picture, Remember tht children age an olde get the story
based on one pictur. Make sure the Student Warlock open tothe appropiate page
Say tothe chid, Now itis your tun to writ a story. Before you begin writing, tke some time to plan your story.
Remember that a stor should havea beginning, mile, and end. Also, a story has chiacters, oe peopl, who are doing
thing. Using paragraphs wil help you organize your story. and sing correct aptlaton and punctuation wll make yout
story easier to read. After you thnk about what you are planning to write, begin writing Try to weit as lng as you an.
You wil have 5-30 minutes to think about and write your story. Write the best story you can f you have time, go back
and corect any erors you find.
tem
Cora ee toes
Writes Story Is the cd abe to weit about the try with
mais, eters, or words?
(0: The ciiddoes not write any marks, letters, oF
words :
1 Te child rites mars, tts or words about a
etal or conments about the pictue
2The cd res mars, letters, or werds about
‘two comments or details about te pcre.
3: The cd writes mats letters, or words about
‘the or mere details or comments about the
picture
TotalItem
2 Writes About
Objects
co
Does the child ite about any objets inthe
picture?
(0: The child doesnot write about any objects inthe
picture
The child wntes abou one objet shown nthe
pictur.
2: The cd writes about two othe objet from
the picture
3: The child wits about four objets fromthe
pict
2. Uses Chace
Does the cid eer to any characters?
(0: The child does not refer to any characters within
the picture
|: The child wetes abou one character showin
the picture
2: The ell ites about two characters inthe
picture
|: The cl wes about tw characters inthe
picture wth action
4 Recopiable
Words
Count the total umber of recognizable words
Aicuding articles, prepositions, and proper nuns)
inthe story,
(-The child doesnot wrt any recognizable wor
|r The cls writing has 105 recognizable words
2 The chiles writing has 61030 recognizable
words
3: Te chs writing has 3 or more recognizable
words
5. Invented Spling
Count allhe words that would have five or more
letters spel coretly upcated words
cut oe.
Total
IEEE eee eee eee eee
(0-Thechlds writing doesnot have any words that
woud ave ive or moc ters f spelled corecty
1 The cls wating has one to four words that
woud have fve or more letersi speed correct
2 The hls weting has five to eight words that
‘woul have ve ormorlttesif pled correct,
The lds wring has ne or more wor tht
‘would have ive or more ters if pled cectItem
ructions
Stecognble | 0 | comthetoalnumber of canal eters | Te cory has no cognates
icsucoseveg REE |UnacordhaLataneahs 1: The childs story has one to three recogizable
1, sete
| 2 The ch sty has four to st mcopible
sates
| 2
2:Te ch sty sven more ecole
3
2 Setence 0 |boesthesonyhne ceptable serene | Te ae acetal sertence nthe ty
Staee stu’ Torecve carts te he |e ay hor sence na eed
It denorsats gnmatalundeandg
: adequate wee! gered don
ofthetngh ngige. Genel eters | seguRowerefagrertedandumon
rut be caret wih egirdtocaptltaten and | ETS pre. Ts tem shouldbe scored
‘Punctuation. The child's writing must have an ieee
2 | overall understanding of grammatical eles and | 2: Allsentences are well formed and follow the
tage Hower pling not acon | gene gata es
3 Se 3 The childs sentences have excellent formation,
have var ade aay tera
Sree ope compan 28 pe)
A.caprtaton | 0 | Doster hve captain O-Thee are oe cect apie
1:One sentence as core capitalization rst
word or proper nouns
“EM ofthe sentences have caret capitalaton
(frst word or proper nouns)
3: Alf the sentences hae corect capitalization
(fst word and prope: nous)9. Punctustion
0 | Does the tory have punctuation?
0-Theresnepunctution nthe try.
Theres one corectpunctation mark (eg,
ending mark comma
2 Mest ofthe sentences have conet punctuation
(ending mak or other punctuation needed
a: 3: All of the sentence: have correct punctuation
rorsleng ocr pacten
: rete
rnroors | 0 [este cd aprepatey ie gonaasas | Theil eso ons
fae eect dakerrtte 1 The child uses pronouns without adequate
1 | or something, in “Birthday. a child may refer to rot
hee Say ayy beer |The es porous
toa tad Say bere
2 | cte'ortroreane Tre halter_ | £Teliue df ie ofones
fifth biethday. She ate ice cream and cake" Does =e La
the ppp oe seve peo?
5 | reunge fom esgic nd
“he Began er es at”
r.viteesoie | 0 [deste soytiveaspecticwitgan? | Thechlssor weston
ctr. This item shoul be scored 20 the il
only wrote one sentence
I: The cs wating Immature and contains ony 3