St Andrews Middle School Progress Indicators Levels-based Assessment for Descriptive/Report Writing Jade

Deeper Features of Writing Audience, content, coherence, language Surface Features of Writing Punctuation, grammar, syntax, spelling 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Mostly correct uses of full stops, capitals, commas for listing, and question marks. Beginning to use speech marks. May use apostrophe for contraction Accurate sentence structure is generally evident, but errors interfere with meaning. Simple vocabulary has been used Some knowledge of common spelling pattern, with mostly 'phonetic attempts'. Between 10%-20% spelling errors (not proper nouns)

Level 2

viewpoints. Express personal accounts. Write factual opinions. state facts, events

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Recognises the purpose for writing Gives information from a writers perspective Includes several ideas, some with supporting detail. Beginning to group ides Beginning to sequence ideas Beginning to vary sentence beginnings and length. Beginning to extend sentences with conjunctions. Shows some understanding of the use of pronouns Vocabulary broadening beyond high frequency.

Level 3

and Recount

1. Writes using a style that is appropriate to the audience 3. Beginning to support main ideas with some details. 4. Beginning to organise some ideas into paragraphs .5. Sequences ideas logically. 6. Varies sentence beginnings and length. 7. Beginning to structure sentences in a variety of ways and may use complex sentences consisting of more than one subordinate clause. 10. Beginning to use adverbs and adjectives

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Mostly correct use of full stops, capitals, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, and speech marks. 4. Accurate sentence structure is evident 5. A variety of simple and extended vocabulary has been used 6. Shows clear phonetic spelling 6. Spelling shows some understanding of more complex spelling patterns 7. Between 5%-10% spelling errors (not proper nouns) 8. Tenses my vary unintentionally 9. Control of verb forms, i.e., singular/plural agreement, subject/verb agreement and tense.

Level 4

view. point of explains a expresses or accounts andWrite factual

1. Caters to the needs of the audience 1. Writing style directed to the audience 3. Consistently includes details to support main ideas. 4. Organise ideas into coherent paragraphs. 7. Varies sentence beginnings and sentence length to suit purpose. 7. Structures sentences in a variety of ways with increasing use of complex sentences, consisting of more than one subordinate clause. 11. Uses an obvious framework 12. Links paragraphs, sentences or sections smoothly

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Accurate use of full stops and capitals, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, speech marks, apostrophes, parentheses, dashes, colons, and semicolons. 4. Most sentences are correct. Control of complex sentences is evident. 4. Uses complete sentences with subject verb agreement and appropriate word order 5. A variety of simple, extended and technical vocabulary has been used 6. Common spelling patterns evident 6. Evidence of ability to spell multi-syllabic, irregular, or technical words 7. 3%-5% errors (not proper nouns) 8. Maintains consistent tense

Modified from NZCER Assessment Resource Banks and AsTTle by Tanya Thompson.

The final Level for this piece of writing is Level 2 3 4 My Next Steps are

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