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Text Exemplars & Sample Performance Tasks

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Text Exemplars & Sample Performance Tasks

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English Language Arts Standards " Writing " Grade 6 | Common Core State Standards Initiative

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 6 here.)

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English Language Arts Standards " Writing " Grade 7 | Common Core State Standards Initiative

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 7 here.)

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1.a
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1.b
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1.c
Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2.a
Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2.b
Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2.c
Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2.f
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.a
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.b
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.c
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.d
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.5
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 8 here.)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.a
Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new").

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.b
Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced").

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

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English Language Arts Standards " Writing " Grade 8

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1.a Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1.b Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

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SBAC Narrative Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 3-8)

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SBAC Narrative Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 3-8)

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SBAC Explanatory Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 6-11)

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SBAC Explanatory Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 6-11)

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 6 PT

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 6 PT

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WES Kinder teachers are using a Lucy Calkins rubric (developmental/trait-based). Emphasis on "Yes" or "No" the writing has the focus traits (i.e. not a 1-5 scale).

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SBAC Argumentative Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 6-11)

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SBAC Argumentative Rubric (PT Writing; Grades 6-11)

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 7 PT

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 7 PT

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 8 PT

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SBAC; ELA Practice Test Scoring Guide; Grade 8 PT

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WES 2nd - 3rd Grade teachers are using EGUSD standards-aligned rubrics. The scoring focus remains on "Yes" or "No" the writing exemplifies the focus traits.

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All grades are focusing on the Step Up to Writing curriculum and resources for teaching writing (i.e. two-column notes, etc.).

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WES 2nd - 5th Grade teachers are using curriculum based assessments.

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Wonders; Grade 5; "Countdown to Common Core Assessment:

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Wonders; Grade 5; "Countdown to Common Core Assessment:

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WES 2nd - 5th Grade teachers are using curriculum based assessments.

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