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I was very surprised to see how much more work my students need to create a paragraph much less an essay! I wondered what I did wrong and how I could go back and help them. I really felt disappointed! Now that I have had some time to reflect, I have to go back in the classroom and address the disconnect. If they were using Google translate, I could not get them to stop writing!

Looking at the test, the question was written differently, and that started the confusion. The concept of the essay prompt and the story was confusing for all students. I will use Ms. Fortuni's Strategy. That should get the students back on the writing path. Thanks, team!

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I think our students are very capable of earning points on the SCR & ECRs. Our S.P.O. format (from The Writing Revolution resources) we already use for TELPAS speaking and writing gives them a great, concrete, structure for organizing their response with purposeful structure for the ECR, and I think it's a perfect stepping stone for more advanced complex writing. It even works with the district-approved graphic organizer Virginia found!

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An idea you could use - Fortuni

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I was disappointed with my students' writing. I feel that I taught them more than they showed. I will work more on writing next year and hope my essays improve.

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The prompts for the essays were difficult to understand even for intermediate level students. I plan to show my students how to make a guide for an essay starting with just a blank piece of paper then they draw the outline.

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Hey guys, how could we incorporate the district approved ESSAY planner for STAAR? I believe we could use this with our students who are ready to expand on ACE.

1) Thesis Sentence

2) 1st ACE paragraph

3) 2nd ACE paragraph

4) Conclusion Sentence

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I wish I had some ideas! A full page essay is very intimidating for many of my students. They put more effort into the SCR than the ECR, but we haven't really touched on essays much this year.