Grades 10–12 Level B Writing Assessment Exemplar

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Changes in climate can happen because of people’s activities, including pollution from cars and factories. To help reduce the effects of our activities on climate, there are many things to think of. What activities do you think we can do to help reduce changes in climate?

You may want to consider factors, such as

  • ways we reduce waste (recycling)
  • types of energy we use (fossil fuels, wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, biofuel)
  • buying less (consumerism)
Student Example

Student writing assessment exemplar:

When we go to place. We recycle.
We recycle the fossil fuels. We
recycle the oil and gas. We try
don’t use the aircons and cars.
We try use oil little. We buy
things. We consumerism. We
grow many plants.

 

Level B: Uses a few high-frequency utility words (place, try), familiar words (oil, gas, cars, buy, things, grow, plants), and social greetings (-) Attempts high-frequency descriptive words (little, many)

Level B: Uses words connected in fragmented and memorized phrases (We try use oil little.)

Level B: Uses a few high-frequency words to connect ideas (when, and)

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 B
 
 B
Writing Benchmark Level
B

Next Steps

After determining English proficiency levels, teachers can refer to the Supporting Competency Indicators found in Benchmarks 2.0 for strategies to inform programming and instruction of EAL learners in all subjects. Once a student demonstrates Level B indicators, the teacher refers to Level 1 for planning instruction.

Example: Providing opportunities for the student to add missing words to sentence frames/starters by using the home language(s), multilingual word banks, and visuals and providing opportunities for the student to participate in shared writing activities to create sentences (Writing Supporting Competency: Strategic Writing Characteristics).


How to Use This Writing Assessment Exemplar

This collection of writing assessment exemplars provides teachers of English as an additional language (EAL) learners with examples of student writing at each English proficiency level and grade range.

Teachers can use these interactive exemplars to build their understanding of Benchmarks 2.0 competencies (vocabulary, sentence structure, and connections and transitions) and proficiency levels in writing.

  1. Click on “View full size” to see the original student writing.
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  3. Click on one or more competencies to view at a time.
  4. Review “Next Steps” for examples of how to use the Benchmarks 2.0 writing assessment to inform programming and instruction in all subject areas.

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