Grades 2–3 Level 2 Writing Assessment Exemplar

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Look at the pictures. Write a story.
Student Example

Student writing assessment exemplar:

There is a fish in
the bowl fill with
water. There were
bubble and the fish
was happy. There was
a board - No Fishing.

One day a cat want
to eat the fish. The
cat was getting the
fish. The fish try
to escape but the cat
got it.

One day the owner
knowed that the cat
at the fish. The cat
had taken the fish out
of the bowl. So he
shout at the cat.

 

Level 2: Uses more high-frequency and a few low-frequency descriptive words (bubble, happy, board, escape, owner, taken, shout), instructional words (fill, try), and synonyms/antonyms (in/out)

Level 2: Uses familiar simple sentences (One day a cat want to eat the fish.) Attempts compound sentences (There were bubble and the fish was happy.)

Level 2: Uses more high-frequency connector words, markers (sequence), and phrases to organize ideas (but, so) and add detail (one day, with, at)

Use the checkboxes below to display the corresponding Benchmarks 2.0 indicators.

 
 2
 
 2
 
 2
Writing Benchmark Level
2

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 2 indicators, the teacher refers to Level 3 for planning instruction.

Example: Providing explicit instruction on editing simple verb tenses, using sentence frames, visuals, and word banks (Writing Supporting Competency: Revising and Editing Supports).


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.
  2. Select the competency you wish to view. Boxes in the corresponding colour will highlight the text in the exemplar and display an explanation of the competency below.
  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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