Grades 4–6 Level 3 Writing Assessment Exemplar

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Student Example

Student writing assessment exemplar:

Raining Day
Being in the rain is not fun. But it is the worse for anyone
who not ready for it. One time it rain really much. My friend
had a jacket and boots. He could run and jump in the water.
He was having much fun. I had an umbrella I was watching
my friend play in water. All of a suden a girl walk up to
us. She doesn’t have coat, boots or umbrella. She is really wet.
She too wet in the rain. We watching her come to us.
We ask why didn’t she have a coat or boot or anything.
She went to school before it rained. Then it rain and she
wasn’t ready So bad for her.

 

Level 3: Uses some low-frequency subject-specific words (boots, umbrella, school), descriptive words (worse [worst], ready, really, much, friend, run, jump, fun, bad), instructional words (walk, ask), and words with multiple meanings (play)

Level 3: Uses a variety of simple (Being in the rain is not fun.) and familiar compound sentence types (Then it rain [rained] and she wasn’t ready) Attempts complex sentences (She went to school before it rained.)

Level 3: Uses some low-frequency connector and transition words and phrases to compare (before) and contrast (but, not, all of a suden [sudden])

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Writing Benchmark Level
3

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 3 indicators, the teacher refers to Level 4 for planning instruction.

Example: Providing explicit instruction on editing sentences for verb tenses (Writing Supporting Competency: Revising and Editing Supports).


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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.

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