Grades 4–6 Level B Writing Assessment Exemplar

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Student Example

Student writing assessment exemplar:

fish is swiming
in the water.
the fish No Problem

the cat is grea to
eat the fish

The cat is aet
the fish

 

Level B: Uses a few high-frequency utility words (the, water, eat), familiar words (fish, swiming [swimming], cat), and social greetings (no problem)

Level B: Uses words connected in fragmented and memorized phrases (The cat is aet [ate] the fish)

Level B: Uses a few high-frequency words to connect ideas (in, grea to [going to])

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

 
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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 home language(s), multilingual word banks, and visuals (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.
  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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