Writing Exemplars and Scoring Guides
Tuesday, February 09th, 2010 | Author: Jen
Later this week I will be looking at student writing with teachers. I put together the following materials so that we can reference them when we work together and thought perhaps you might find them useful as well.
Writing Exemplars
Writing Exemplars (also called sample or “anchor” papers) are used to help students, teachers, administrators, and parents learn what the expectations are for writers at any given grade level. They also serve as a great way to develop an understanding of how to score students’ writing.
The following sites have posted exemplars that could be used as you start to evaluate the writing program in your school:
GRADES K-5
- Oregon Grade 3 - includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, and Imaginative writing
- Oregon Grade 5 - includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
- Exemplars.com – includes a small sampling of K-4 writing lessons and exemplars (exemplars are found toward the bottom of each page)
- Houghten Mifflin Benchmark Papers – each set shows a range of scores for all modes taught in grades K-5 Houghton Mifflin English. An analysis of each model is also provided.
- Anchor Papers for Emergent Readers
GRADES 6-8
- Oregon Grade 6 – includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
- Oregon Grade 8 – includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
- 6 + 1 Trait Writing Scored Examples
GRADES 9-12
- Ontario Grades 1-8 – the site includes four levels of annotated writing for each grade as well as copies of the assessment rubrics
- New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars – the site includes poetic writing character development and personal experience, as well as transactional explanation and argument exemplars
- Nova Scotia 1-8 Exemplars
- The Writing Site - select a grade level (1-12) and a genre to explore various writing exemplars
- Write Source – grades 1-12 (simple exemplars)
Scoring GuidesScoring guides serve as rubrics or check lists that teachers can use to assess student writing. They may vary from state to state and district to district, but should all have similar criteria that incorporates the various traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
The following sites have posted writing scoring guides that you can review and consider as you develop assessments for your district:
- New York State Guide to the Grades 3-8 Testing Program
- Oregon Department of Education Official Scoring Guide, Writing 2009-2010
- Bakersfield Writing Prompts and Scoring Guides K-8 (also includes writing exemplars)
- Missouri Dept. of Education Scoring Guides 3, 7, 11
- 6 + 1 Writing Rubric
- Student Friendly Writing Rubric (MS age appropriate)
- Practice Scoring 6 + 1 Writing Traits
Category: Super Strategies
Friday, 12. February 2010
This is great Jen- thanks for all the resources for writing, I will share with my staff.
Sunday, 14. February 2010
Thanks! It’s gratifying to know that my research is being used and shared.