Preparing Students for Standardized Writing Tests Developing the Muscles K-2: Nuts and Bolts Chap 9,...
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Preparing Students for Standardized Writing Tests Developing the Muscles K-2: Nuts and Bolts Chap 9, Launch Parts 3 & 4 3-5: Guide Chapters 11 & 12, Launch
Preparing Students for Standardized Writing Tests Developing
the Muscles K-2: Nuts and Bolts Chap 9, Launch Parts 3 & 4 3-5:
Guide Chapters 11 & 12, Launch Sections XV, XVI
Slide 2
Give One, Get One, Move On Individually fill in up to three
boxes on your chart in response to the prompt. Then, get out of
your seat, walk up to someone, give an idea away, and get an idea
from them. Repeat the exercise until time is called, or until all
your boxes are filled. PROMPT: What words or phrases come to mind
when someone says Standardized Test?
Slide 3
Knowledge is Power Teach test prep with clarity, using the same
methods Dont fall victim to the industry Dont let a fear of writing
assessment derail you from teaching writing well! Tweak the units
if need be: bias, opposing arguments Curriculum has higher
expectations than the test Kaplan: using workshop methods to teach
test prep
Slide 4
Persuasive or Expository Prompts Our students are asked to
Write a crystal clear thesis in which they make a claim Provide
more than one example to support the thesis (linked) Learn to
unpack their examples Restate initial claim/examples in
conclusion
Slide 5
Turn and Talk How thorough is your personal understanding of
each of these tasks as it relates to your instruction? How often do
you ask your students to do these, or similar, tasks? How do you
assess your students proficiency on each of these tasks?
Slide 6
Persuasive or Expository Prompts When test day arrives,
children will simply be asked to write the kind of thing they have
been writing all along in the writing workshop. Test prep is simply
a matter of showing children how easy it is to draw on the muscles
theyve developed elsewhere to produce something within the new (and
yes, stressful) context.
Slide 7
Narrative Prompts Decide who is doing what in this story
Imagine a timeline of events Write a Small Moment Scores are better
if they include: Dialogue Character feeling something strong =
doing something Details, esp. of setting Resolution/lesson
Slide 8
Writing-to-the-Prompt Excellent test prepbut a lousy writing
curriculum! Rich writing life first Read prompts very carefully,
identifying parts (CRAFTS)
Slide 9
Remember Test prep is no big deal, when writers enter into it
having already developed the muscles they need to draw upon. Turn
and Talk: How do you feel about the effectiveness of your current
writing test-prep practices? What changes, if any, will you make to
those practices as a result of what Lucy has highlighted for
us?
