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BVSW Writing PD/ Writing Assessment Scoring March 14, 2013

The day will be divided into three parts:

Writing across the content levels (7:45- 9:00)

Introduce and read through the BV Writing Assessment (9:00- 11:00)

Calibrate and Score BVSW Essays (12:30- 3:00) AGENDA 7:45-8:00—Introduction/ Learning Targets/ Chalk Talk Activity (Lisa Wilson) 8:00-8:20—CCSS Writing Anchor Standards/ Close Reading Strategy (Morgan Scanlon, Kat Buchanan) 8:20-8:30—CCSS Standards for Writing in History, Science, and Technical Studies (Joel White) 8:30-8:45—What is a DBQ? (Mike Ortmann, Katherine Pinto, Lindsey Hogan) 8:45-9:00—Argument v. Persuasive Text/ Reading for Meaning (Morgan Scanlon, Tyson Ostroski) 9:00-9:15—Break 9:15-11:00—Writing Assessment Read Through/ Practice Scoring (ELA CCSS Committee Members) 11:00-12:30—Lunch 12:30-3:00—Calibration and Scoring of BVSW Student Essays