8P202014-15

Week 4 – Writing Assessment

Professional Learning Conversations

Monograph: Teacher Moderation: Collaborative Assessment of

Student Work

Follow-up:WebcastMini Teacher Moderation activityOther resources for Writing Assessment

Teacher Moderation Webcast

Ontario Writing Assessment

http://www.curriculum.org/k-12/en/videos/teacher-moderation-session-1

OWA: Grade 5When administered: Mid-year

Text form: Report

Format: Newspaper

Task: You are a reporter for a newspaper. Your

assignment is to write a report about your school’s upcoming talent show. All the money raised by the talent show will help buy new books for the school.

Teacher ModerationTask

Each table will select an envelope reflecting one of the Achievement categories (e.g. Thinking, Knowledge & Understanding etc.)

Examine the rubric for the student writing task

Sort the 4 pieces of student writing into levels 1,2,3,4 for the chosen category only.

When your table has come to a consensus, pick up an Answer Key envelope for your category, compare the ranking with yours, and discuss the rationale given

Repeat using a different category of Achievement

ReviewsThink about the “reviews” you have read or

listened to in the past month:Where did you find these reviews? What was your purpose?What types of products/experiences etc. were you

searching for?

Writer’s NotebookReviews

Look through the envelope of reviews at your table as well as any reviews you find online

Agree at your table about the key features of most reviews

Compare Previews/Trailers with Reviews

Venn Diagram

ReviewsFeatures of a review:

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Writing TaskCreate your own review of any topic you wish:

E.g. Favourite restaurant, coffee shop, pub, hotelLine of clothing, handy gadgets, technologyMovies, concert, play, television show, bookVehicle etc.

Be sure to incorporate the key features of a review in your piece

Consider: What is my purpose? Who is my audience?

. Become familiar with this app

. Choose one of the draft reviews at your table. Condense it to a paragraph. Create a gami message that can be recorded in 30 sec.. Choose appropriate avatar and background

TELLAGAMI

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Modelled Shared Guided Independent

READING and WRITING

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Classroom Assessment

Large Scale Assessment

EQAO

ForDiagnostic

Formative

As Formative

Of Summative

Assessment ResourcesGuide to Effective Instruction: Assessment

Guide to Effective Instruction: Writing

Write Traits

Ontario Writing Assessment

Growing Success Policies Seven Fundamental Principles

Learning Skills & Work Habits

Performance Standards- The Achievement Chart

Assessment for Learning and as Learning

Evaluation

Reporting Student Achievement

Students with Special Education Needs

English Language Learners

E-Learning

Credit Recovery

http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/aer2/