Narrative Writing Sample

Grade Four/November

Name: __________________________

Date: _________________________

This is one sample of your childs independent writing. By looking at this piece and other independent pieces of writing, we can see your childs strengths as a writer and the next steps for them in writing.
Few Appropriate Development traits are present Many Appropriate Development traits must be present All Appropriate Development traits must be present All Appropriate Development traits must be present, as well as, some Strong Performance traits All strong performance traits must be present The writing must exceed Strong Performance in all traits Writing Traits Not Nearly Just Yet There Got It (AD) Content Stays on topic Includes details to expand topic Organization Includes a beginning that introduces characters and setting Establishes a problem at the beginning May include some character description but tends to focus on actions, not always clearly connected to develop plot Writes in a particular form (recount, narrative, report, etc.) Uses a variety of connecting words (first, next, later) related to time Story is written in the past tense Beginning to use paragraphing Includes a brief but reasonable ending and may have some loose ends Word Choice Interesting vocabulary Some describing words or phrases (adjectives and verbs) Voice Realizes purpose for writing Shows interest and/or knowledge of topic Expresses personal feelings or style Sentence Structure Most sentences are complete (may have some run-on sentences) Some longer sentences that begin in different ways Conventions Uses end punctuation (. ! ?), most of the time Capital letters in the proper place most of the time May try to use commas, apostrophes and quotation marks Spells most sight words correctly Attempts to spell longer words Uses proper grammar (may have some errors) Strengths in your childs piece of writing: E D C B A A+

Got It Well (SP)

Areas for Improvement and Next steps: