Writing Assessment

Grade Level: 1st

WIDA Proficiency Level: 3 (Developing)

WIDA Standards
WIDA Can Do Descriptors: Grade Level Cluster 1-2
Form simple sentences using word/phrase banks
Topic: Response to a read-aloud of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
VA SOL: Writing
1.12 The student will write to communicate ideas.
a) Generate ideas.
b) Focus on one topic.
c) Use descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events.
d) Use complete sentences in final copies.
e) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies.
f) Use correct spelling for high-frequency sight words and phonetically regular words in
final copies.

Intensive (Controlled Writing)

Purpose: Assess a students ability to produce language to display their competence in
grammar, vocabulary, and sentence formation. As well as the students ability to use proper
capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Directions: (Each sentence is worth 2 points: 0.5 points for correct capitalization, 0.5 points for
correct punctuation, and 1 point for correct use of the word in a sentence.) Test-takers read:
Example: Write a sentence using the word secret: I have a secret.
1. Write a sentence using the word pig:
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2. Write a sentence using the word story:
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3. Write a sentence using the word three:
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4. Write a sentence using the word wolf:
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5. Write a sentence using the word house:
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6. Write a sentence using the word dinner:

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7. Write a sentence using the word little:
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8. Write a sentence using the word sneeze:
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9. Write a sentence using the word real:
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10. Write a sentence using the word bad:
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