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4th and 5th GradeWriting Folder 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER1

Table of ContentsOnline Writing Sites . 5WV WRITES ACCESS. 6FOR TEACHERS & ADMIN . 6TEACHER GUIDE SHEET . 7ADMIN GUIDE SHEET . 9The Writing Process . 11RUBRIC . 124th Grade Rubric . 135th Grade Rubric . 14Writing Assessment Score Sheet . 15Essentials needed for Mastery on OWA . 16An Overview of Computer Scoring . 17Online Writing Assessment by Classroom . 18SAMPLE SCORES OF 4TH & 5TH GRADE ESSAYS . 19Sample of WV Writes Scored 4th Grade Prompts . 20Sample of WV Writes Scored 5th Grade Prompts . 22PROMPTS . 26Types of Essays . 27Flip Chart . 28LIST of 4th Grade Writing Prompts . 30LIST of 5th Grade Writing Prompts . 30Gr 04 INF - Computer . 31Gr 04 PER - Vegetable Garden. 32Gr 04 NAR - Lighthouse Adventure. 33Gr 04 DSC - Interesting Person . 34Gr 05 DSC - Planet Dreams . 35Gr 05 INF - Happiness . 36Gr 05 PER - Bicycle Safety . 37Gr 05 NAR - Linda and the Library . 38WEB . 39Sample Web . 40EDITING. 41 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER2

Checklist for Editing . 42Front of web . 43Back of web . 44Number of sentences in your essay . 45GRAMMAR . 46Frequent Mistakes . 47Correct Use of Good and Well . 48Correct Use of May and Can . 48Correct Use of Pronouns . 48Politeness! . 49Using the correct word . 50Homophones . 50Frequently heard mispronounced words: . 51*Remember your job: . 51What is a sentence?. 52Verb . 52Types of verbs:. 52Nouns . 53Pronouns . 54Adjectives . 55Adverbs . 56Prepositions. 57Interjections . 57Conjunctions. 58HELPS . 59Practice rewriting sentences . 60"Nail the Noun” and “Vary the Verb” . 61Vary the Verb . 62Writers’ “PIZZAZZ” Used to Dazzle the Reader . 63Overused Words / Instead of use: . 64Types of sentences- four different ways of writing a sentence: . 65Different Ways of Writing the Same Sentence . 66Transitional Words and Phrases . 67 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER3

Homophones . 68Appointment Calendar . 70Writing Question . 71Answer Key. 74List of additional helps on the web site . 75Smarter Balanced . 76 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER4

Online Writing SitesTry storybook pbskids.org/superwhy/#game/storybookcreator (guided tory/index.html (guided aker/embed.cfm (create your own story)http://pbskids.org/storyfactory (create your own story) Fun Brain's Words Page has a variety of games designed to assist kids with writing skills.Children can test their skills at understanding plurals, grammar, vocabulary, storystructure, idioms, and commonly confused words.I Know That! a multimedia education site, has several games dedicated to writing skills,including sentence puzzle and punctuation paintball.Buzz In's English and Writing Page is excellent for older elementary school students. Kidscan click to learn about different aspects of writing and take a fun quiz to test theirskills.Jenny Eather's Writing Fun is an interactive tool designed to improve children's writingskills by clearly indentifying the parts and processes of various types of writing. Theeasy-to-use online text organizer helps kids to feel confidant their writing is organizedwell.BrainPOP Junior's Writing offers a fun way to learn writing skills through short,interactive movies on topics like paragraphs, tenses, and types of sentences.Magic Tree House Writing Club helps children improve writing skills through reading,writing, and organizing fiction. Mini lessons with characters from the popular MagicTree House series help young writers grow and learn.Sentence ouse/ 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER5

WV WRITES ACCESSFOR TEACHERS & ADMIN 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER6

TEACHER GUIDE SHEETLOGIN for TeachersView/ Add a student to Assignments:http://admin.wvwrites.comClick the Home icon. Check ManageAssignments under the Assignments iconand click Go.Site Code:User name: First and last name (no space)Password: berkeAssign prompts to a class:Click on Create a New Assignment underAssignments, and click Go.Select the type of prompt you want to usefrom the Assessment Folder. UnderAssessment check the name of the prompt.Check the class you want the promptassigned to. You don't have to select a Daterange unless you want to. Under options onthe right the setup should look like below.Click on the name of the essay and it willappear below. Click on the blue pencil.From here you can view and edit certainparts of the prompt. Click Add to add anassignment to a student. Any of yourstudents who haven't been assigned theprompt will show up on the left. Click theirname, click Add and the name will appearon the right, then click Done.Read/rescore/comment/print essay:Click on the home I con. Click on ManageAssignment under Assignments, and clickGo. Click Score Items. Click the trianglebeside the student's name, and then clickthe blue circle beside the score number.From here you can read, rescore, comment,and print the student's essay.Then click Save Assignment and click OK 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER7

View/print REPORTSWriting List Report:This report shows the student, their 5writing dimension scores along with theholistic score and group Average.From the home page. Check Report Resultsand click Go. Select Class ReportsClick Writing List, and click next. Fill in theReport Name. (Optional: You can makeindividual selections such as class or taggroup, proficiency scale, test cut -off scores,and report label)Select WV Westest 2 Online WritingPractice Prompts. Select the essay youwant the report for and click create.Click View All Printable.Writing Gain Report:This report list the students percentagegains broken down by the writingdimension of each selected prompt.From the home page. Check Report Resultsand click Go. Select Student Reports.Click Writing Gain, and click next. (Optional:You can make individual selections such asclass or tag group, proficiency scale, test cut-off scores, and report label--if you selectany of these click save)Select WV Westest 2 Online WritingPractice Prompts. Select ALL the essays youwant to compare in the report and clickcreate. Click View All Printable.*When the PDF file turns from gray to red -click on it and see your class's results. Youcan print from this page.LOGIN for Studentshttp://student.wvwrites.comSite Code:User name: Student WVEIS # with a Obefore the 400Password: First letter of their first nameand first 4 letters of their last name with nospaces.Student Printing(3 pages) From your story click Score andScore again. At the bottom of the page withthe colored bars you can print. This is a 3page report that shows the essay thestudent wrote, their score, and abreakdown of the writing dimension.(1 page) From your story click Score andScore again. At the bottom of the page withthe colored bars click FINISH (even if thestudent isn't finished-they can still work ontheir writing) You will be back at thebeginning screen. On the same line of yourstory click the magnifying glass. This willdisplay your story. Click print (print draftwill give you a little more space betweenlines but if the story is long it will run ontwo pages) and when the little windowopen click print again. This is a great reportfor the teacher to see what the student iswriting and to have the student edit theirwork. 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER8

ADMIN GUIDE SHEET Add new students through websiteAdd new students to classAssign WV Westest 2 Online Writing Practice PromptsLOGIN for AdminSite Code:User name:Password:Check ALL the class/classes you want theprompt assigned to. You don't have toselect a Date range unless you want to.Under options on the right the setup shouldlook like below.*Optional: By making these edits onetime in the beginning- it will let you locate ateacher's class easier for adding a studentand creating reports. It will also move allthe teachers using the program to the topof the list.Click Enrollment. Click Manage Classes.Select the blue pencil on the line with theteacher's name. On the next screen whereit says Class Name type in the gradenumber and teacher's last name in front ofWRITING and click Save.Then click Save Assignment and click OKView/ Add a student to Assignments:Click the Home icon. Check ManageAssignments under the Assignments iconand click Go.Click Enrollment. Click Manage Classes.Select the blue pencil beside the classname. On the next screen select the grade.Click on the student's name in that list, clickAdd, click Save and OK.Click on the name of the essay and it willappear below. Click on the blue pencil.From here you can view and edit certainparts of the prompt. Click Add to add anassignment to a student. Any of yourstudents who haven't been assigned theprompt will show up on the left. Click theirname, click Add and they name will appearon the right, then click Done.Assign prompts to a class/student:Read/rescore/comment/print essay:Click on Assignment. Click NewAssignment.Click on Assignments, then select a teacherand do so, click OK. Click on ManageAssignment under Assignments, and clickGo. Click Score Items. Click the trianglebeside the student's name, and then clickthe blue circle beside the score number.Add a student to WV d a student to a class:Select the type of prompt you want to usefrom the Assessment Folder. UnderAssessment check the name of the prompt. 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER9

Writing List Report:This report shows the student, their 5writing dimension scores along with theholistic score and group Average.Check Report Results and click Go. SelectClass ReportsClick Writing List, and click next. Fill in theReport Name. (Optional: You can makeindividual selections such as class or taggroup, proficiency scale, test cut -off scores,and report label)Select WV Westest 2 Online WritingPractice Prompts. Select the essay youwant the report for and click create.Select My Reports.Writing Gain Report:This report list the students percentagegains broken down by the 5 writingdimension using each selected prompt.Check Report Results and click Go. SelectClass Reports.Click Writing Gain, and click next. (Optional:You can make individual selections such asclass or tag group, proficiency scale, test cut-off scores, and report label)Select WV Westest 2 Online WritingPractice Prompts. Select ALL the essays youwant the report for and click create. SelectMy Reports.From here you can read, rescore, comment,and print the student's essay.LOGIN for Studentshttp://student.wvwrites.comSite Code:User name: Student WVEIS # with a Obefore the 400Password: First letter of their first nameand first 4 letters of their last name with nospaces.Student Printing(3 pages) From your story click Score andScore again. At the bottom of the page withthe colored bars you can print. This is a 3page report that shows the essay thestudent wrote, their score, and abreakdown of the writing dimension.(1 page) From your story click Score andScore again. At the bottom of the page withthe colored bars click FINISH (even if thestudent isn't finished-they can still work ontheir writing) You will be back at thebeginning screen. On the same line of yourstory click the magnifying glass. This willdisplay your story. Click print (print draftwill give you a little more space betweenlines but if the story is long it will run ontwo pages) and when the little windowopen click print again. This is a great reportfor the teacher to see what the student iswriting and to have the student edit theirwork*When the PDF file turns from gray to red -click on it and see your class's results. Youcan print from this page. 2013 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 4TH & 5TH GRADE WRITING FOLDER10