writing

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Here are the early writing assessment sheets taken from the "Developing Early Literacy" textbook, i used these assessment sheets to interpret the skill my student had in both writing fluency and ability. = =



My student did not wish to write about the text, so i asked him to bring me a sample of writing he had done in school. Here is the sample of writing i used from the student i interviewed:



Today we arrived at Magnetic Island on a ferry. When we were showed to our rooms i got a bottom bunk. Then we played some games we played hockey i got a blood nose. Then it was time to have morning tea. After that we had lunch. I went beachwalking. When we got back a parkranger came to see us. He showed us lots of things. Then we were aloud to have freeplay. We played with balls.

__**Emergent and Early Writing Assessment Sheet (Hill: pg. 290)**__

Written Language: 5 The written example contained several sentences, with punctuation, but could not exaclty be described as a paragraph, so a score of 5 was given.

Ideas: 5 The student was clearly recording their own ideas, with a clear understanding that his writing was conveying a message.

Text Conventions: 4.5 The student showed some punctuation, and although the spelling is good, no attempt to check the spelling and punctuation was made. However, all the rudimentary text conventions on lower levels were evident.

I decided against using the more complex writing assessment sheet (Hill: pg. 292), as it did not seem relevant for my student, as they are still an emergent and early writer. I determined this as the child was obviously score below 10, immediately recommending them for the Early Years test instead.

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