Released 2015 Assessment: Language, Writing - …

1 Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics: Primary Division, 2015. Released Assessment: Item-Specific Rubrics and Sample Student Responses with Annotations Student Booklet: English, Writing EQAO, 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, ON M5B 2M9 1-888-327-7377 Web site: 2011 Queen's Printer for Ontario EQAO, 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, ON M5B 2M9 1-888-327-7377 Web site: 2011 Queen's Printer for Ontario EQAO, 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, ON M5B 2M9 1-888-327-7377 Web site: 2015 Queen's Printer for Ontario Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Topic Development Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Q: What is your favour ite subject in school? Wr ite a par agr aph to shar e with your teacher explaining why it is your favourite subject. Code Descriptor B Blank: nothing written or drawn in the space provided Illegible: cannot be read; completely crossed out / erased; not written in English OR.

2 Irrelevant content: does not attempt assigned prompt ( , comment on the task, drawings, I ? , ! , I don't know ). OR. Off topic: no relationship of written work to assigned prompt OR. Errors in conventions prevent communication Response is not developed; ideas and information are limited and unclear. Organization* is random with no links between ideas. Response has a limited relationship to the assigned 10 task.**. Response is minimally developed with few ideas and little information. 20 Organization* is minimal with weak links between ideas. Response is partly related to the assigned task.**. Response has a clear focus, adequately developed with ideas and supporting details. Organi- 30 zation* is simple or mechanical with adequate links between ideas. Response is clearly relat- ed to the assigned task.**. Response has a clear focus, well-developed with sufficient specific and relevant ideas and 40 supporting details.

3 Organization* is logical and coherent with effective links between ideas. Response has a thorough relationship to the assigned task.**. *Organization refers to the sequencing of information and events. The links may be explicit ( , transition words) or implicit (the right information at the right time). **Task refers to form, purpose and audience. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Topic Development Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 10. Annotation: Response is not developed; ideas and suppor ting details for the choice of favour ite subject in school are limited ( , ..Gym because we play batmanten and it is so mach fun.). Response has a limited relationship to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Topic Development Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 20. Annotation: Response is minimally developed, with few ideas about the favour ite subject in school (.)

4 Math because i like adding and subtracting and mltipling and divding and problem salving, shaps, Patterns and many more. And im good at it.). Response does not clearly explain why it is the student's favourite subject. Organization is minimal with weak links between ideas. Response is partly related to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Topic Development Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 30. Annotation: Response has a clear focus, with adequately developed ideas about the favour ite subject in school ( , math because I'm super good at do it all the time at my house with my mom and ) and supporting details for why ( , I love to count, and I expecailly love adding and multiplication even do it on the ). Organization is simple with adequate links between ideas and simple opening and closing sentences ( , My favourite subject is lso A nd that's my favourite subject and why I like it.

5 Response is clearly related to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Topic Development Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 40. Annotation: Response has a clear focus, with well-developed ideas about the favourite subject in school ( , in gym you do lots of fun get get to play in class you don't get to ) and spe- cific and relevant supporting details for why ( , ..soccer, basketball, warm up for gym so that we are ready we run 3 laps across the class we do math and Writing in gym we do sports and games.). Organi- zation is logical, with an opening sentence and closing sentence and clear links between ideas ( , My favourite subject in school is like chose school gym rocks.). Response has a thorough relationship to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Conventions Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Q: What is your favour ite subject in school?

6 Wr ite a par agr aph to shar e with your teacher explaining why it is your favourite subject. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Conventions Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 10. Annotation: Response has er r or s in conventions ( , the r esponse is a r un-on sentence; a verb tense error: it have cravety; incorrect word choice: fee for free'; missing the s' in the contraction it's'; misspelled words: cravety, yor, wundallf, feling, druing, druy) that interfere with communication. The response contains no correctly punctuated sentences. Response does not demonstrate control of grade-level conventions. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Conventions Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 20. Annotation: Response has er r or s in conventions ( , two incomplete sentences; missing commas in a list; misspelled words: exersize, aquitment, dich) that do not interfere with communication.

7 The response demonstrates control of simple sentences. Response demonstrates control of some grade-level conventions. Scoring Guide for Short Writing (2015). Conventions Favourite Subject in School Question C13. Code 30. Annotation: Response uses conventions appr opr iately to communicate ( , cor r ect use of beginning and ending punctuation). Some errors exist ( , misplaced uppercase letters: A rt, Draw; a misspelled word: subget). The response demonstrates consistent control of compound sentences. Response demonstrates control of grade-level conventions. Scoring Guide for Long Writing (2015). Topic Development Change Size Question D7. Q: One day you fall asleep and wake up the size of a _____. Write an adventure story about what it is like to be your new size and what you do that day. Code Descriptor B Blank: nothing written or drawn in the space provided Illegible: cannot be read; completely crossed out / erased; not written in English OR.

8 Irrelevant content: does not attempt assigned prompt ( , comment on the task, drawings, I ? , ! , I don't know ). OR. Off topic: no relationship of written work to assigned prompt OR. Errors in conventions prevent communication Response is not developed; ideas and information are limited and unclear. Organization* is random with no links between ideas. Response has a limited relationship to the assigned 10 task.**. Response is minimally developed with few ideas and little information. 20 Organization* is minimal with weak links between ideas. Response is partly related to the assigned task.**. Response has a clear focus, adequately developed with ideas and supporting details. Organi- 30 zation* is simple or mechanical with adequate links between ideas. Response is clearly relat- ed to the assigned task.**. Response has a clear focus, well-developed with sufficient specific and relevant ideas and 40 supporting details.

9 Organization* is logical and coherent with effective links between ideas. Response has a thorough relationship to the assigned task.**. *Organization refers to the sequencing of information and events. The links may be explicit ( , transition words) or implicit (the right information at the right time). **Task refers to form, purpose and audience. Scoring Guide for Long Writing (2015). Topic Development Change Size Question D7. Code 10. Annotation: Response is not developed; ideas ( , ..I fall asleep and wak e up the size of a look went in a and waked up and I was back to normal.) and supporting details are limited ( , ..everything was superbig I could drive ). Organization is random with no links between ideas. Response has a limited relationship to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Long Writing (2015). Topic Development Change Size Question D7. Code 20. Annotation: Response is minimally developed with few ideas (.)

10 A giant I sat down got saw a plane coming beside saw children playing below me I was so happy I was the tallest person in the saw through the windows of tall ) and simple supporting details ( , ..I was so tall I. can see on top the was thousands of saw a bird's nest and I helped a baby bird bird landed on my shoulder.). Organization is minimal with weak links between ideas. Response is partly related to the assigned task. Scoring Guide for Long Writing (2015). Topic Development Change Size Question D7. Code 30. Annotation: Response has a clear focus with adequately developed ideas ( , wok e up the size of a toy couldn t believe what happened to looked for my mom and went downstairs to have pet cat started chasing ran into a whole to get away from the cat.) and adequate support- ing details ( , ..no one was at could only eat the crumbs from the leftover ). Organiza- tion is simple with adequate links between ideas.