K-12 Writing Portfolio Protocol2013-2014

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Table of Contents General Portfolio Information.................................................................................................................................3Pender County Schools Scoring Rubrics.................................................................................................................4Best Practices for PCS Writing Portfolio................................................................................................................4Sample Prompts and Exemplars..............................................................................................................................5Sample K-12 Teacher-Student Writing Conference Form......................................................................................6

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General Portfolio Information

TimelineContent

AreaWriting Type

PromptResources &

Rubrics DatesFall/Winter

Prompt-Sample

Exemplar 1 -Collected by March 1

(LA, Sci, SS, Math)-

pick one

Narrative OR

Informative OR

Argumentative/Opinion

Prompt of the teacher/school’s choice

Sample Prompts are provided on the next page.

Grade Specific District Writing

Rubric For Genre Chosen for

Winter Prompt

All documents should be dated

on or before March 1

Spring Prompt-Sample

Exemplar 2 -Collected by last day of school

(LA, Sci, SS, Math)-pick one not

used in Sample 1

A genre not used for the fall prompt/sample 1

Prompt of the teacher/school’s choice

Grade Specific District Writing

Rubric For Genre Chosen for

Spring Prompt

All documents should be dated

on or before the last day of

school

At Least One Sample Collected for the Portfolio Must Include Evidence of the Writing Process. These evidences for each student sample include:

Prewriting --A dated outline, planning document, or graphic organizer completed by student Draft(s) -- At least one early attempt at writing the sample. The draft(s) contain mistakes and/or areas for revi-

sions. Teacher-Student Writing Conference --(This document should be dated and show evidence of at least one writ-

ing conference held between the teacher and student . The evidence should include conference notes and/or an annotated rubric and feedback comments for the student to use in his/her revision.)

Revision(s)--At least one revised version of the paper dated after the Teacher-Student Writing Conference. Published Product--A final copy that has been prepared for publishing and shared with an audience. (Examples

of publishing include evidence that it was displayed for others, made into a book, illustrated, and/or word pro-cessed, etc)

District Scoring Rubric completed by teacher—(This document should be dated and attached to the final product)

Providing evidences of the full writing process for all portfolio samples is preferred and will be required for all student submissions in 2014-2015.

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Pender County Schools Scoring Rubrics

http://pcsesccpd.pbworks.com/

Best Practices for PCS Writing Portfolio

Preparation of Student Exemplar Samples

Portfolio samples are intended to be in class assignments that are completed over a series of lessons with appropriate teacher support. They should never be assigned as homework.

Students should not collaborate with other students on their drafts or final products. Each student must turn in their own unique responses. Collaboration during planning/pre-writing, conferencing, and publishing is acceptable. Students may not solicit assistance from their parents.

Before starting the assignment, review the appropriate rubric with students so that they understand how their writing will be assessed. If students have questions about the instructions, teachers should answer them.

Encourage students to use appropriate tools such as text evidences, note cards, research articles, graphic organizers, and writing folders as they prepare their samples.

Students should create a written plan (graphic organizer, outline, etc) for their writing before drafting their response. Planning the response will directly affect the focus, organization, and support.) Note: It is a good idea to staple the planning page to the written assignment. This allows teachers to see what “holes” exist between a plan and the written product and can help support the teacher-student writing conference work.

This is not a timed assessment. Give students as much time as they need to complete the assignment. It is reasonable to expect that some portfolio samples could take many class periods/weeks to complete all phases of the writing process.

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Sample Prompts and Exemplars

These can be used or modified, but are not required. Schools can prepare their own grade-level or school-wide prompts and collect sample exemplars. K-12 Prompts with Exemplar Standards-Vermont Writing Collaborativehttp://www.achievethecore.org/content/upload/Big_1_DR8.12.pdf

Common Core Exemplars-CCSS Appendix Chttp://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_C.pdf

Oregon Department of EducationThese student writing samples have been annotated to illustrate the criteria required to meet the Common Core State Standards for particular types of writing—argument, informative/explanatory text, and narrative—in a given grade. 

Kindergarten       Grade 1

Grade 2               Grade 3

Grade 4              Grade 5

Grade 6               Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9               Grade 10

Grade 11             Grade 12

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Sample K-12 Teacher-Student Writing Conference Form

K-12 Writing Conference Record

Teacher:________________________Student:_____________________ Grade____To ensure accurate results of student growth, record anecdotal notes on each mode of writing including unit of study, and student’s strengths and areas for improvement. Please consult the standards progression continuum for guidance.

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Argument Date of Conference

Informational/Explanatory Writing Date of Conference

Narrative Writing Date of Conference

Class Data / School Name

Time of Year : Fall/Winter/Spring Teacher/Grade: _________________

Last, First Prewriting First Draft

Teacher/student Writing

Conference Evidence

Revisions/Drafts

Published Product

Rubric Score

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Principal Tracking Form/ School Name

Time of Year : Fall/Winter/Spring Prepared by (signature):____________________

Teacher Name (last, first)

# of students in class

# of students who completed all evidences of writing portfolio

sample 1

# of students who completed all evidences of writing portfolio

sample 2Rubric Average

Score

Notes/Additional Information

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K-5 Writing Continuum

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6-12 Writing Continuum

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