On 9/17/09, Confused w/ RTI wrote:
> What form of writing are they tested on for your achievement
tests? If they are tested in a certain genre I would work on
that genre. Do you use 6-trait? We have a state exam for
writing at grades 4,8,and 11 and they are scored on 6-trait
writing. Sooo, you could: 1)find out what genre they
will be expected to write for the test this year 2) Create a
rubric correlating with the way the test is scored
6-trait, etc. 3) Your test score could be your baseline or
"pretest" 4)Teach, model, practice 5) progress monitor by
having student write and score with rubric

I personally believe in starting by writing together,
modeling your thought process just like you would with reading
then gradually releasing responsibility. Hope this helps!
Christina

Our team of 7th grade teachers is responsible for targeting
> a group of about 15 students who performed poorly on the
> written portion of ISATs (Illinois Standards Achievement
> Test).
>
> We need to come up with a way to pre-assess them, create an
> intervention, and track progress. We're confused because
> there are so many different forms of writing. We decided to
> focus on writing a paragraph that contains a topic
> sentence, details and a closing sentence---something that
> sounds easy, but a lot of kids aren't doing this!
>
> Can anyone offer a way that we can track progress? Or offer
> any other suggestions if you don't think the basic
> paragraph is the way to go. Thanks!!

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