This document discusses assessing writing skills in the classroom. It begins by outlining the key sub-skills involved in writing like mechanics, structure, expression, and provides examples of exercises that can help assess these skills. It then shows a rubric that teachers can use to evaluate students' writing abilities in different sub-skills on a scale from 1 to 5. The rubric also outlines the criteria for the highest and lowest performance levels. It encourages describing intermediate steps. Finally, it provides some dos and don'ts for effectively assessing student writing like giving clear feedback without disheartening students.

1. assessing writing

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3. Overview
Classroom
Practice
Aspects
of Writing
Developing
Writing
Exercise &
Rubric
Sheet
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Dos and
Don’ts

4. Classroom Practices
How do we assess writing skill in our
classroom?
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5. Writing Sub-Skills
Mechanics & Stucture
a) a)
b) b) Shape, size & strokes
Form
a) ……….
b) ……….
c) Subject-verb agreement
Expression
a) Figures of speech.
b) Tone
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6. Writing Sub-Skills
Mechanics & Stucture
a) Capitals and small
b) Shape, size & strokes
c) Spellings
d) Punctuation
Form
a) Syntax & Sentence
Structure
b) Preposition, articles etc
c) Subject-verb agreement
d) Tenses
Expression
a) Relevance
b) Style
c) Clarity of thoughts
d) Flow of thoughts
e) Figures of speech
f) Homogeneous
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7. Look at the board and copy.
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1..
A cat.
A fat cat.
A fat cat sat on a mat.
A fat cat saw a rat.

8. Which Sub-Skills can be Assessed With This Exercise?
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9. Which Sub-Skills can be Assessed With This Exercise?
Shape, Size
and Stroke
Capital and
Small
Spellings

10. 10
Sr.
No.
Sub – skill 1 2 3 4 5
1. Capital
and Small
Jumbles
capitals
and small
case.
Confuses in few letters.
(e.g. K-k, J-j etc)
Writes correct case
letters when asked to
write separately, but
commits mistake
while writing words.
Commits occasional
mistakes.
Uses correct case
letters everywhere.
2. Shape Doesn’t
write at all.
Jumbles shapes of letters.
e,.g. b-d, p-q etc.
Writes few letters with
irregular shape.
Few letters are
incorrect.
Appropriate shape.
3. Size Doesn’t
write at all.
Writes too big or too small
letters
Writes few letters
.
Few letters are
incorrect.
Correct size.
4. Stroke Doesn’t
write at all.
Writes with incorrect
strokes.
Writes few letters Strokes of few letters
are incorrect.
Uses appropriate
strokes.
5. Spacing Doesn’t
write at all.
Writes few letters Writes with uneven
spacing
Spacing is uneven at
few places.
Appropriate
spacing.
5. Spellings. Doesn’t
write at all.
Writes few letters. Copies letter-by –
letter from board.
Writes few words by
reading on board.
Reads complete
word and writes.

11. 11
Sr.
No.
Student’s
Name
Capital
and
Small
Shape Size Stroke Spacing Spelling
s
Total
1. Hrushikesh 4 4 4 3 3 3 4
2. Pradnya 2 3 4 3 4 4 4
3. Divya 4 3 4 3 4 4 4

12. Tasks
Trace the shape
Look and Write
Listen and write (Words)
Listen and write
(sentences)
Fill in the blanks
Running dictation
Answer the questions
Self Introduction
Filling form
Watch the picture and
answer.
Picture description
Describing an event
Essay writing
Letter writing
Story writing (by giving
points)
Writing application.

13. Write 5 lines to introduce yourself.
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2..
Std. 5th

14. Analytical Rubrics: Step 1: Identifying Sub-skills.
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Sr.
No.
Sub-skill 1 2 3 4 5
1. Capitals and small
2. Shape, size & strokes
3. Spellings
4. Punctuation
5. Syntax & Sentence Structure
6. Preposition, articles etc
7. Subject-verb agreement
8. Tenses
9. Relevance

15. Step 2: Describe the perfect submission.
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Sub-skill 1 2 3 4 5
1. Capitals and small Uses correct case letters
everywhere.
2. Shape, size & strokes Appropriate shape, size
and correct strokes.
3. Spellings All words are spelled
correctly.
4. Punctuation Correct us of punctuation
marks,
5. Syntax & Sentence Structure Correctly structured
sentences.
6. Preposition, articles etc Correct use of preposition
and articles.
7. Subject-verb agreement Correct use of preposition
and articles.
8. Tenses Correct use of tenses.
9. Relevance Sentences are relevant to
the topic.

16. Step 2: Describe the lowest possible level.
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Sub-skill 1 2 3 4 5
1. Capitals and small Doesn’t write at all. Uses correct case letters
everywhere.
2. Shape, size & strokes Appropriate shape, size
and correct strokes.
3. Spellings No word is spelled
correctly.
All words are spelled
correctly.
4. Punctuation Punctuations are not
used at all.
Correct us of punctuation
marks,
5. Syntax & Sentence Structure Correctly structured
sentences.
6. Preposition, articles etc No use of prepositions
and articles.
Correct use of preposition
and articles.
7. Subject-verb agreement No or incorrect use of
verbs.
Correct use of preposition
and articles.
8. Tenses Correct use of tenses.
9. Relevance All writing is irrelevant, Sentences are relevant to
the topic.

17. Step 3: Describe intermediate steps.
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Sub-skill 1 2 3 4 5
1. Capitals and small Doesn’t write at all. Uses correct case letters
everywhere.
2. Shape, size & strokes Appropriate shape, size
and correct strokes.
3. Spellings No word is spelled
correctly.
All words are spelled
correctly.
4. Punctuation Punctuations are not
used at all.
Correct us of punctuation
marks,
5. Syntax & Sentence Structure Correctly structured
sentences.
6. Preposition, articles etc No use of prepositions
and articles.
Correct use of preposition
and articles.
7. Subject-verb agreement No or incorrect use of
verbs.
Correct use of preposition
and articles.
8. Tenses Correct use of tenses.
9. Relevance All writing is irrelevant, Sentences are relevant to
the topic.

18. Dos And Don’ts
Dos
a) Give a clear idea .
b) Set an example.
c) Follow a consistent process.
d) Develop a culture of self
assessment.
Don’ts
a) Dishearten students.
b) Over grade
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Any questions?
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