3. Writing Tasks for School One word answers Fill-in-the-blank worksheet Note taking One sentence/phrase Test questions PowerPoint bullets One paragraph Test questions Book reports ISAT extended response Multiple paragraph (ISAT) Narrative Persuasive Expository
4. Organization Writing Task-Analysis Written output Fine motor skills Typing skills Spelling Grammar Punctuation Organization/Logic Comprehension and creative ideas Punctuation ideas
5. Measuring output skills DeCoste “Written Productivity Profile (2003) Directions and protocol available on the Special Drive Avg. words per minute = total # letters in 1 minute divided by 5
6. Measuring Basic Writing Skills Manual Tools Writing CBM Spelling Grammar Punctuation Software Tools MS Word Letter/word count Tools>Word Count
7. Measuring Writing Content Manual Tools ISAT rubric 6 + 1 Traits Software Tools MS Word Readability level Word count of specific length www.wordcounter.com Word use statistics www.wordle.net Word use visual
13. Writing Tools Portable keyboards Tool Options AlphaSmart 3000 AlphaSmart Neo AlphaSmart Dana Fusion Laptop Features Word processing Spell check Thesaurus* Word prediction* Text to speech* * Some models
14. Writing Tools Computer with word processor Microsoft Word Spell check Grammar check Tracked changes Comment bubbles Color highlighters Bulleted outlines Tables Form Fields
