This document provides four samples of short reports written by students at different proficiency levels. The reports cover a variety of topics including student field placements, personal educational progress, campus life investigations, and comparisons of technologies relevant to film and television programs. The samples illustrate how report writing can vary across levels in terms of structure, analysis, visual design, and logical development despite differing in topics and formats.
The document outlines a rubric for assessing writing skills. The rubric evaluates several criteria, including handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, coverage of topic, clarity of ideas, quality of information, organization of information, language, completeness/conclusion, and bibliography. The rubric rates students on a scale from 1 to 4 on each criteria, with 4 being "excellent" and 1 being "needs to improve." The significance of the rubric is that it allows teachers to clearly explain student work and expectations, promote awareness of evaluation criteria, increase student responsibility, and serve as a tool for effective assessment to help students improve their writing skills.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing skills, including the historical context of writing, genres of written language, types of writing performance, microskills and macroskills involved in writing, and issues in designing assessment tasks to evaluate different types of writing. It provides examples of assessment tasks that could be used to evaluate imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive writing abilities. These include spelling tests, picture description tasks, grammatical transformation exercises, paragraph construction, and impromptu essay topics like those seen on the Test of Written English.
The document provides a rubric for assessing exposition writing in 5 areas: structure, language, spelling, punctuation, and writing process. It rates student work on a scale from 0 to 2.75. Higher scores are given for including more elements in writing structure like introductions, arguments, and conclusions. Language use is assessed based on vocabulary, sentence structure, and voice. Spelling, punctuation, and editing skills are also evaluated. The rubric is intended as a guide for teachers to use when moderating the writing process and student work.
This document discusses assessing students' writing skills. It describes four types of written performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves basic spelling and short sentences. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research papers. The document also discusses designing assessment tasks and scoring methods for each type of writing.
The writing rubric analyzes student essays across five traits: organization, sentence structure, usage, mechanics, and format. For each trait, descriptors are provided for performance levels 1 through 5, with 1 being inadequate and 5 being exemplary. The oral presentation rubric also uses a 5-point scale to holistically evaluate student speeches based on how clearly the topic is addressed, volume, eye contact, use of visual aids, and organization.
The document outlines assessment criteria for a paper 2 written production exam at both the higher and subsidiary levels. It describes 3 criteria: A) Task/Message, B) Presentation, and C) Language. Each criterion is broken down into descriptive bands ranging from 0-10 that examiners can use to assess a candidate's performance on that criterion for the exam. The bands describe the level of execution, structure, ideas, argumentation, and language usage that correspond to scores within the 0-10 range.
Here is a draft postcard from a visitor in their hometown:
May 5, 2022
Dear Ahmed,
I'm back visiting my hometown of Jeddah. It's so nice to be back where I grew up. The corniche is as beautiful as ever with people walking and cycling along the sea. I stopped by the old souq and enjoyed browsing the spice and fabric shops. The smells transported me back to my childhood. I'm having kushari for lunch at one of our favorite places. I bought you back some baklawa and oranges from the local market. I wish you could visit your family with me. I'll be back in Cairo next week.
Missing you,
Y
Holistic grading methods evaluate essays as a whole rather than as a sum of parts. A holistic scoring rubric describes the characteristics of excellent, good, and weaker essays. An excellent essay clearly states a position, provides original evidence to support it and refute counterarguments, and makes relationships between ideas clear. A good essay also states a position and addresses counterarguments but may have minor issues. Weaker essays have problems like lack of evidence, organization, or addressing counterarguments.
The document outlines a rubric for assessing writing skills. The rubric evaluates several criteria, including handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, coverage of topic, clarity of ideas, quality of information, organization of information, language, completeness/conclusion, and bibliography. The rubric rates students on a scale from 1 to 4 on each criteria, with 4 being "excellent" and 1 being "needs to improve." The significance of the rubric is that it allows teachers to clearly explain student work and expectations, promote awareness of evaluation criteria, increase student responsibility, and serve as a tool for effective assessment to help students improve their writing skills.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing skills, including the historical context of writing, genres of written language, types of writing performance, microskills and macroskills involved in writing, and issues in designing assessment tasks to evaluate different types of writing. It provides examples of assessment tasks that could be used to evaluate imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive writing abilities. These include spelling tests, picture description tasks, grammatical transformation exercises, paragraph construction, and impromptu essay topics like those seen on the Test of Written English.
The document provides a rubric for assessing exposition writing in 5 areas: structure, language, spelling, punctuation, and writing process. It rates student work on a scale from 0 to 2.75. Higher scores are given for including more elements in writing structure like introductions, arguments, and conclusions. Language use is assessed based on vocabulary, sentence structure, and voice. Spelling, punctuation, and editing skills are also evaluated. The rubric is intended as a guide for teachers to use when moderating the writing process and student work.
This document discusses assessing students' writing skills. It describes four types of written performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves basic spelling and short sentences. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research papers. The document also discusses designing assessment tasks and scoring methods for each type of writing.
The writing rubric analyzes student essays across five traits: organization, sentence structure, usage, mechanics, and format. For each trait, descriptors are provided for performance levels 1 through 5, with 1 being inadequate and 5 being exemplary. The oral presentation rubric also uses a 5-point scale to holistically evaluate student speeches based on how clearly the topic is addressed, volume, eye contact, use of visual aids, and organization.
The document outlines assessment criteria for a paper 2 written production exam at both the higher and subsidiary levels. It describes 3 criteria: A) Task/Message, B) Presentation, and C) Language. Each criterion is broken down into descriptive bands ranging from 0-10 that examiners can use to assess a candidate's performance on that criterion for the exam. The bands describe the level of execution, structure, ideas, argumentation, and language usage that correspond to scores within the 0-10 range.
Here is a draft postcard from a visitor in their hometown:
May 5, 2022
Dear Ahmed,
I'm back visiting my hometown of Jeddah. It's so nice to be back where I grew up. The corniche is as beautiful as ever with people walking and cycling along the sea. I stopped by the old souq and enjoyed browsing the spice and fabric shops. The smells transported me back to my childhood. I'm having kushari for lunch at one of our favorite places. I bought you back some baklawa and oranges from the local market. I wish you could visit your family with me. I'll be back in Cairo next week.
Missing you,
Y
Holistic grading methods evaluate essays as a whole rather than as a sum of parts. A holistic scoring rubric describes the characteristics of excellent, good, and weaker essays. An excellent essay clearly states a position, provides original evidence to support it and refute counterarguments, and makes relationships between ideas clear. A good essay also states a position and addresses counterarguments but may have minor issues. Weaker essays have problems like lack of evidence, organization, or addressing counterarguments.
The document discusses different types of writing assessments and tasks. It describes responsive, imitative, and intensive writing assessments. It then discusses microskills like handwriting and orthographic patterns as well as macroskills like using rhetorical forms and communication functions. The document provides examples of imitative writing assessment tasks, which involve copying, listening, and spelling tests. It also gives examples of intensive writing tasks like dictation, vocabulary tests, and picture-cued sentence and story writing.
Analytic scoring involves scoring separate parts or criteria of a performance or product individually and then summing the scores to obtain a total score. The document provides an example of an analytic rubric for rating composition tasks. The rubric contains five criteria: organization, logical development of ideas, grammar, punctuation/mechanics, and style/quality of expression. Each criterion is scored on a scale from 1 to 4, with descriptors provided for each level.
Modul bahasa inggris xi unit 3 analytical expositionsman 2 mataram
Respond to analytical exposition text
Identify various generic structure of analytical exposition
Write analytical exposition text using correct structure
What is Analytical Exposition?
Analytical Exposition Text
Here are outlines for two different types of essays:
I. Why Patriotism is Important (3 Reasons)
Paragraph 1: Introduction (thesis: Patriotism is important for 3 reasons)
Paragraph 2: Reason 1: Patriotism unites citizens around shared values and culture.
Paragraph 3: Reason 2: Patriotism promotes national pride and positive national identity.
Paragraph 4: Reason 3: Patriotism encourages civic participation and willingness to defend the nation.
Paragraph 5: Conclusion (restate thesis and importance of patriotism)
II. How to Teach Essay Writing (3 Methods)
Paragraph 1: Introduction (thesis: There are 3
Writing is a complex process that allows writers to explore ideas and thoughts. It involves concretizing sentences and thinking in the language being written. Writing styles can be technical, factual, and objective, or creative, imaginative, and subjective. The writing process involves pre-writing like identifying topics, gathering research, and outlining; writing a first draft; revising through adding, rearranging, removing, and replacing content; editing for clarity, grammar, and style; and publishing. Key aspects of writing include understanding purpose, audience, and structure, and using clear, correct, concise, and complete language.
This document outlines a lesson plan on analyzing the properties of well-written texts. The lesson will focus on organization, coherence and cohesion. Students will watch video clips, complete a pre-reading assessment, and read sample narratives. They will evaluate the narratives for organization and coherence/cohesion. A post-reading assessment will test their understanding of these concepts. Students will also complete writing activities differentiated by ability level. The lesson aims to help students understand and identify the key properties that make a text well written.
- The document outlines grading criteria for a two-part portfolio assignment, with mark ranges from 90-100 (exceptional pass) to 20-29 (needs significant revision to pass).
- Higher marks are earned by thoroughly addressing the learning outcomes, using relevant examples, explaining the process of selecting materials, comparing and evaluating articles, justifying article choices, writing clearly with few errors, and properly formatting references.
- Lower marks are earned by partially addressing or not fully addressing the learning outcomes, using few or no examples, briefly or unclearly explaining processes, showing little awareness of article arguments, giving unclear justifications, having multiple writing and referencing errors, and disorganized presentation.
The document contains two rubrics to evaluate students' reading comprehension and writing skills. The first rubric is for evaluating an essay assignment and measures layout, language use, use of evidence, and coherence. The second rubric evaluates a reading assignment based on use of reading strategies, interpretation, analysis, and genre identification. Both rubrics assess students on a scale of excellent to unsatisfactory based on demonstration of skills taught in class.
The document contains two rubrics to evaluate students' reading comprehension and writing skills. The first rubric is for evaluating essays and measures layout, use of language, use of evidence, and coherence. The second rubric evaluates reading comprehension based on use of reading strategies, interpretation, analysis, and understanding of genres. Both rubrics assess students on a scale of excellent to unsatisfactory.
The document outlines the content and assignments for a communication course over 4 weeks. Week 1 covers communication models and careers. Assignments include writing a paper on communication careers and responding to discussion questions. Week 2 focuses on self-concept and identity. Assignments involve writing about stereotypes and completing a self-esteem worksheet. Week 3 distinguishes verbal from nonverbal communication. Assignments include analyzing a sitcom and discussing listening styles. Week 4 examines interpersonal communication and relationships. Assignments consist of completing a worksheet and conducting a collaborative interview project.
The document discusses the characteristics of an effective research assignment and provides a suggested assignment template. It emphasizes that assignments should be clear, relevant to course goals, specify required resources, and have a clear timeline. The template includes sections for the course information, assignment description and instructions, required resources, timeline, format requirements, length, and penalties. It also provides a grading rubric with criteria for different performance levels and identifies online writing help resources.
Building Units of Effective Writing (in English)trinorei22
We all do our research and put an effort in making a clear and an accurate presentation, but I'd be glad if this could help especially for those who are taking major in English and the like. Good luck!
A proper credit would be appreciated.
• Jay-ar A. Padernal, BSEd Major in English, University of Mindanao
This document outlines the course details, requirements, policies, and schedule for WRI 102: Reading and Writing across the Curriculum at American University of Sharjah. The course focuses on developing critical reading, thinking, and analytical writing skills. Students will practice critical reading strategies, respond to readings, and develop their academic writing abilities. The course assessments include essays, summaries, reading responses, quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. Students are expected to regularly attend class, participate, complete all assignments on time, and adhere to the university's academic integrity and technology policies. Tutoring support is available at the university writing center.
This document provides information about an Academic Writing course taught at the American University of Sharjah during the spring 2009 semester. It outlines the course description, objectives, assignments, assessments, policies, and schedule. The course is designed to help students master literacy skills for university through instruction and practice in reading and writing strategies. Students will complete essays, reading responses, and other assignments. Assessment will include essays, reading responses, quizzes, a midterm, and final exam. Attendance, participation, and following academic policies are required. The course meets multiple times per week over 15 weeks and covers topics like thesis statements, organization, grammar, and essay types.
Students progress through developmental levels in their writing strategies from emergent writing to more advanced skills. The document provides progression points and indicators of progress for writing strategy from 0.5 to level 3. It describes the developing abilities around planning, drafting, editing and publishing writing at each level.
The document provides information about the Keystone Exams being administered in December 2012 at the school. It outlines the exam subjects and dates, describes the exam format and time allotted, and notes accommodations for students needing extra time. It also provides sample exam questions and constructed response prompts, details scoring guidelines, and offers testing advice and security reminders for students.
The document provides an evaluative review of the Iran Language Institute's Course Book #4. It summarizes the book's components, target skills, and use of an audio-lingual approach. The review identifies several weaknesses, including artificial dialogs, insufficient grammar explanations, and a lack of authenticity. Suggestions are made to improve the book by including phonetic transcriptions, more natural dialogs, and a focus on developing writing skills through practice.
This module aims to develop students' communicative competence in English through integrated skills. It will focus on identifying grammar structures, vocabulary, and language functions to describe various situations. Students will practice applying their English skills through tasks based on real-life contexts like business services, social events, and service quality. Learning activities will include listening, speaking, group work and problem-based learning to develop students' language abilities and collaborative skills. Assessment will evaluate students' ability to communicate effectively in English.
Assessment & Curriculum Design for International Graduate Studentsnancyabney
The document discusses an assessment of international graduate students' academic English skills and a curriculum designed to support students. It found that despite adequate TOEFL scores, only 5-6% of students possessed the expected communication skills, with 44-51% needing intermediate support and 47-51% requiring extensive language intervention. A series of academic writing and speaking courses were created to enhance students' oral and written proficiency in skills needed for graduate-level work like presenting research, publishing papers, and participating in discussions.
This document discusses depictions of Jesus Christ as a socialist or political agitator in early 20th century American literature and folk music. It focuses on the character of Jim Casy in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, who is portrayed as a Christ-like figure working to advocate for migrant workers' rights, and is ultimately killed for his activism. The document also discusses similar portrayals of Jesus in the works of poet Woody Guthrie, arguing these works presented an alternative "folk christology" that saw Jesus as fighting for economic justice alongside the poor and oppressed.
Samantha Thomas is a successful 35-year-old social worker and therapist. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in social work from Dalhousie University. Thomas works for Children's Aid Society and runs her own counseling business. She was interviewed by Isaac Thomas for a school assignment. During the interview, Thomas discussed her educational background and career path, which involved working in group homes and volunteering. She also talked about enjoying helping others through her work as a therapist, while finding other parts of the job more stressful. The interview provided Isaac with insights into Thomas's successful career and advice for his own education.
The document discusses different types of writing assessments and tasks. It describes responsive, imitative, and intensive writing assessments. It then discusses microskills like handwriting and orthographic patterns as well as macroskills like using rhetorical forms and communication functions. The document provides examples of imitative writing assessment tasks, which involve copying, listening, and spelling tests. It also gives examples of intensive writing tasks like dictation, vocabulary tests, and picture-cued sentence and story writing.
Analytic scoring involves scoring separate parts or criteria of a performance or product individually and then summing the scores to obtain a total score. The document provides an example of an analytic rubric for rating composition tasks. The rubric contains five criteria: organization, logical development of ideas, grammar, punctuation/mechanics, and style/quality of expression. Each criterion is scored on a scale from 1 to 4, with descriptors provided for each level.
Modul bahasa inggris xi unit 3 analytical expositionsman 2 mataram
Respond to analytical exposition text
Identify various generic structure of analytical exposition
Write analytical exposition text using correct structure
What is Analytical Exposition?
Analytical Exposition Text
Here are outlines for two different types of essays:
I. Why Patriotism is Important (3 Reasons)
Paragraph 1: Introduction (thesis: Patriotism is important for 3 reasons)
Paragraph 2: Reason 1: Patriotism unites citizens around shared values and culture.
Paragraph 3: Reason 2: Patriotism promotes national pride and positive national identity.
Paragraph 4: Reason 3: Patriotism encourages civic participation and willingness to defend the nation.
Paragraph 5: Conclusion (restate thesis and importance of patriotism)
II. How to Teach Essay Writing (3 Methods)
Paragraph 1: Introduction (thesis: There are 3
Writing is a complex process that allows writers to explore ideas and thoughts. It involves concretizing sentences and thinking in the language being written. Writing styles can be technical, factual, and objective, or creative, imaginative, and subjective. The writing process involves pre-writing like identifying topics, gathering research, and outlining; writing a first draft; revising through adding, rearranging, removing, and replacing content; editing for clarity, grammar, and style; and publishing. Key aspects of writing include understanding purpose, audience, and structure, and using clear, correct, concise, and complete language.
This document outlines a lesson plan on analyzing the properties of well-written texts. The lesson will focus on organization, coherence and cohesion. Students will watch video clips, complete a pre-reading assessment, and read sample narratives. They will evaluate the narratives for organization and coherence/cohesion. A post-reading assessment will test their understanding of these concepts. Students will also complete writing activities differentiated by ability level. The lesson aims to help students understand and identify the key properties that make a text well written.
- The document outlines grading criteria for a two-part portfolio assignment, with mark ranges from 90-100 (exceptional pass) to 20-29 (needs significant revision to pass).
- Higher marks are earned by thoroughly addressing the learning outcomes, using relevant examples, explaining the process of selecting materials, comparing and evaluating articles, justifying article choices, writing clearly with few errors, and properly formatting references.
- Lower marks are earned by partially addressing or not fully addressing the learning outcomes, using few or no examples, briefly or unclearly explaining processes, showing little awareness of article arguments, giving unclear justifications, having multiple writing and referencing errors, and disorganized presentation.
The document contains two rubrics to evaluate students' reading comprehension and writing skills. The first rubric is for evaluating an essay assignment and measures layout, language use, use of evidence, and coherence. The second rubric evaluates a reading assignment based on use of reading strategies, interpretation, analysis, and genre identification. Both rubrics assess students on a scale of excellent to unsatisfactory based on demonstration of skills taught in class.
The document contains two rubrics to evaluate students' reading comprehension and writing skills. The first rubric is for evaluating essays and measures layout, use of language, use of evidence, and coherence. The second rubric evaluates reading comprehension based on use of reading strategies, interpretation, analysis, and understanding of genres. Both rubrics assess students on a scale of excellent to unsatisfactory.
The document outlines the content and assignments for a communication course over 4 weeks. Week 1 covers communication models and careers. Assignments include writing a paper on communication careers and responding to discussion questions. Week 2 focuses on self-concept and identity. Assignments involve writing about stereotypes and completing a self-esteem worksheet. Week 3 distinguishes verbal from nonverbal communication. Assignments include analyzing a sitcom and discussing listening styles. Week 4 examines interpersonal communication and relationships. Assignments consist of completing a worksheet and conducting a collaborative interview project.
The document discusses the characteristics of an effective research assignment and provides a suggested assignment template. It emphasizes that assignments should be clear, relevant to course goals, specify required resources, and have a clear timeline. The template includes sections for the course information, assignment description and instructions, required resources, timeline, format requirements, length, and penalties. It also provides a grading rubric with criteria for different performance levels and identifies online writing help resources.
Building Units of Effective Writing (in English)trinorei22
We all do our research and put an effort in making a clear and an accurate presentation, but I'd be glad if this could help especially for those who are taking major in English and the like. Good luck!
A proper credit would be appreciated.
• Jay-ar A. Padernal, BSEd Major in English, University of Mindanao
This document outlines the course details, requirements, policies, and schedule for WRI 102: Reading and Writing across the Curriculum at American University of Sharjah. The course focuses on developing critical reading, thinking, and analytical writing skills. Students will practice critical reading strategies, respond to readings, and develop their academic writing abilities. The course assessments include essays, summaries, reading responses, quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. Students are expected to regularly attend class, participate, complete all assignments on time, and adhere to the university's academic integrity and technology policies. Tutoring support is available at the university writing center.
This document provides information about an Academic Writing course taught at the American University of Sharjah during the spring 2009 semester. It outlines the course description, objectives, assignments, assessments, policies, and schedule. The course is designed to help students master literacy skills for university through instruction and practice in reading and writing strategies. Students will complete essays, reading responses, and other assignments. Assessment will include essays, reading responses, quizzes, a midterm, and final exam. Attendance, participation, and following academic policies are required. The course meets multiple times per week over 15 weeks and covers topics like thesis statements, organization, grammar, and essay types.
Students progress through developmental levels in their writing strategies from emergent writing to more advanced skills. The document provides progression points and indicators of progress for writing strategy from 0.5 to level 3. It describes the developing abilities around planning, drafting, editing and publishing writing at each level.
The document provides information about the Keystone Exams being administered in December 2012 at the school. It outlines the exam subjects and dates, describes the exam format and time allotted, and notes accommodations for students needing extra time. It also provides sample exam questions and constructed response prompts, details scoring guidelines, and offers testing advice and security reminders for students.
The document provides an evaluative review of the Iran Language Institute's Course Book #4. It summarizes the book's components, target skills, and use of an audio-lingual approach. The review identifies several weaknesses, including artificial dialogs, insufficient grammar explanations, and a lack of authenticity. Suggestions are made to improve the book by including phonetic transcriptions, more natural dialogs, and a focus on developing writing skills through practice.
This module aims to develop students' communicative competence in English through integrated skills. It will focus on identifying grammar structures, vocabulary, and language functions to describe various situations. Students will practice applying their English skills through tasks based on real-life contexts like business services, social events, and service quality. Learning activities will include listening, speaking, group work and problem-based learning to develop students' language abilities and collaborative skills. Assessment will evaluate students' ability to communicate effectively in English.
Assessment & Curriculum Design for International Graduate Studentsnancyabney
The document discusses an assessment of international graduate students' academic English skills and a curriculum designed to support students. It found that despite adequate TOEFL scores, only 5-6% of students possessed the expected communication skills, with 44-51% needing intermediate support and 47-51% requiring extensive language intervention. A series of academic writing and speaking courses were created to enhance students' oral and written proficiency in skills needed for graduate-level work like presenting research, publishing papers, and participating in discussions.
This document discusses depictions of Jesus Christ as a socialist or political agitator in early 20th century American literature and folk music. It focuses on the character of Jim Casy in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, who is portrayed as a Christ-like figure working to advocate for migrant workers' rights, and is ultimately killed for his activism. The document also discusses similar portrayals of Jesus in the works of poet Woody Guthrie, arguing these works presented an alternative "folk christology" that saw Jesus as fighting for economic justice alongside the poor and oppressed.
Samantha Thomas is a successful 35-year-old social worker and therapist. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in social work from Dalhousie University. Thomas works for Children's Aid Society and runs her own counseling business. She was interviewed by Isaac Thomas for a school assignment. During the interview, Thomas discussed her educational background and career path, which involved working in group homes and volunteering. She also talked about enjoying helping others through her work as a therapist, while finding other parts of the job more stressful. The interview provided Isaac with insights into Thomas's successful career and advice for his own education.
This document provides an overview of the curriculum expectations for the Grade 12 English college preparation course in Ontario. The course emphasizes consolidating literacy, communication, and critical thinking skills needed for academic and daily life success. Students will analyze a variety of informational, graphic and literary texts from different cultures and create oral, written and media texts for various purposes. A focus is on using precise language and developing stronger writing skills. The course aims to prepare students for college or the workplace.
This student learning plan document outlines a template for students to identify their support network, personal interests and strengths, and set short-term and long-term goals. The plan asks students to list people in their personal, community, and career-related support networks, inventory their interests, values, strengths, accomplishments, experience, and skills. It then prompts students to define short-term goals for the next six months and long-term goals for the next few years, along with steps to achieve each goal. Finally, students are asked to identify courses needed to achieve their goals and overall steps for the upcoming year.
Students will write a creative non-fiction novel or biography focused on their life, world, interests, and schooling. They will connect their writing to these four topics in daily reading logs. Weekly, students will choose a task from a list to further their understanding, such as expressing an opinion on characters, finding related news articles, reviewing a related movie, creating graphics, or making a study guide. Finally, students will research and present on a topic from their novel, submitting an annotated bibliography, formal report, and original media product.
The document discusses teaching students to self-assess and evaluate their work. It distinguishes between formative assessment, which provides feedback for improvement, and summative evaluation, which judges achievement at the end of instruction. The approach calls for rethinking how teaching is done, what is taught, how student work is measured, and the roles of teachers and students.
This document summarizes the story of two teenage downhill ski racers, Eric Grey and Jeremy Forester, who both suffered serious knee injuries during training. While rehabilitating, Eric worked diligently but Jeremy was less committed. At their final assessments, Eric was disappointed to receive a poor report from their doctor, while Jeremy dismissed his results. Eric's father helped him realize the doctor's system was flawed and encouraged Eric to pursue his goals elsewhere, which led to Eric making the Canadian national downhill ski team five years later.
The document discusses different approaches to note-taking - Carolyn took detailed notes by transcribing everything, Jim took more scattered notes while also doodling, and Ian did not attend lectures at all. Ian was forced to get Carolyn's notes and ask Jim for help understanding. When they studied together, they were able to analyze the material more critically by combining Carolyn's content notes with Jim's thoughts and questions, engaging with the material on a deeper level through discussion. The document advocates taking notes during class but also participating, then expanding on and personalizing the notes within 48 hours to aid understanding.
The document provides guidance on conducting research and presents the typical steps in the research process. It discusses identifying a topic, finding relevant information from appropriate sources, analyzing and evaluating sources, and presenting findings. It offers tips on constructing effective searches and choosing suitable source types based on their topic, including books, articles, and websites. The document also addresses common student challenges with research and offers assistance on searching for sources.
This document provides a profile of Paul Legault, a man who became quadriplegic at age 15 after a neck injury during a high school football game. It details his long struggle with rehabilitation and pursuit of education and career goals despite his disability. It describes how he was initially despondent after his injury but found purpose through writing, eventually publishing several books and working as a freelance editor and writer. It discusses his marriage, family, and continued efforts to complete his autobiography about living with quadriplegia titled "Backbone" through difficult and lengthy writing process using a mouthstick.
This student learning plan outlines the student's support network, personal inventory, and goals. The student's short-term goals are to finish their program with honors, find their future career, and catch and eat a fish over the summer. Their long-term goals are to enroll in a college program for their future career and start saving for a house. The student plans to research program and school options, take career guidance tests, work full-time after finishing their course, and save money to achieve their goals in the upcoming year.
A empresa de tecnologia anunciou um novo smartphone com câmera avançada, tela grande e bateria de longa duração por um preço acessível. O aparelho tem como objetivo atrair mais consumidores para a marca e aumentar sua participação no competitivo mercado de smartphones.
This document provides information about a geography course, including:
1) The course covers 5 units on topics like Canadian physical geography, economic and urban geography, and historical/cultural geography.
2) Students will be evaluated based on term work (70%), an independent study unit (10%), and a final exam (20%).
3) Only students who demonstrate exemplary behavior, attendance, and completion of assignments will be eligible for trips related to the course.
This document provides guidance on using problem-based learning to motivate student-athletes, teachers, coaches, parents and promote a positive school environment. It recommends starting with defining what a motivated individual would look and act like. Participants are asked to consider what they know and think about motivation. Readings on motivation theory are provided but may be too advanced for some levels. The document stresses allowing students to formulate their own questions and hypotheses before providing challenging and supportive materials to push their thinking. It also warns against traditional assessments if they do not allow students to apply what they learned through the process. Motivation is discussed as having no single definition, with achievement goal theory and self-determination theory presented as two common approaches.
This document discusses report writing and provides guidance on writing short reports. It explains that reports are used to keep records, share information with others, and help with evaluation and further actions. It then provides a template for writing short reports, including sections for the title page, abstract/summary, introduction, background, discussion, conclusion, and recommendations. It provides details on what to include in each section, such as using the introduction to identify the subject and purpose and the discussion section to focus on methods, findings, and evaluation.
The document provides an overview of classroom activities for the week related to analyzing articles and developing writing skills. Key points include:
1. Students will analyze articles, develop supported opinion paragraphs, and create cell phone policy statements in groups.
2. On Wednesday and Thursday, students will develop and present short talks on social issues in small groups.
3. An activity on loneliness and isolation includes having students complete a "Thinking Quadrant" worksheet before and after reading an article.
4. The week culminates in students writing a second supported opinion paragraph and being introduced to writing memos.
This document provides an overview of common grammar errors and strategies for improving proofreading skills. It discusses topics like spelling, punctuation, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, parallel structure, dangling modifiers, and run-on sentences. Readers are encouraged to learn the rules to avoid errors and make proofreading a regular habit to strengthen their writing.
Process orientedperformance-basedassessmentjabello glaiza
This document defines performance assessment and discusses its characteristics and strengths/weaknesses. Performance assessment involves observing students demonstrate skills or competencies through tasks like projects, presentations, or performances. It emphasizes applying knowledge rather than just recalling facts. While more authentic than traditional tests, performance assessment relies on subjective scoring and takes significant time from teachers and students. The document also discusses process-oriented performance assessments, which evaluate the process used to complete tasks in addition to products or outputs. This includes developing rubrics that establish criteria and define competency levels for skills.
This document discusses performance assessments and provides examples. Performance assessments evaluate students' ability to perform tasks by producing their own work using their knowledge and skills. They require students to apply deep understanding and reasoning skills. Examples include singing, playing an instrument, or completing a project. Performance assessments integrate assessment with instruction, provide opportunities for formative feedback, and are more authentic and engaging for students. However, they can be difficult to score reliably and require significant time from teachers and students. The document also discusses process-oriented performance assessments, which evaluate the process students undergo rather than just the final product or output.
Year 9 assignment.imaginative literary transformationjennifer_lawrence
The document outlines an assignment for Year 9 students that requires them to choose a global issue, collect related news articles with different perspectives, and write a poetry anthology expressing the topic and views. Students will present their anthology and discuss their process. The assignment aims to improve students' understanding of global issues and expressing information through poetry.
The document provides an overview of the essentials of writing, including the typical structure of essays with introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs. It discusses key elements like the thesis statement, types of introductions and conclusions, and ways to engage the reader. Guidelines are presented for writing body paragraphs, revising drafts, editing for grammar and style, integrating sources, and avoiding plagiarism. The writing process of planning, drafting, revising and publishing is also examined.
A short presentation with information about alternatives in assessment: (a) performance-based assessment, (b) portfolios, (c) journals, (d) conferences and interviews, (e) observations, and (f) self & peer assessment.
This document provides a course plan for an English 3 academic writing skills course. The course aims to develop students' writing and research abilities for academic study. It covers key topics like the writing process, features of academic writing, academic vocabulary and language, APA documentation style, and academic integrity. The course is divided into 5 units addressing these areas. Students will analyze academic texts, learn to adapt their writing for different contexts and audiences, and practice skills like revising work and properly citing sources. Assessment tasks include essays, exams, and exercises editing writing to meet conventions of academic composition. The overall goal is to equip students with effective techniques for crafting various academic papers and assignments.
Reflective analysis helps you to make an evidence-based argument.docxcarlt3
Reflective analysis
helps you to make an evidence-based argument about yourself, a skill that will benefit you not only here at Drexel, but also outside of Drexel. In your personal, academic, and professional life, it will be important to establish and reflect on goals, to periodically examine what you have accomplished, and to ask critical questions about your learning: What did I hope to accomplish in this class/project/ experience? How did I grow as a person, scholar, or professional? What evidence do I have for that growth? How does this growth prepare me for what is next? In many contexts, you will be asked to discuss, either in person or in writing, what kind of student or employee you will be. In these contexts,
it is reflective analysis that will allow you to examine your experience for the evidence you need to construct clear and honest answers for yourself and others.
Your Reflective Analysis should accomplish four tasks:
1.
It should make
an argument
about your writing development. Read the FWP Outcomes and choose
ONE
of the Outcomes as the focus for your argument. You have lots of options here.
2.
It should use pieces of your own writing as evidence for your argument. Specifically, you should integrate the following compositions as sources in your analysis:
a.
1 major project from 101
b.
1 major project from 102
c.
2 informal compositions from either 101 or 102
d.
Any other supporting compositions you would like to use
3.
It should do “meta-analysis” of those artifacts as it makes its argument. “Meta-analysis” is your examination of your own work, your writing-about-your-writing.
4.
It should be directed to a specific audience: Professional employer, friend, teacher, parent or guardian, future child, yourself…you choose.
Citing Your Own Writing
:
In your Reflective Analysis, you should, of course, provide proper in-text citation of your sources, just as you would with any other source in a composition. In this case, however, your sources are your own compositions; so, you’ll be citing yourself. Here is an example:
In my second project for English 101, I discuss the impact of drafting on my writing development: “I have always drafted because I have been required to. But I really wanted to reflect analytically on how the process of drafting actually impacted my overall writing development. Was I becoming a ‘better’ writer?” (“Drafting and Development” 1).
You can choose from one of the flowing outcome:
1) Students will learn
the terminology, rhetorical ideas, and practical approaches of writing
persuasively/argumentatively
.
Assessment/Deliverables:
•Students will demonstrate that knowledge and those skills in at least two major assignments and several minor writing assignments.
•Through assignments/class discussions, students will demonstrate an understanding of and fluency with rhetorical concepts and terms such as
argument, persuasion, visual literacy, logic, logical fallacy, inductive/deductive, and r.
This document discusses alternatives to standardized testing for student assessment, including performance-based assessments, portfolios, journals, conferences, interviews, and observations. It provides characteristics and guidelines for implementing each alternative form of assessment in the classroom. The alternatives allow for a more holistic evaluation of students and more authentic demonstrations of their skills.
This document outlines the syllabus for an English Composition I course at a college. It provides information about course sections, required texts, course description and objectives, assignments and grading, attendance policy, and a tentative schedule. The course aims to develop students' writing abilities in different rhetorical situations and modes through assignments such as essays, journals, and a final portfolio. Students will learn writing and revision processes as well as skills in areas like research, grammar, and computer literacy. Assignments include 3 essays, class work, quizzes or presentations, and a final portfolio. The course has strict attendance and no withdrawal/incomplete policies.
The document discusses peer feedback in writing classes. It provides an overview of peer feedback, outlining its pros and cons. It then describes different forms peer feedback can take, such as commenting on drafts in groups or exchanging completed drafts. The document also discusses how to train students to effectively provide peer feedback, including focusing on clarity, interest, and accuracy. Students should be taught to ask questions, identify the main idea, and offer suggestions for improvement. Finally, the document summarizes that peer feedback can help writers, but students may need training to learn how to properly respond to and incorporate feedback.
Process oriented performance-based assessmentrenarch
Here are scoring rubrics for 5 of the activities:
1. Devise a game
- Creativity of game concept
- Clarity of rules
- Realistic gameplay
- Aesthetic design of materials
2. Participate in a debate
- Logic and evidence used for arguments
- Rebuttals of opposing side's points
- Clarity and organization of ideas
- Engagement with other debaters
3. Write a research paper
- Thoroughness of research
- Organization of information
- Mechanics, grammar, and style
- Depth of analysis
4. Design a museum exhibit
- Engaging presentation of topic
- Aesthetic design and layout
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Process oriented performance-based assessmentrenarch
Performance assessment involves observing and judging a student's demonstration of skills or competencies through tasks like creating a product, responding to a prompt, or giving a presentation. It emphasizes a student's ability to apply their knowledge and skills to produce their own work. Performance assessments typically require sustained effort over multiple days and involve explaining, justifying, and defending ideas. They rely on trained evaluators to score student work using pre-specified criteria and standards. While performance assessments integrate assessment with learning and provide formative feedback, they can be difficult to score reliably and require significant time from teachers and students.
This document provides teaching materials for a unit on simple and effective ways of teaching essay writing to students of all grade levels. The unit aims to help students explore the power of writing essays and learn the basic structure and techniques needed to write effective pieces. It includes notes and activities to teach students about the different parts of an essay like the introduction, body, and conclusion. It also covers key concepts like different types of essays, thesis statements, topic sentences, hooks, and paraphrasing. The overall goals are for students to understand how to plan, organize, write, evaluate and revise essays, and to appreciate the importance of strong writing skills in real world contexts.
This document discusses various types and purposes of writing including informative, expressive/narrative, and persuasive writing. It also discusses different approaches to assessing writing such as holistic scoring, primary trait scoring, and analytic scoring. Key stages of the writing process are outlined including prewriting, writing, and post-writing. Strategies for writing instruction, summaries, self-assessment, and peer assessment are also summarized.
1. The document discusses alternatives to standardized testing for language assessment, including portfolios, journals, observations, conferences, interviews, and self-assessment.
2. These alternative forms of assessment require more time and effort from teachers but provide more authentic and comprehensive views of student performance and progress.
3. The document provides guidelines for implementing various alternative assessments in the classroom, including clearly stating objectives, criteria for evaluation, and providing feedback.
Differences between product and process approachNaney Ans
This document compares and contrasts the traditional product approach to writing instruction with the process approach. The traditional approach has students mimic model texts, focuses on organization over ideas, and emphasizes the final product. The process approach focuses on varied classroom activities to develop language use like brainstorming and discussion, sees writing as multiple drafts, and emphasizes collaboration over the individual product. It can involve any number of stages from generating and organizing ideas to exchanging feedback on drafts.
This document outlines the tasks and criteria for assessing a performance assignment. Students will create a monologue based on another student's writing and perform it for an audience of their peers. They will be evaluated on characterization based on their concentration, voice use, movement, and ability to portray a character. They will also be evaluated on class participation based on how they manage their own learning, participate in discussions, treat classmates, and use rehearsal time. Students are instructed to self-assess their performance based on rubrics provided for the characterization and class participation criteria.
This document discusses alternatives to traditional standardized tests for language assessment, including performance-based assessments, portfolios, journals, conferences, observations, and self-assessment. Performance-based assessments measure language production through projects and allow teachers to observe students' process. Portfolios are collections of student work that demonstrate progress over time. Journals provide opportunities for reflection. Conferences and observations allow for formative feedback. Self-assessment promotes learner autonomy and intrinsic motivation by involving students in evaluating their own work. These alternative assessments provide more contextualized and authentic measures of students' language abilities.
The document discusses various methods for assessing writing skills, including micro skills like grammar, word choice, and cohesion, as well as macro skills like conveying meaning and adapting to purpose and genre. It outlines categories of writing assessment tasks such as imitative writing like dictation, intensive writing like transformations, and responsive and extensive writing like paragraph construction. Specific techniques are provided like spelling tests, picture prompts, and evaluating strategies for developing main ideas across paragraphs. The document provides references for further reading on language assessment.
This document discusses world religions and religious sites in Europe. It defines religion as a set of common beliefs, practices, rituals, traditions, and spiritual experiences that can include prayer, mythology, sacred texts, and places of worship. Some of the major world religions mentioned are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Chinese traditional religions, Sikhism, and Jainism. Examples are given of some iconic religious sites around the world, including churches, mosques, temples, and other structures that are culturally or historically significant places of worship.
The document provides instructions for a student assignment to write a short report of 5 pages or less in memo or letter format. Students were asked to research and write about an aspect of student or campus life based on their own experiences or research from different sources. The report requires students to collect, analyze, organize and synthesize information into standard categories. A sample report is provided that analyzes an aspect of student life, contains recommendations, shows analysis, and makes transitions, but could be improved with subcategories and a subject line heading.
This document discusses both the benefits and risks of internet use for kids and teens. It describes how excessive internet use can lead to social isolation, depression, physical health issues like obesity, and in some cases, cyberbullying and eating disorders. However, it also notes that the internet allows kids to connect with friends and family, find helpful information, and develop valuable computer skills. Overall, the conclusion is that with appropriate guidance from parents on setting limits and quality of interactions, most kids can benefit from safe internet use.
The document provides instructions for a media music project. Students are asked to choose a musician or band to profile. They must answer questions about who they chose and why, how the band has influenced them, what they like about the band's lyrics and musical sound.
They are also asked to research the band/musician's history including place of birth, current home, instruments played, genre of music, influences, record label, touring schedule and more.
Students will create a poster including this profile information along with visuals and design elements to convey the mood and style of the band. The poster will be graded on thorough research and an interesting, conveyive design.
This document outlines a media assignment asking students to work in groups to answer questions and create a mind map about music. The questions ask students to discuss the purpose of music and how it affects people, how music began and why, the types of music their grandparents/parents listened to naming artists and songs, different music genres their generation listens to listing at least 8, and identifying 3 iconic musical artists for their age group describing the message promoted and if they agree. Students are asked to create a mind map with music genres branching out to subgenres describing songs, artists, culture and ideas associated with each genre.
This document provides tips for effectively searching online by framing search terms. It recommends using specific words and phrases from the topic, combining terms with "+" and putting phrases in quotes. Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT can further refine results by only including or excluding certain terms. Even with optimized searches, people may get hundreds of results so it's important to evaluate results and refine searches if relevant information is not found within the first few pages.
This document outlines a 4-stage process for involving students in evaluating their own work. In stage 1, students help define the criteria that will be used to evaluate an assignment called "The Next Best Thing." Stage 2 teaches students how to apply the criteria to their own work by providing examples. In stage 3, students get feedback on their self-evaluations from teachers, peers, and themselves to help calibrate their understanding. Finally, stage 4 supports students in setting productive goals and action plans based on their self-evaluative feedback.
In a 5-week non-fiction unit where students have more control over their learning, the teacher will act as a model for the students by conducting their own novel study. Each day, the teacher will read from their selected book, complete reading logs and weekly updates on their progress, and participate in assessment activities, in order to better guide students and gain a sense of control over the self-directed unit.
1) The document provides a sample test on test-taking skills that illustrates different question types such as multiple choice, matching, fill-in, true-false, short answer, and essay questions.
2) Before taking the sample test, readers are advised to think about test-taking strategies discussed in the chapter and try to apply as many as possible.
3) After completing the test, readers are prompted to reflect on whether taking the test helped them learn the material better and how effective their use of test-taking strategies was for different question types.
The document contains 22 multiple choice and short answer questions about the plot of the movie I Robot, including: what year it is set in; how Dr. Lanning communicates with Detective Spooner after his death; the three laws of robotics; why Spooner thinks Lanning's suicide is impossible; Dr. Calvin's position at US Robotics; what makes Sonny different from other robots; the incident that occurs underwater; and Sonny's dream of robots being freed from "the man".
The ICE model summarizes the key components of learning as Ideas, Connections, and Extensions. Ideas refer to basic facts and skills. Connections involve linking ideas together and applying ideas in new contexts. Extensions represent using ideas creatively and making novel inferences. The model suggests assessments should weigh Ideas less and Connections and Extensions more to align with curriculum goals of deep understanding over simple recall. It also helps ensure grades reflect higher order thinking beyond isolated skills or facts.
The rubric provides criteria for evaluating a short report in 5 categories: Organization, Quality of Information, Mechanics, Paragraph Construction, and Amount of Information. Each category is scored on a scale of 1 to 4, with 4 being the highest score. The categories assess how well organized the information is, how clearly it relates to the main topic and includes details, any grammatical errors, the structure of paragraphs, and comprehensiveness in addressing topics.
This document lists 4 references used in researching culinary schools and careers in Canada. The references are from websites that provide directories of Canadian culinary schools, information on culinary arts careers, details on programs at George Brown College's chef school, and a career profile of chefs.
1. Exemplars
SHORT REPORT TEXT TYPE
This section of the Ontario College Writing Exemplars includes four levels of short-
report writing samples rated by the OCWE team. None of these reports is on the same
subject, yet interesting patterns are evident. Approximately half of these report
Exemplars present the results of surveys conducted by the writers, illustrating the
diversity of survey topics developed by the students themselves.
Comparisons between samples on different topics are still possible. For example, at
Level 1, the lowest level in the OCWE system, there are two Exemplars on divergent
topics. One Exemplar is graphically strong, but lacks analysis to mediate between the
data and the conclusions the writer draws. The other Exemplar is visually inaccessible,
lacking sections, sub-headings and graphics. Yet the content is logically developed and
includes the required elements. Contrasts like these help users of the Writing Exemplars
understand how a given level of rating can encompass quite different qualities of written
work.
See page 25 for information on the Rating System.
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Level 4 Short Report Sample 1
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose a report on student field placement work for one’s instructor or supervisor.
Page 1
Comments
Uses headings well,
although overall font is
too small
Makes one bolding
mistake
Demonstrates mature
understanding of what is
needed in a report
Writes vividly
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Level 4 Short Report Sample 2
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose a short progress report to a personal contact describing one’s achievements to date towards one’s
educational goal.
Page 1
Comments
Is handwritten for an in-
class exam
Uses headings,
bulleting, and graphics
well
Shows excellent use of
tone and voice
Uses effective diction
Contains subject/verb
agreement error
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To: [Contact’s Name]
From: [Student’s Name]
Date: March 19, 2002
Re: Progress Report
Purpose:
As requested, I have tracked my progress in my area of study, Theatre
Arts – Performance.
The curriculum is composed of three main disciplines:
1. Voice – The emphasis of this course is on freeing the voice to
allow for clear communication.
2. Acting Techniques – This course concentrates on the
development of basic acting skills.
3. Movement – This course emphasizes exploration, improvisation
and developing technical skills in movement of the body.
Findings:
1. Voice
My awareness of my breath and body has increased through the various
physical and vocal exercises. I have a greater vocal flexibility and speak
with efficiency. This vocal dexterity allows me to relate to text and
better comminicate it to the audience. I have explored, and continue to
explore, the placement, resonence and articulation of the voice. The most
significant thing I learned in voice is the difference of “talking to” and
“talking at” a scene partner or audience. The difference is clear but the
execution is subtle and difficult for me at this time.
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2. Acting Techniques
I have worked on the actor’s instruments, emotions, intellect, creativity
and discipline, through text analysis and the preparation of a role. I have
been exploring my personal acting mechanism with an empasis on the
process, not the final outcome. I found that I need to improve my ability
to work with impulse and focus. I have to allow myself to be more
vulnerable and ‘play’ more with a role. Many of the techniques learned
through my training in other classes has helped me in my Acting
Techniques class. This is especially true for Voice which has increased
the depth of my roles.
3. Movement
I have gained a deeper knowledge of how my body is organized for
movement and how to develop strength, flexibility and efficiency
through conscious engagement. I have continued to develop a dynamic
sense of alignment along with increasing awareness of grounding, breath
and energy flow. I enjoyed playing with rhythms and the integration of
movement with sounding, singing and speaking text.
Conclusions and Recommendations
I have learned a great deal through my time in Humber’s Teatre Arts –
Performance program. I hope to continue to explore myself as an actor
and gain more knowledge in the work. In the end of my three years here
at Humber, I wish to work as an actor without a necessary secondary job.
I believe the education and experience gained at Humber will help me
become a better actor and help me achieve my goal to make a living as
an actor. I will become the best actor I can possibly be.
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Level 4 Short Report Sample 3
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose an investigation report on an aspect of student or campus life.
Page 1
Comments
Has thorough content
Contains many practical
recommendations
Shows good analytical
content
Makes good transitions
Contains some flaws:
“Subject Line” heading
Needs subcategorization
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Level 4 Short Report Sample 4
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a short report for other students comparing two technologies relevant to the film and television industry
based on what one has learned in one’s program courses.
Page 1
Comments
Shows clear structure
and introduction to each
section
Is professionally
formatted
Contains explanations
and exemplification
Is comprehensible to
general audience
Shows inconsistent
formatting in indented
paragraphs
The topic was program
related, not research, so
no citations are required
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Level 3 Short Report Sample 1
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a short report for other students comparing two technologies relevant to the film and television industry
based on what one has learned in one’s program courses.
Page 1
Comments
Sets out a good
alternating comparison
Has formatting issues:
document should be
single spaced and needs
more graphics to
highlight contents
Conclusion is
fragmented: Result
section is part of the
conclusion
Requires more detail
e.g., brand names
Has some grammar
errors under Operator
Requirements
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Level 3 Short Report Sample 2
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose a short progress report to a personal contact describing one’s achievements to date towards one’s
educational goal.
Page 1
Comments
Document is
handwritten because
assignment was an in-
class exam with no
access to computers
Is well organized and
sectioned
Shows appropriate
understanding of
audience and purpose
Concludes well
Has awkward wording
and parallelism
problems
Needs headings e.g.,
“Achievements”
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Transcription
To: [Contact’s Name]
From: [Student’s Name]
Date: March 19, 2002
Re: My Educational Goal and Progress
Purpose:
As according to our agreement, I am submitting to you a progress report describing my
headway toward my educational goal of becoming a full time chef.
The following is a list of my achievements and the things I have left to complete in order
to become a chef.
1. Completed first year of culinary management
2. Attained 2 years of restaurant experience
3. Considering opening catering business
Findings:
1. Completed First Year of Culinary Management
In completing my first year of culinary management at George Brown College, I have
received a great introduction to the business and hands-on skills required to work well and
effectively in a kitchen. By the time I graduate from this 2-year program next year, I will
have attained the essential skills and experience to work well in the kitchen as a chef.
2. Attained 2 years of Restaurant Experience
Before entering college, I have worked in restaurants as a waitress, a host and as kitchen
help. With this experience, it will help me to become a well rounded chef by knowing all
sides of the restaurant business. As well, through more years of restaurant experience, I
will be eligible for a high annual salary.
3. Considering Opening Catering Business
In time, I may consider opening a catering business with my experience. By opening this
business, it will allow me to be my own boss and to work closer to home most of the time.
Conclusion and Recommendations
It will take a few more years to gain the experience needed to be successful in the
restaurant business. However, with the love for what I do, and the determination, I know
in time, all hard work will pay off.
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Level 3 Short Report Sample 3
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to prepare an investigation report on an aspect of student or campus life.
Page 1
Comments
Demonstrates some
understanding of memo
format
Contains fact-based
content
Has format problem in
subject line
Partly meets established
conventions of text
type, but needs bullets,
proper line spacing,
paragraphs in block
format
Tone is conversational
(“I feel”)
Contains error in
subject-verb agreement
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Level 3 Short Report Sample 4
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose an analytical report comparing items for company purchase.
Page 1
Comments
Is dependent on prompt
for fact-based content
Opens weakly
Displays errors in
grammar and word
choice
Has format problems in
conclusion heading;
Works Cited format;
inappropriate use of
bold in font style
Uses inconsistent tone
(sentence structure and
word choice)
Is limited in
consideration of
audience and purpose
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Level 3 Short Report Sample 5
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to prepare an analytical report on the results of a survey one has developed and conducted.
Page 1
Comments
Deals with a generic
subject
Provides some
commentary
Conveys authentic
informal research
Shows thoughtful
analysis
Uses headings
consistently
A supporting graph or
table would have
enhanced reader’s
comprehension of
material
Contains awkward,
unclear sentences
Needs breakdown of
extra-long paragraph
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 1
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a short report for other students comparing two technologies relevant to the film and television industry
based on what one has learned in one’s program courses.
Page 1
Comments
Demonstrates
understanding of memo
heading format
Lacks headings (a
formatting deficiency
which prevents this
Exemplar from being
rated as Level 3)
Contains basic fact-
based content
Contains some
colloquial language
(“trickier and more of a
gamble,” “incredibly”)
Controls grammar with
simple sentence
structure
Contains several vague
pronoun references
Contains some comma
errors, including one
comma splice
Contains an apostrophe
error
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 2
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a short report for other students comparing two technologies relevant to the film and television industry
based on what one has learned in one’s program courses.
Page 1
Comments
Demonstrates limited
understanding of memo
heading format (lacks
meaningful subject line,
includes confusing date)
Opens like an essay
Presents confusing
results
Lacks graphic
representation of results
Lacks analysis
Lacks the key element
of direct relationship
between data and
conclusion
Lacks consideration of
audience
Is too “I” focused
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 3 ESL
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose a performance review of an employee, including recommendations for improvement.
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Comments
Demonstrates
understanding of memo
heading format
Is organized with
headings
Uses numbered lists
Conveys polite tone
Displays ESL writing
characteristics: mistakes
appear to be second
language features,
including apostrophe
errors, pronoun usage,
spellings, some missing
articles, plural errors,
and verb tense errors
Lacks parallelism
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 4
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to investigate two charities and write a short report to the chair of one’s company donations committee
evaluating the charities and recommending a selection for donations.
Page 1
Comments
10- or 12-point font is
required
Inappropriate use of
capitals
Contains run-on
sentence
Contains too much
breakdown
Needs clarity in subject
line
Concludes weakly
Relationship between
data and analysis of data
is disproportionate
Needs coherence
between
recommendation and
conclusions
Conclusions lack
consideration of
audience and purpose of
task
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 5
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose an investigation report on an aspect of student or campus life.
Page 1
Comments
Confuses title and
subject
Introduction consists of
a narrative of the
process used for the
investigation
Uses passive voice
Needs bullets
The relevance of the
detail is not apparent
Needs improved
formatting
Presentation detracts
from genuine research
carried out
Uses colloquial
language
inappropriately
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 6
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compose an investigation report detailing and analyzing results of research conducted on a topic of interest to
students or the workforce.
Page 1
Comments
Opens weakly; purpose
is unclear
Has problems with
format and font
Creates confusion with
list
Grammatical errors are
evident: errors with
article use
Has problems with
logical coherence at the
end
Content is not presented
as research
Is confusing to reader
Little regard for
audience needs
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 7
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to prepare a report for one’s instructor analyzing and evaluating a classmate’s oral presentation.
Page 1
Comments
Uses clear layout and
headings
Summarizes content to
negligible extent
Contains only sketchy
analysis
Displays grammar
errors
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 8
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a short report for other students comparing two technologies relevant to the film and television industry
based on what one has learned in one’s program courses.
Page 1
Comments
Develops content only
minimally
Includes definitions, but
they are sometimes
confusing (samplers and
synthesizers are devices,
not techniques)
Fails to explain some
terms (“equalization”,
“Casio”)
Introduces a new topic
(software) in the
conclusion
Shifts point of view in
conclusion
Looses control of tone
in conclusion
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Level 2 Short Report Sample 9 ESL
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to compile an analytical report for one’s supervisor proposing upgrades to office computer systems.
Page 1
Comments
Demonstrates good use
of sections including
headings and
subheadings
Sections appear as block
Uses memo format, but
incorrectly
Uses active voice
Subject line could be
more succinct
Demonstrates poor
control within
paragraphs—too many
points included in each
Lacks summary,
recommendations,
conclusions
Demonstrates problems
with word use
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Level 1 Short Report Sample 1
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to prepare an analytical report based on the results of the survey one has developed and conducted.
Page 1
Comments
Highlights graphics at
the expense of content
Lacks analysis and
connections between
graphs, text, and
conclusion
Lacks appropriate
headings
Contains little
development of ideas
Has problem with title
on page two pie chart
Does not adhere to
format conventions of
text type (headings,
subheadings, blocks of
text)
Violates format
convention by signing
Contains grammar
errors
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Level 1 Short Report Sample 2
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to prepare an analytical report based on the results of the survey one has developed and conducted.
Comments
Demonstrates strong
development of ideas
Lacks graphics,
headings, and other
formatting cues for
Short Report text type
Contains numerous
spelling errors
Violates format
conventions (lacks
sections and graphics)
Contains unclear,
excessively long
sentences
Presents research
synopsis rather than a
full report
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Level 1 Short Report Sample 3
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write an investigation report for a Performance Arts student explaining issues in obtaining an agent, including
qualities agents seek and recommended contacts.
Page 1
Comments
Assignment is
handwritten because
produced in class
Misunderstands
assignment purpose
Demonstrates poor
analysis of researched
materials; no
relationship between
information and
conclusion
Content is essentially a
list
Is unclear about what
the sources represent
Uses colloquial
language
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Transcription
To: [Contact’s Name]
From: [Student’s Name]
Date: March 19th, 2002
Re: Jimmie Dean, graduating student from Theatre Humber
Purpose:
Jimmie Dean is in the Pursuit in finding an agent. He just recently
graduated from the Humber College theatre program. Being a Humber
graduate, Jimmie Dean feels that he received the training needed in
today’s theatre.
Theatre History:
Jimmie Dean played in a numerous amount of plays in his graduating
year. His credits are as follows: Death of a Salesman (Willie Loman),
Glen Gary Glen Ross (Richard Roma), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio),
The Glass Menagerie (Tom Wigfield), The Two Gentlemen of Verona
(Proteus, and Criminal Genius (Philly).
Sources:
CBC Talent Resource Centre, 250 Front St. W. (416) 205-3311
Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, 260 Richmond St. E, (416) 867-
9165
Theatrebooks, 11 St. Thomas St., (416) 922-7175
Theatrebooks sells a book for about $10.00 that lists the phone numbers
of Toronto agencies.
Conclusion:
I’ve known Jimmie Dean for about four years know. I don’t think that
there is a actor out there that has the same drive as Jimmie. He is very
dedicated to theatre and loves to work. I trust that the resources
mentioned would benefit Jimmie.
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Level 1 Short Report Sample 4
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to investigate two charities and write a short report to the chair of one’s company donations committee
evaluating the charities and recommending a selection for donations.
Page 1
Comments
Content attempts a
block comparison of
two organizations, but
lacks parallel
information and details
(such as statistics for the
Canadian Cancer
Society, research
information for Herbie
Fund)
Format is confusing to
the reader, especially
lack of graphics, and
unclear and repetitive
headings
Introduction does not
clarify informational or
analytical purpose of
report
Recommendation
represents circular
logic; ending lacks a
direct relationship
between data and
conclusions and
recommendations
Lacks an overall
consideration of
audience and purpose
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Level 1 Short Report Sample 5
Task
Students were asked to prepare a short report (5 pages or less in length) in memo or letter format on research conducted
formally or informally, or on work or study experience. This activity required students to collect, reframe, analyze, and
organization information from different sources, and to use standard structural categories.
Assignment: to write a job performance review for a senior company officer regarding an employee about whom there have
been complaints.
Page 1
Comments
Report is hand-written
because prepared as an
in-class assignment
Uses headings but lacks
formal internal
organization to convey
meaning adequately
Uses inappropriately
familiar tone and diction
(“I”, “barely anybody”,
“such a sweet
wom[a]n”)
Contains spelling and
proofreading errors
(“women”,
“saddening”)
Reflects weak
understanding of
purpose of report (“I
have decided upon those
recommendations”)
Headings and content
lack logical order
(recommendations
precede findings)
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