Grade 4 - Claim 2 - Target 1b
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Target 1b
Revise Brief Texts
Sample Item
Grade 4Test
Claim 2
Writing
Standards
W-3a
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
W-3b
Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
W-3c
Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
W-3d
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
W-3e
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Clarifications
This target asks students to revise, not edit, which is Target 9. Items for this target focus on revision at the sentence or paragraph level. Items asking for students to replace or add words/phrases are...
Range Achievement Level Descriptors
Evidence Required
Evidence 1
(Organization) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise organized narratives that engage...
Evidence 2
(Elaboration) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise well-developed narratives that apply...
Item Guidelines
Depth of Knowledge
W-DOK2
Level 2 requires some mental processing. At this level students are engaged in first draft writing or brief extemporaneous speaking for a limited number of purposes and audiences. Students are beginning to connect ideas using a simple organizational structure. For...
Allowable Item Types
- Multiple Choice, single correct response
- Multi-Select, multiple correct response
- Hot Text, select text
Stimuli
Passages
Stimuli for this target will be brief narrative texts (one to two paragraphs; however, narrative tasks can not always be described in traditional paragraph lengths); stimuli for target 1b can be shorter, not exceeding 150 words. Appropriate stimuli for this grade...
Text Complexity
The stimulus must be appropriately complex for the skill being assessed. The stimulus must be consistent with the purpose and intent of the target and standard being measured. The stimulus will read as would authentic student writing for the targeted grade....
Accessibility
Students will be required to read brief narrative texts (150 - 200 words) and write one or more paragraphs. Students with physical impairments may need to use an adapted mouse or a computer with...
Task Models
Task Model 2
Item Types
Multiple Choice, single correct responseDepth of Knowledge
W-DOK2
Target Evidence Statement
(Organization) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise organized narratives that engage and orient the reader by providing an opening that establishes a situation providing an opening that introduces a narrator and character(s) organizing narrative with a sequence of...
(Elaboration) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise well-developed narratives that apply narrative techniques such as including dialogue to convey events/experiences including concrete words, phrase, sensory details to convey events/experiences using precise language to narrate events identifying details that should...
Task Description
Target 1b items pose a question about a revision to the stimulus that improves some specified (underlined) aspect of the text’s development or organization. The Lead-in will provide information about the stimulus and the...
Stimulus
Text should be grade level. Text will be brief– one to two paragraphs. Complexity will depend upon the type of revision being assessed. Text will be a model of good writing. Text should not...
Appropriate Stems
ORGANIZATION ITEMS LEAD-IN: A student is writing a <writing form> about <topic> for the [teacher/class, etc.]. The student wants to revise the draft to improve its organization. Read the draft of the <writing form> and...
Scoring Rules
One correct response = 1 point, other= 0 points