Definitions of
Content Clusters - p.
9
| Overview | Writing | Speaking | Listening | Reading | Viewing | Extending
Understanding |
The NJ ASK, GEPA, and HSPA will invite students
to approach text (written, aural, and visual)
with three different perspectives: interpreting text, analyzing
and critiquing text, and extending understanding of the text.
Writing (p.14)
Writing is a complex and recursive process that requires students
to generate, organize, and convey ideas and information for
a variety of purposes and audiences. Effective writers are able
to communicate in varying forms and styles. During this component
of the assessment:
- Fourth-grade students will complete
two writing tasks.
- Eighth- and eleventh-grade students
will engage in four different writing activities: one revising/editing
and three writing tasks.
Prompts will present topics that allow
students to draw on material in other sections of the assessment
to establish a context that facilitates student planning. In three
different sections of the assessment, students will be asked to
write extended responses in which they speculate, analyze, and
persuade. The times allowed for each of these tasks will vary.
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4th (NJ ASK)
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8th (GEPA)
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11th (HSPA)
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| Speculate |
25 min |
20 min. |
20 min. |
| Analyze/Explain |
25 min |
25 min. |
25 min. |
| Persuade |
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45 min. |
60 min. |
Students will have a writer's
checklist that they may use as a resource while they are writing.
Writing prompts will invite responses that
are:
- age- and grade-level appropriate;
- clearly focused with a clear purpose;
- effectively elaborated with details;
- logically organized, with a clear
opening and closing;
- varied in their vocabulary and sentence
structure;
- reflective of a strong stance;
- sensitive to audience.
Writing prompts will introduce the following
elements:
- meaningful topics that challenge,
broaden, and enrich students' perspectives;
- a clear focus;
- a clearly identifiable theme or central
idea;
- a clearly stated purpose;
- a context for reflection as an aid
to elaboration.
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