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WV Writes: Improving Student Writing. Stacey Murrell RLA Acuity and WV Writes Coordinator Career and Technical Education Bridgeport, WV October 27, 2011. What is WV Writes?.
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WV Writes:Improving Student Writing Stacey Murrell RLA Acuity and WV Writes Coordinator Career and Technical Education Bridgeport, WV October 27, 2011
What is WV Writes? • WV Writes is a customized, web-based online writing program that provides feedback, scoring and reporting and is designed to assess students’ writing progress over the course of the school year.
WV Writes features: • Ability to create writing prompts: narrative, descriptive, informative, and persuasive • 34 passages and prompts from the 2008 WESTEST 2 Online Writing Field Test • 162 grade-level shelf prompts • Unlimited practice sessions • Instant scoring and student feedback based on the WV writing rubric
Sample School 2010-2011 WV Writes Proficiency Summary262 Essays Submitted
Five analytic traits proficiency range for Sample School WESTEST 2 Practice Prompts
WV Students wrote- • 491,916 essays in WV Writes in 2010-2011 school year!!
Teacher can: • Access and print writing rubrics • Create classes and add students to classes • Create writing prompts • Assign writing prompts • Monitor/adjust student writing scores • Document student progress daily, weekly, monthly, yearly • View/print reports Writingprompt-the text, images, and/or charts that students read and process prior to writing a document or essay
Students can: • View their homepage • View any messages/comments • Compose essays • Bookmark • Draft print • Score essay with feedback • Print score, feedback, and essay