Administering the WESTEST 2 Online Writing Assessment A Session of WESTEST 2 Reading/Language Arts

1. Administering theWESTEST 2Online Writing AssessmentA Session ofWESTEST 2 Reading/Language Arts

2. WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment • Your assigned passage and prompt will require one of the following types of writing: • Descriptive • Narrative • Informative • Persuasive • If you are in third grade, you will be assigned either a descriptive or narrative passage and prompt.

3. WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment • Your paper will be scored in: • Organization • Development • Sentence Structure • Word Choice/Grammar Usage • Mechanics

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6. 2011 WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment This is where you will begin typing your essay. At the end of the paragraph, hit the enter key at least once to skip a line between paragraphs. Do not hit the tab key to indent your paragraph. It will not work.

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10. 2011 WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment This is where you will begin typing your essay. At the end of the paragraph, hit the enter key at least once to skip a line between paragraphs. Do not hit the tab key to indent your paragraph. It will not work.

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14. WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment The sun glistened on the crystal clear blue ocean water, creating a dazzling array of sparkling flickers on the waves. The dolphins shot up out of the water like a professional basketball player springing up to grab a rebound, and the seemingly infinite beauty of this paradise stretched far beyond the horizon. Looking left and right, all you could see were scantily-clad young ladies relaxing on the beach, buff men surfing and playing beach volleyball, and little children playing in the sand. This appeared to be an ideal place to take a family vacation; at least, that’s what the virtual tour on the Seaside Resort’s website made it out to be.“What do you guys think?” I said. “Sound like a good place to take our summer vacation?” In unison, my parents replied, “It’s beautiful. That looks like a great place to spend our summer.”“Okay, so it’s official. Pack your bags and let’s leave first thing in the morning,” I screamed with excitement.Within the hour of finding our vacation destination on the internet, I was packed and ready to go. It was only 6 P.M. I thought to myself, “What am I going to do till it’s time to leave?” After contemplating some possibilities, I decided to browse the World Wide Web once more just to see what other vacation spots there were; you know, just in case my parents would decide they didn’t want to go to the Seaside Resort for some reason.

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16. WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Administering the Assessment Thank you for participating in the WESTEST 2 Online Writing Assessment, a session of WESTEST 2 Reading/Language Arts. Your Online Writing scores will be combined with your performance on the multiple-choice sessions of WESTEST 2 Reading/Language Arts, which you will take later this school year. The combined scores will be used to obtain an overall RLA score and performance level. You may see your Online Writing scores on the Individual Right Response Record available at your school when WESTEST 2 results are returned in the fall.