Duplin County SchoolsMiddle Grades Writing Plan Meeting

September 9, 2009

Phillip Middleton, Director of Middle GradesJoshua Hunter, Literacy Coach

IntroductionWriters on Writing

NCDPI Goals of the NC Writing Instruction &

Assessment System

To encourage student writing throughout the school year.

To encourage writing to be taught and assessed in all content areas.

To support schools in the use of writing assignments as part of a formative assessment process that informs instruction.

To support schools and teachers in gathering local benchmark and summative writing data.

NCDPI Goals of the NC Writing Instruction & Assessment System

To encourage student writing throughout the school year.

To encourage writing to be taught and assessed in all content areas.

To support schools in the use of writing assignments as part of a formative assessment process that informs instruction.

To support schools and teachers in gathering local benchmark and summative writing data.

Review of 6th Grade Writing PlanExpressive writing is the writing focus for

sixth graders.

Expressive

Review of 6th Grade Writing PlanExpressive writing is the writing focus for

sixth graders.

Expressive

Writing Performance Expectations for Grade SixOne Content-Specific Writing Sample

One On-Demand Writing Sample

Notable ChangesThere are no notable changes in scoring and

documentation from the 08-09 writing plan.

The completion date is April 30, 2010.

Review of 7th Grade Writing PlanArgumentative writing is the writing focus

for seventh graders.

Argumentative

Writing Performance Expectations for Grade Seven

Two Content-Specific Writing Samples

Two On-Demand Writing Samples

October 31, 2009 •Completion of first on-demand

December 13, 2009 •Completion of first content-specific

February 26, 2010 •Completion of second content-specific

April 30, 2010 •Completion of second on-demand

Notations/ChangesStudents may use the full features of word

processing systems as they complete content-specific and on-demand writings.

Teachers may use the DPI sample prompts as exemplars or create their own prompts for the completion of the content-specific writing requirements.

There are no notable changes in storage or documentation.

Review of 8th Grade Writing PlanInformational writing is the writing focus for

eighth graders.

Informational

Writing Performance Expectations for Grade EightOne Content-Specific Writing Sample

One On-Demand Writing Sample

Content Specific Writing SampleOne Research Project in Written and

Presentational Form as a Content-Specific Writing Sample

Research Guide

ChangesThere are no notable changes in scoring or

documentation.

Sixth grade teachers pass flash drives to seventh grade teachers.

Seventh grade teachers pass flash drives to eighth grade teachers.

Eighth grade teachers pass flash drives to Mr. Middleton.

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