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1 Sentence Fluency and Conventions An In-Depth Training Session For English Language Arts Teachers

2 Participants will 1.Understand the key components of the traits of Sentence Fluency & Conventions 2.Recognize student performance at different score levels for Sentence Fluency and Conventions 3.Develop expertise in scoring student writing for classroom and Essential Skills purposes in Sentence Fluency and Conventions

3 Sentence Fluency

4  Is the writing fairly easy to read aloud? (Supply punctuation wherever natural)  Enough variety of:  sentence structures?  sentence beginnings?  sentence lengths?

5  Marking punctuation is scored under conventions. “Sense of sentence” shows when reading aloud.  Missing words can affect fluency  Inverted word order can affect fluency

6 Highlight words and phrases that help distinguish a score of 3 from a 4 in Sentence Fluency

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8 Conventions

9 Spelling Run-on sentences Fragments Comma splices Internal comma use End of sentence punctuation Capitalization Pronoun agreement Quotation marks Noun/verb agreement Point of view Apostrophes

10 Analyze:  Kinds of errors  Significance of errors (refer to grade-level expectations in Skill Level Guidelines)  Proportion of errors relative to overall text length and complexity

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12  Correct end-of-sentence punctuation? ­ Run-on sentences (none or very few) ­ Comma splices (none or very few) ­ Fragments (none or just a few effective ones)  Correct spelling of common words? (grade level appropriate)  Correct capitalization?

13  Correct usage?  10th: subject-verb agreement  10th: verb tense: correct? consistent?  10th: point of view (1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd person) consistent?  If dialogue present, correctly punctuated & paragraphed?  Correct internal punctuation (commas, etc.)?

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21 Highlight words and phrases that help distinguish a score of 3 from a 4 in Conventions

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23  ODE High School Writing Samples: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/? =527 http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/? =527  OPEN Scoring Site: http://www.openc.k12.or.us/scoring/ http://www.openc.k12.or.us/scoring/  Clackamas ESD Writing Samples http://www.clackesd.k12.or.us/cie/writing.html http://www.clackesd.k12.or.us/cie/writing.html

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