A+ Spanish Mentor Texts for Writing - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Emerging: 1 Developing: 2 Proficient: 3 Beyond: 4 Content • Writing prompt is not addressed or content is irrelevant. • Writing prompt is partially addressed. • Writing prompt is fully addressed. • Writing prompt is fully addressed without supervision. Organization • No organizational structure. • Attempts to follow an organizational structure with limited success. • Includes an introduction, followed by some descriptions, and ends with some sense of closure. • Includes an introduction, followed by some descriptions, and ends with some sense of closure without supervision. Genre and Writer’s Craft • Does not include descriptions. • Images are not relevant or were not included. • Includes partial descriptions. • Images are somewhat related to the content, but do not provide additional information. • Includes descriptions. • Images provide additional information. • Includes descriptions without supervision. • Effective images that provide additional information. Language Use: Vocabulary and Conventions • Very limited and/or inaccurate vocabulary. • Many errors in the language points covered. • Difficult to understand. • Repetitive vocabulary. Some inaccuracies. • Some errors in the language points covered. • Somewhat varied and accurate vocabulary. • Very few errors in the language points covered. • Effective, accurate, and varied vocabulary. • No errors in the language points covered. day 6 w ritinG • Review the genre and writer’s craft boxes with the class. Students may use Hojas 1B and 2B to review. • Compare and contrast both texts to show how the authors used the genre and writer’s crafts discussed. • Read the writing prompt aloud and clarify the task. If possible, you may want to provide students with sources where they can look for images. • Assign Hoja 3 and assist students as they write their drafts. • When students finish writing, assist them in the reviewing and editing process. Encourage students to use some of the words they learned. Remind students to use question marks (¿?) and description words (adjectives). day 7 P ubliShinG and / or P reSentinG • If time allows, organize a presentation session and invite students to share their informational texts and images. Stress the importance of images in informational texts. • You may want to exhibit students’ texts and images around the classroom. • Once they have finished, have students put away their work in their Writing Folders. w ritinG r ubric : i nformational t ext 40 Informational Text 36