1. Writing Assessment – Write informative text.
Instructions – Write informative text.
Writing Assessment – Write informative text.
Writing Prompt: Write informative text.
Tell the students the topic is animals live in different places.
Think about where you see animals. Where do animals live? What kinds of animals live there?
Before you write:
Read the topic.
Think about the topic.
Think of three or four facts about the topic.
Organise your ideas using the chart.
When you write:
Write the topic sentence from the chart: Animals live in different places.
Write three or four facts about the topic.
Use the words in the word bank.
Teacher: If time allows, have students type their writing on a computer.
While you write, remember to:
Use capital letters.
Using ending punctuation marks.
Use your best handwriting.
Use finger spaces between words and sentences.

2. Writing Assessment #2 – Write informative text.
topic
Facts
Fact #1
Fact #2
Fact #3
Word Bank
animals, live, many, ocean, mountain, land, forest, zoo, wild, river, lions, tigers, bears, koalas, sharks, whales, crocodiles, fish, elephants, birds

3. Writing Assessment #2 – Write informative text.

4. Writing Assessment #2 – Write informative text.

5. Year 4 Marking Guide for Persuasive Writing
Conventions
Text
Structure
0 no structure or wrong type (e.g., narrative)
1 minimal structure, lacking opinion or reasons
2 contains opinion and one reason OR reasons are not relevant
3 contains opinion and reasons
4 controlled persuasive text: all components are well developed.
Spelling
0 no conventional spelling
1 spelling errors impede readability
2 few or no spelling errors
Points: _____________ / 2
Vocabulary
0 symbols or drawings only, no words
1 very short script with simple words
2 simple words, 2 or 3 precise words
3 some precise words or phrases
4 consistent use of precise words and phrases
Points: _____________ /4
Ideas
0 no evidence
1 ideas are very few and simple or unrelated
2 ideas are simple or predictable
3 ideas show development and are coherent
4 ideas are substantial and elaborated
Points: _____________ / 4
Paragraphs
0 no paragraphs
1 persuasive text organised into one paragraph
2 paragraphs are separated by idea and put in order (opinon, arguments, summary)
Points: _____________ / 4
Persuasive Devices
1 uses personal statements only
2 uses personal statements and reasons
3 also uses modal language
4 also reasons contain appeals to audience
Sentence
0 no sentence structure
1 some complete sentences
2 uses all simple sentences correctly
3 also uses compound sentences correctly
4 also uses complex sentences correctly
Cohesion
0 symbols or drawings
1 text is confusing to read
2 uses some synonyms, word associations and pronouns to make connections
3 uses all or most synonyms, word associations and pronouns to make clear connections
4 also uses transitions
Punctuation
0 no punctuation
1 uses some full stops and some sentence capitalisation correctly
2 uses all correct sentence punctuation and sentence capitalisation
3 also uses proper noun capitalisation correctly
4 also has mostly correct other punctuation (e.g. ,quotation marks)
Total
_____________ / 16
Overall Total
_____________ / 32
Present Your Writing Assessment
Now that you have written your informative text about animals live in different places, you can present it to the class. Presenting often goes with writing. Your teacher will give you time to practise (allow students to practise by Pair-Sharing). Then, each student will read their writing to the class. Be sure to be ready!
To present text, use the skills in the Presenter Checklist.
Practise presenting your text.
Your classmates will listen, take notes and give feedback using the Audience Checklist.
Presenter Checklist
Rate Yourself
1. Stand up No
Sometimes
Yes
2. Speak clearly
3. Use your strong voice
4. Read the topic
5. Read three or four facts about the topic
I need to work on…
Note: Teacher, please print out one marking guide for each student and use it to score the Writing Assessment.

6. Year 1 Marking Guide for Writing Informative Text
Narrative
Conventions
Topic
0 does not write about the topic
1 topic sentence is written and topic is somewhat
used throughout the text
2 topic sentence is written and mostly used
throughout the text
3 topic sentence is written and used throughout the
text
Punctuation
0 no punctuation and capitalisation
1 uses some ending punctuation and some sentence capitalisation at correctly
2 mostly uses all correct sentence punctuation and sentence capitalisation
3 uses all sentence punctuation and capitalisation correctly
Points: _____________ /3
Points: _____________ / 3
Facts
0 does not use facts that support the topic; the
facts do not relate to the topic
1 provides one fact describing the topic
2 provides two facts describing the topic and the
facts mostly relate to the topic
3 provides three or more facts describing the topic
and all the facts relate to the topic
Sentence Structure
0 does not use complete sentences
1 mostly uses complete sentences
2 uses simple sentences
Points: _____________ / 2
Spelling
0 most of the words are spelled incorrectly
1 spells some words correctly, using knowledge of learned
letter patterns and spells some untaught words phonetically
2 spells most words correctly, using knowledge of learned
letter patterns and spells untaught words phonetically
Penmanship
0 text cannot be read
1 somewhat prints legibly and sometimes uses spaces between words and sentences
2 mostly prints legibly and mostly uses spaces between words and sentences
3 prints legibly with correct spacing between words and sentences
Points: _____________ / 6
Total
_____________ / 6
_____________ / 10
Overall Total
_____________ / 16

7. Year 1 Learning Objectives for Writing Informative Text
Write a story.
Conventions
Topic
ACELY
ACELA
ACELT
ACELY
Use illustration to support reading.
Determine the purpose of text.
Identify different types of literature.
Describe features of informative text.
Punctuation
ACELA
ACELA
ACELA
ACELY
ACELY
Write sentences with ending punctuation.
Edit writing using correct punctuation.
Facts
ACELY
Recall facts from text.
Sentence Structure
ACELA
ACELA
ACELA 1452
Identify the type of sentence.
Write simple sentences.
Use nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Writing
ACELY
ACELY
Write a narrative.
Write using a computer.
Penmanship
ACELY
ACELY
Write upper case and lower case letters.
Write words.
Presenting
ACELY
ACELY
Deliver a presentation.
Spelling
ACELA 1458
ACELA 1459
ACELY
Recognise sound-letter matches.
Understand the variability of sound-letter matches.
Used taught letter patterns to spell words.