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Pen Pal The Pen Pal task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a formal letter in response to another letter. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a letter and a photograph. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Phone Messages The Phone Messages task allows students to demonstrate their ability to retell a phone message. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task is an audio recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Please...! The Please...! task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use persuasive writing. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Popcorn The Popcorn task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write instructions. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task a video recording, a laptop computer, four pictures, and four individual answer sheets. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Postcard The Postcard task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write an informative postcard. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a postcard. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Punctuation The Punctuation task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use correct punctuation. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a punctuation card. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Punctuation/ Punctuation Corrections The Punctuation/ Punctuation Corrections task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use correct punctuation and identify mistakes. Students will complete this task working in stations and one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task a laptop computer and a computer program. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Really Good Writing The Really Good Writing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify characteristics of a well written story. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are individual answer sheets, team answer sheets, four blue pens, four red pens, a highlighter pen, and four copies of a story. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Rona The Rona task allows students to demonstrate their ability to re-write a legend. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, four pictures, and four individual answer sheets. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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Santa The Santa task allows students to demonstrate their ability to fill in thought bubbles with appropriate content. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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