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A Better Story The A Better Story task allows students to demonstrate their ability to make a story more vivid and exciting. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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A Day I'll Never Forget The A Day I'll Never Forget task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a story about a personal event. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, four individual answer sheets, four Spell Writes, four red pens, and a time. This task is a part of the Expressive 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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A Tale of Two Donkeys The A Tale of Two Donkeys task allows students to demonstrate their ability to rearrange pictures and create a story. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a title page, six pictures, and a stapler. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Accident Report The Accident Report task allows students to demonstrate their ability to retell an event. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task is a video 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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After School The After School task allows students to demonstrate their ability to inform and describe an ideal person for a job. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a newsletter and a recording book. 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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Baby Giraffe The Baby Giraffe task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a short news report to go with a photo. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is a video. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Bike for Sale The Bike for Sale task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a short advertisement. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task a picture. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Birthday Story The Birthday Story task allows students to demonstrate their ability to rearrange pictures and create a story. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four pictures and a stapler. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Bookshop Letter The Bookshop Letter task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a letter asking for information. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Coke The Coke task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a letter. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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