Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Story Edit
The Story Edit task allows students to demonstrate their ability to edit grammar and spelling. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task.
This task is a part of the Writing Conventions task series from 2002 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Te Potiki
The Te Potiki task allows students to demonstrate their ability to tell a story to go with pictures. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four booklet pages, pictures, and a stapler.
This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2002 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Thank You Letter
The Thank You Letter task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a formal thank you letter. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a letter and an envelope.
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
The Plum Tree
The Plum Tree task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a story ending. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task is a video recording and a laptop computer.
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
The Wishing Ring
The The Wishing Ring task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write an ending to a story. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an audio recording.
This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Torch
The Torch task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write instructions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an assembled flashlight without batteries and two batteries.
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Windmills
The Windmills task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write instructions. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a picture, paper cutouts, and a glue stick.
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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