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Parts of Speech The Parts of Speech task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify parts of speech. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a sentence 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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Party Time The Party Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write invitation cards. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a blank invitation card and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Party Time (Computer) The Party Time (Computer) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write an invitation on the computer. Students will complete this task working one on one with a student-administrator. The resources required for this task a laptop computer and a computer program. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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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 Check The Punctuation Check task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct punctuation errors. 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. 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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