Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 7 |
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 7 |
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Sentences
The Sentences task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use punctuation and capital letters. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a recording book.
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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Shells
The Shells task allows students to demonstrate their ability to inform and use descriptive writing. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a shell chart, a teacher recording sheet, four labelled envelopes, 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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 7 |
Shimbir
The Shimbir task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Students will complete this task working in stations.The resource required for this task is a book.
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 7 |
Spelling
The Spelling task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct spelling 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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3 |
Spelling Check
The Spelling Check task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify incorrectly spelt words and correct them. 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 1998 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 7 |
Spelling Corrections
The Spelling Corrections task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct spelling errors. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer.
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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