# Writing Process and Product Worksheet

| Assessing writing processes |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Planning and organizing**  
- Approaches writing tasks willingly  
- Arrives at topic independently  
- Picture  
- Graphic organizer Type  
- Notes  
- Dictates | **Drafting**  
- Refers to planning  
- Proceeds quickly from start to finish  
- Pauses periodically  
- Revises changes spelling  
- Dependent on others for spelling | **Revising and editing**  
- Rereads work  
- Adds information  
- Rewords ideas  
- Clarifies references  
- Reorganizes content |  |
| **Discourse level**  
- Fluency  
- Total # words  
- # words/T-unit  
- Structural Organization  
- True to genre:  
- Maturity level: | **Sentence level**  
- T-units  
- Total # T-units  
- # words/T-unit  
- range of T-unit length  
- Types of sentences  
- # Simple incorrect  
- # Single correct | **Word choice**  
- Mature and interesting choices  
- Overreliance on particular words  
- Usage errors  
- Spelling accuracy  
- % incorrect | **Conventions**  
- Capitalization  
- Initial letter of sentence  
- Titles  
- Proper nouns  
- End punctuation  
- Periods  
- Question marks  
- Grammar |

| **Cohesion**  
- Clarity within sentences  
- Clarity across text  
- Pronoun reference cohesion  
- Verb tense cohesion  
- Sense of audience  
- Title End  
- Creative and original  
- Relevant information  
- Adequate information  
- Dialogue/Other literary devices | **Competence**  
- # Complex incorrect  
- # Complex correct  
- # Run-on clauses (after 2 coord.)  
- Variability  
- Varied sentence types  
- Overreliance on a particular construction | **Spelling developmental stage**  
- Prephonetic  
- Semiphonetic  
- Phonetic  
- Transitional  
- Conventional | **Examples:**  
- Apostrophes  
- Contractions  
- Possessives  
- Quotation marks  
- Direct quotes  
- Formatting  
- Paragraphs  
- Poetry/other |  
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Assessing spoken language in writing process contexts |  |  |  |
| **Listening and comprehension**  
- Makes eye contact with speaker  
- Listens without interrupting  
- Seeks clarification when needed  
- Follows directions | **Manner**  
- Articulates clearly  
- Speaks fluently  
- Uses natural prosody  
- Appropriate eye gaze  
- Appropriate loudness | **Topic maintenance**  
- Situationally appropriate  
- Provides adequate information  
- Asks relevant questions  
- Shares opinions  
- Reflects on own work and others'  
- Engages in conversational turn-taking | **Linguistic skill**  
- Organizes ideas adequately  
- Completes utterances  
- Uses specific vocabulary |