5th Grade Pre-Assessment Writing Prompts PDF

Pre-Assessment Prompts, Rubric, & Scoring Sheets 5 Grade th 1 Name: Date: Personal Narrative Prompt: Think about a time you were surprised about something that happened to you. It could be...

Pre-Assessment Prompts, Rubric, & Scoring Sheets 5 Grade th 1 Name: Date: Personal Narrative Prompt: Think about a time you were surprised about something that happened to you. It could be a happy surprise or a disappointment. Write about the event. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 2 Name: Date: Explanatory Prompt: Every student has responsibilities. Write a a few paragraphs explaining the various types of responsibilities students can have either at school or at home. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 3 Name: Date: Opinion Prompt: Imagine the principal has asked you to be a part of a student panel to discuss recess time. Should students have more recess time? Why or why not? Be sure to include details to support your opinion. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 4 Name: Date: Informational Prompt: People do all kinds of jobs. People build, serve, teach, or sell. Some people work on ships at sea, and others work in skyscrapers. What career path interests you? Write a few paragraphs that introduces a career, describes the work, and how this career helps the world. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 5 Name: Date: Creative Narrative Prompt: Imagine you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and see your principal’s reflection instead of your own! Write a creative narrative describing your day as your principal. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 6 _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 7  Pre-Assessment Rubric 4 3 2 1 The student wrote more The student than 3 wrote 2-3 The student paragraphs paragraphs wrote one or The student Writing that are that are more wrote one long Structure organized organized paragraphs block of text logically, logically, and at least without any & include topic include topic one paragraph paragraph Organizati sentences and sentences, and was organized breaks or on transition are separated logically and evidence of words, and are with a new line started with an organization. separated with and an indentation. a new line and indentation. an indentation. The student The student The student expressed or The student appeared to be appeared to be demonstrated expressed or interested in content with discontent with demonstrated Interest the writing the writing the writing discontent with assignment assignment assignment, the assignment and enjoyed and got right but did the and avoided it. writing. to work. work. The student The student The student wrote the wrote for about The student wrote almost entire time 5 minutes only wrote for Stamina & the entire time without before a few minutes Focus and only took stopping and stopping or before occasional didn’t take any took frequent stopping. breaks. breaks. writing breaks. The student’s The student’s The student’s The student Complexit has complex ideas are ideas are ideas are not y of Ideas developmentall basic. aligned with ideas and y-appropriate Thoughts are the prompt, or & provides and include not extended, no examples Elaboratio examples and several and examples and elaborations n for all ideas. examples and are rarely elaborations elaborations. provided. are included. The student The student The student had very few had several The student had very few basic errors errors with had many errors in basic but did have basic and errors with or advanced some trouble advanced basic concepts concepts, with advanced Grammar including ©2022concepts, Simplify Writing™ concepts, such as including spelling, 8 spelling, including  Pre-Assessment Big Picture Items Sentence Writing Paragrap h Writing Interest Stamina Complexit y of Ideas Grammar Technolog y Other: ___________ ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 9  Student Name Sentence Writing Paragraph Writing Interest Stamina ©2022 Simplify Writing™ Complexity of Ideas Grammar Pre-Assessment Individual Struggles Technology Other: 10 _______________  Pre-Assessment Grammar Knockout List When will this unit be Date Completed Grammar Skill taught? Notes (greatest to least impact) ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 11  Pre-Assessment Student Goals Student Name: ________________________________________ Date Focus Skill Progress Notes Master ed ©2022 Simplify Writing™ 12