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MAAP Grade 8

Writing Prompt

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Purpose

This document will focus on student constructed responses for the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) Grade 8 writing assessment. It will provide knowledge of the scoring process for local and/or regional professionals to help guide classroom instruction.

The purpose of this document is to: ? provide a retired writing prompt and passage ? clarify scoring decisions as determined by the rangefinding process ? suggest additional prompts to be used with each passage

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MAAP Grade 8

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Rubric

Rubric

Standard ID: W.8.1-3 Standard: Development of Ideas

4 points

3 points

The writing is

The writing is

clear, consistently generally clear

focused, and

and focused, and

shows a complete shows a general

understanding

understanding

of the given

of the given

task. Ideas are

task. Ideas are

fully developed adequately

by using logical developed by

and convincing using logical

reasoning, well- reasoning,

chosen evidence sufficient and

from the text, and appropriate

details that are evidence from

specific, relevant, the text, and

and accurate based descriptions and

upon the text.

details that are,

for the most part,

relevant and

accurate based

upon the text.

Score of

2 points

1 point

The writing is

The writing is

vague and shows unclear, and

only partial

shows a lack of

understanding

understanding

of the given

of the given

task. Ideas are

task. Ideas are

somewhat

developed with

developed by

limited reasoning,

using some

little to no

reasoning and

evidence from

some evidence the text, and

from the text and descriptions and

descriptions and details that are

details that may be irrelevant and/or

irrelevant, may be inaccurate.

merely listed, and

may or may not be

found in the text.

0 points

The writing is unclear, shows no understanding of the given task, and uses no reasoning with little to no evidence from the text and descriptions and details that are irrelevant and/or inaccurate.

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MAAP Grade 8

Rubric

Standard ID: W.8.1-3 Standard: Writing Organization

4 points

The writing demonstrates evidence of planning and a purposeful, logical progression of ideas that allows the reader to easily follow the writer's ideas. Words, clauses, and transitions are used frequently and effectively to clarify the relationships among claims, reasons, details, and/or evidence. The writing contains an effective introduction and conclusion that contribute to cohesiveness and clarity of the response.

3 points

The writing demonstrates evidence of planning and a progression of ideas that allows the reader to follow the writer's ideas. Words, clauses, and transitions are used effectively to clarify the relationships among claims, reasons, details, and/or evidence. The writing contains an introduction and conclusion that contribute to the cohesiveness of the response.

Score of

2 points

The writing demonstrates evidence of planning with some logical progression of ideas that allows the reader to follow the writer's ideas. Words, clauses, and transitions are used somewhat consistently to clarify the relationships among claims, reasons, details, and/or evidence. The writing contains a basic introduction and conclusion that contribute to cohesiveness that may be formulaic in structure.

1 point

0 points

The writing shows The writing

an attempt at

lacks evidence

planning, but the of planning

progression of

(random order)

ideas is not always or a progression

logical, making of ideas, making

it more difficult it difficult for the

for the reader to reader to follow

follow the writer's the writer's

message or ideas. message or ideas.

Words, clauses, Words, clauses,

and transitions and transitions

are used sparingly are lacking or

and sometimes used ineffectively

ineffectively

to clarify the

to clarify the

relationships

relationships

among claims,

among claims,

reasons, details,

reasons, details, and/or evidence.

and/or evidence. There is a lack of

The writing

an introduction

contains an

and/or conclusion

introduction and resulting in a lack

conclusion that are of cohesiveness

inappropriate and/ and clarity.

or disconnected,

resulting in a lack

of cohesiveness

and clarity.

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