Common Framework of Reference
EAL Writing Rubrics and
Student Exemplars: Grades 1-8
The following resource from The SK Ministry of Education provides samples of grades 4, 7, and 9 student writing are now available. Sample student writing as well as other materials related to the ESSP outcome that “by June 30, 2020, 80 per cent of student will be at or above grade level in writing” can be found here: Grades 4, 7, and 9 Student Writing Samples.
This document from 1999 contains writing exemplars for all levels for grades 1-8.
These resources include rubrics for assessing communication skills as well as student exemplars organized into writing continuums.
Writing samples from the STF.
Please find writing exemplars for Grades 1 to 5.
Exemplars for grades 1-12.
We used information taken from the Writing Continuum working document as well as our collaboration to create a folder to house a few writing samples to assess the student's writing in Kindergarten.
Contact Taryn or myself with any questions.
Writing prompts and exemplars for Grades 1 to 8 from Ontario.
Student Writing Tasks and Samples
*Grade 1:A Short Piece of Descriptive Writing (“My Favourite Toy”) page 11
*Grade 2:A Short Narrative (“My Adventure”) page 25
*Grade 3:A Letter (to a Favourite Author) page 39
*Grade 4:A Humorous Fictional Story (“The Day Gravity Failed”) page 55
*Grade 5:A Non-fiction Report (“A Person I Admire”) page 73
*Grade 6:A Summary Report (“Canada’s Newest Territory”) page 91
*Grade 7:An Advertisement (for a New Food Product) page 111
*Grade 8:An Opinion Piece (a Letter to the Editor page 131
To match the ON rubrics with SK, you can connect these items: Reasoning in ON to Context in SK; Communication in ON to Message in SK; Organization in ON to Strategies in SK and Conventions in ON to Cues & Conventions in SK.