Somerset Writes Practice FCAT Test- February 9, 2011

Parents,

On February 9, 2011 your child will participate in the Somerset Writes Practice FCAT Test. This writing assessment will be similar to the FCAT Writes assessment that we will take in March. Please see the rubric below which outlines the score details.

Rubric Criterion to Obtain a Writing Score of 6

□        Stays focus on the topic

□        Organizational pattern provides a logical progression of ideas – a sense of wholeness – beginning, middle and end

□        Use of transitional words

□        Ample development of supporting ideas/details

□        Precise word choice

□        Various sentence structure is used

□        Sentences are complete – no fragments

□        Subject/verb alignment

□        Verb/noun forms are correct

□        Capitalization – punctuation – spelling

□        Restate the prompt

□        Paragraph indent