This document outlines the agenda for a staff development day focused on writing assessment and scoring. The day is divided into three parts: an introduction to writing across content areas in the morning, reviewing and practicing with the school's writing assessment from 9-11am, and calibrating scoring and assessing student essays from 12:30-3pm. The morning section covers Close Reading, writing standards for different subjects, and distinguishing between argument and persuasive text. Teachers will review the school's writing assessment and practice scoring sample essays in the mid-morning section.

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BVSW Writing PD/ Writing Assessment Scoring
March 14, 2013
The day will be divided into three parts:
Writing across the content levels (7:45- 9:00)
Introduce and read through the BV Writing Assessment (9:00- 11:00)
Calibrate and Score BVSW Essays (12:30- 3:00)
AGENDA
7:45-8:00—Introduction/ Learning Targets/ Chalk Talk Activity (Lisa Wilson)
8:00-8:20—CCSS Writing Anchor Standards/ Close Reading Strategy (Morgan Scanlon, Kat Buchanan)
8:20-8:30—CCSS Standards for Writing in History, Science, and Technical Studies (Joel White)
8:30-8:45—What is a DBQ? (Mike Ortmann, Katherine Pinto, Lindsey Hogan)
8:45-9:00—Argument v. Persuasive Text/ Reading for Meaning (Morgan Scanlon, Tyson Ostroski)
9:00-9:15—Break
9:15-11:00—Writing Assessment Read Through/ Practice Scoring (ELA CCSS Committee Members)
11:00-12:30—Lunch
12:30-3:00—Calibration and Scoring of BVSW Student Essays