Joy Fuller

EDU 602
Performance Task Assessment
Grade:
First Grade
Subject:
Language Arts: Writing
Standard:
LA 1.2.2 Writing Modes: Students will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes
and audiences across disciplines
LA 1.2.2.a Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive,
informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple
audiences using a variety of media and formats.
LA 1.2.2.b With adult guidance, provide evidence from literary or informational
text to support ideas or opinions.
LA 1.2.2.c With adult guidance conduct and publish research to answer questions
or solve problems using resources.
LA 1.2.2.d Use precise word choice and domain- specific vocabulary to write in a
variety of modes.
Assessment Tool:
Performance Task
Strategy:
Rubric for writing a Nonfiction Narrative (rubric could be used for any writing unit)
Level of Questioning:
Comprehension, Analysis, and Application
Performance Task:
Write a Nonfiction Narrative. Research information for the Nonfiction Narrative from a
variety of resources (ex. books, photographs, online resources). Using the facts from the
research write a Nonfiction Narrative in ones own words.

Rubric:

1
Elements of Little to no
a Nonfiction elements are
Narrative
included
Research
Little to no
Based
research
Facts
Written in
Own Words

Word
Choice

Facts are
copied from
the book

Repetitive
sentence
structure

3
4
Some
Most elements All elements
elements are
are included
are included
included
and creatively
Some research Sufficient
All research is
research and
correct and
mostly correct relevant
Some facts are Most facts are All facts are
written in
written in
written in
ones own
ones own
ones own
words
words
words
creatively
Some
Most
No repeating
difference in
sentences are of sentence
sentence
written with a structures
structure
variety of
sentence
structure

Steps:
1. Students should use a variety of resources (books, photographs, and iPads) to
research facts about their animal.
2. Students should use the facts to write a Nonfiction Narrative with all the
elements.
a. Facts need to be written in their own words
b. Elements include:
i. Beginning, middle, and end
ii. Title
iii. Transition words
iv. Two facts in the beginning, middle, and end
v. Action verbs
vi. Descriptive words
vii. Pictures and labels
viii. Pronouns
3. The Nonfiction Narrative should be written in their own words with a variety of
sentence structures.