Lindsay S. Race

Implementation Plan

Pretest for Writing Paragraph Screener for incoming Postsecondary Students

  • May 26, 2017 at 8:16 AM
  • Visible to public
Writing Screener Script 
 
Introduction   The purpose of this assessment is to gather information about how you write, the kinds of sentences, and your experience with writing.   On the top right hand corner of your sheet of paper, please write your name and the date. Write the topic on the top part of your sheet. The topic is “Why did you choose the University of Florida”?  

PAUSE
: so they may write the topic down.
  Please try to write at least six sentences, and make your sentences as different in structure from each other as possible. Try to include as many as possible of the following kinds of sentences in your paragraph: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.   You will have one-minutes to think about the topic and six minutes to write. Please do not begin writing until we tell you to start. Begin thinking about the topic, you have two minutes.  

One Minutes Passes

You now may begin writing. Remember six minutes to write, with as many different types of sentences as possible. 

Six Minutes Pass                 
Put your pencil down and pass your sheets to the left.