Creative Writing -- Capacity Matrix Quarter 1
Use this form to track your progress with summative and formative assessments.
Standard and Target
Formative Assessments
Summative Assessments
*note work samples where applicable
RL/RI.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
RL/RI.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in
detail its development over the course of the text, including how it
emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an
objective summary of the text.
Summer Reading Theme
Practice?
“What, of this Goldfish, Would You
Wish?” Theme Assessment
“Midas” Theme Assessment
“What, of this Goldfish, Would You
Wish?” Selection Test-short answers

I can identify tone and theme in a variety of texts and
support my claims with objective summary of text and
appropriate textual evidence.
‘Like the Sun” Theme
Assessment
“The Lottery” Theme Assessment
“The Lottery” Selection Test-Short
answers
“The Wife’s Story” Theme Assessment
“The Wife’s Story” Selection Test-short
answers
W.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or
events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and wellstructured event sequences.
W.3B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing,
description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop
experiences, events, and/or characters.

I can write a well-structured narrative essay using
techniques such as dialogue, pacing, description,
reflection, and multiple plot lines.
Character Sketch. Collection
1. pg. 9
LPA Work sample: Short Story; real or
imaginative (Mid. Quarter)
Timed Fictional/Personal
Narrative (week 2)
Life Road Map or Super Hero
Assignment
Notebook Strategy
Assignments (Lists, what’s in a
name, writing territories, etc.)
Quick Writes/Journals
W.1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient
evidence.

I can write a literary argument with a clear claim
reinforced by effective textual evidence and commentary.
RL.10: Read and comprehend literature independently and
proficiently.

I can read and comprehend literature independently.
L. 2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
L.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown vocabulary.

I can demonstrate command of the conventions of
Standard English and vocabulary at grade level. .
Literary Analysis
paragraph (on one of 3 short
stories)
“What, of this Goldfish”
“The Lottery”
“The Wife’s Story”
Model: “Like the Sun”
Literary Analysis Paragraph - Night
Summer Reading Written
Assignment
Collections selection testsmultiple choice portion
Night Study Guides
Night Chapter Quizzes
AR Points Mid-Quarter
AR Final Score (X2)
Night Final Exam (.5)
CBM quick writes administered
every 1-2 weeks
LPA Work Sample: Conventions
Category
Literary Analysis Paragraph - Night
Final CBM
Root Tests 1-4
Academic Vocabulary Terms Coll. 1
For 2nd attempt, if needed, write literary
analysis on one of the three short stories
they did not use for formative.
Proficiency
Level