Writing WASL
Yesterday was a fun filled day while I was shuttered away scoring the 6th Grade SLMS Writing WASL. We use our own prompt and then all the 6th and 7th Core teachers spend a day or two scoring them and yesterday was the day. At least I got to play a little Guitar Hero II in order to break the monotony.
More details to come but from initial reactions I can say with some certainty that the biggest overall problem with the 6th graders is they are not writing very detailed or interesting paragraphs. We are using the results to plan what the students will do next year in 7th and we are already looking at paragraph development as a big focus.
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Awards
In addition to winning the Independent Games Festival award in 2006 during its design, Braid was selected by GameSpot for their 2008 awards in “Best Original Downloadable Console Game”, “Best Platformer”, and “Best Licensed Music”, and by Official Xbox Magazine for their 2008 awards of “XBox Live Arcade Game of the Year”, “Best Soundtrack”, and “Best Ending” and one of their “Indisputably Incredible Runners-ups to Game of the Year”. Braid was awarded the “Casual Game of the Year” at the 12th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards, and was nominated for five Xbox Live Arcade 2008 awards, winning one award in the category of “Best Innovation”.
