Name: Teacher: School: Grade Level: Morrow County School District Quarter 3, Grades 3-4-5-6 Quarter 4, Grade 4 Narrative, Expository and Persuasive Assessment
Starting today, you will take part in a writing assessment. You will write a paper that will be read and scored by readers other than your teacher. Your answers need to be your own work. Please keep your eyes on your test and remember, there should be no talking.
STEP ONE: Prewriting on a Topic Look on page 2 in your response folder to find the topic you can write about. You MUST write on ONE of the topics printed in your response folder for your score to count. Use a separate sheet of paper to list ideas or do some other prewriting BEFORE you write your rough draft. The writing response folder is for your final copy only, and most students will not write anything inside the response folder until the third day of the test.
STEP TWO: Writing the Rough Draft Begin writing your rough draft on notebook paper when you finish prewriting. Be sure to completely fill in the bubble next to the topic you are choosing in your response folder. As you begin writing, please keep in mind that your paper may not be scored if it is written in the form of a poem or play; if it includes extreme violence or profanity, well beyond usual community standards for school writing; if it is “borrowed” or plagiarized from another source and that source is not identified; if it does not respond to the provided topic; if it is too long (more than the space provided in your response folder) or very short; or if your writing is too small or unreadable. Remember that your final copy should fit into the writing response folder on the two pages indicated. It is not acceptable to draw additional lines between the lines in your response folder to provide additional space. You may add a couple of lines at the end or attach a page to your response folder only to finish a thought or paragraph, but writing on this page must fill less than half of the extra page.
STEP THREE: Revising and Editing When your rough draft is finished, you should spend some time revising and editing. Use your “Guide to Revision” to help you know the things that the raters will look for when they score your paper. You may want to revise your paper to include the things listed on the “Guide to Revision.”
STEP FOUR: Recopying and Proofreading When you are done revising and editing, recopy your paper into the response folder. Please use a pen or write firmly in pencil. Your final copy should fit on the two pages provided. Another page may be attached only to finish a paragraph begun on the final page of the response folder, and may
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When you finish, make sure your name and your teacher’s name are on the front of the response folder and also on any attached pages.
Source: http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/admin/2010-11-appendix_g.pdf
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Narrative & Expository Prompts (Choose ONE):
An “adventure” could be any new experience that had some challenges. Tell a true story about an “adventure” you have had by yourself, with your family, or with a friend.
Tell a true story about a time you were proud of something you did.
Tell a true story about a time you really appreciated getting help for someone. You may have been given advise, given help with projects, been loaned something you needed, or given some other kind of help you appreciated.
Many people have an activity or hobby they like. Choose one of your favorite activities and explain it to someone who doesn’t know much about it.
Imagine that you have been granter one wish by a genie. You tell the genie that you would like him to do your least favorite household chore. You goal is to write a five paragraph story that will make it easy for the genie to follow your directions so that he will be able to get the chore completed so that everyone at your house will be pleased with the results.
For this writing project you are going to decide (take a side) whether or not you think students should be allowed to watch TV on school nights. Your task will be to persuade or convince other to take you side on the issue using clear and precise words. Use reasons and examples to prove you point.
Your task today is to decide which one is the better pet to own, a cat or a dog. Then pretend that you are writing to convince a dog owner that a cat is the better pet, or a cat owner that a dog is the better pet. If you have another pet such as a horse, fish, or bird as your favorite pet, you may use it instead. Remember to make your reasons interesting and persuasive.
Should students be allowed to chew gum in school? Make a list of reasons why you
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believe chewing gun in school should be allowed. In an essay defend your reasons to someone who thinks that gum chewing should not be allowed in school. Write to persuade your reader one way or another.
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