Transcript Daily SOL Writing Practice

Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
A Special Event
Camille’s teacher has asked the class to write an essay about a special event they
recently attended. Camille decided to write about the Fourth of July Festival.
1
Which would best help Camille
organize her ideas for this
essay?
2
To convey the excitement Camille
felt when she went to the festival,
which tone is best for her essay?
A
starting her rough draft
F
serious
B
making notes about fun
things to do at the festival
G
enthusiastic
H
objective
J
sarcastic
C
D
asking her friends what
they did for the Fourth of
July
gathering information about
fireworks
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
1
B
8.7ab – Use prewriting strategies to generate and
organize ideas.
2
G
8.7cc – Select specific vocabulary and information.
Notes to Teacher:
The writing subtest of the Grade 8 English test will have a series of brief scenarios, each of which defines a
writing task for a specified audience. Items following the statement of the writing task will address planning
or prewriting activities relevant to the specified task and will be coded to the Planning, Composing, and
Revising reporting category. A rough draft of a response to the specified writing task will follow the
planning/prewriting test items. The rough draft will be divided into sections. The first section will have errors
which require revision such as the inclusion of a sentence that does not belong or two sentences that need
to be combined. Items following the first section of the rough draft will require the student to correct these
errors by choosing the correct revision from the answer choices provided. These items will also be coded to
the Planning, Composing, and Revising reporting category.
The second section of the rough draft will contain embedded errors in usage or mechanics. Items following
this section will refer to underlined words or groups of words in the second section of the rough draft and will
require students to choose the answer which represents correct usage or mechanics. These items will be
coded to the Editing reporting category. In some cases, the underlined words will contain no error and the
correct answer will be "as it is." Following the expanded blueprint is a list of usage and mechanics skills
which are addressed in the Editing reporting category.
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Read the first part of Camille’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(1)Every July, our town throws a huge Fourth of July celebration. (2)I’ve been going to it for
many years. (3)The Civic League organizes a fair with free rides. (4)They also provide free
hotdogs, and snow cones. (5)After a day of fun at the fair, everyone gathers for a free
concert on the community soccer field. (6)There are some fireworks later.
3
How are sentences 3 and 4 best
combined?
4
How could sentence 6 be written
with specific details?
A The Civic League organizes free
rides at the fair and also hotdogs
and snow cones.
F
B Snow cones, hotdogs, and free
rides at the fair are organized by
the Civic League.
G There are a lot of fireworks
shown later at night.
C The Civic League organizes a fair
and provides free rides, hot dogs
and snow cones.
There are some amazing
fireworks showcased after the
sun sets.
H There are many numerous
fireworks later on in the
evening.
J
D Hotdogs and snow cones are
provided at the fair organized by
the Civic League and free rides
are too.
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There are so many numerous
fireworks after the sun sets at
night.
Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
3
C
8.7dd – Revise writing for word choice, sentence variety,
and transitions among paragraphs.
4
F
8.7cc– Select specific vocabulary and information.
Notes to Teacher:
During the revising stage of the writing process students will revise for focus, organization, and
elaboration.
To assist students in developing these skills direct instruction must take place on including important
details, deleting unnecessary information and varying sentences.
The Standards of Learning writing assessments will ask students to use their revising skills to identify
ways to improve a passage that is provided. To be successful on this section of the test, students must
be able to suggest the best way to combine provided sentences, choose a more descriptive way to write
provided sentences and locate unneeded information.
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Read the next part of Camille’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(7)My friends and I go to the festival every July. (8)A small parade is scheduled before the
festival. (9)People drive their antique cars, kids ride bikes, and equestrians ride they
horses. (10)Everyone in the parade tosses candy to the spectators. (11)We all scrambled
to grab as much candy as we can fit into our pockets.
5
In sentence 9, how should they
be written?
6
In sentence 11, how is scrambled
best written?
A
those
F
B
there
G were scrambling
C
their
H scramble
D
as it is
J
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did scramble
as it is
Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
5
C
8.8ad – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including
sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence
formation and paragraph structure.
6
H
8.8df – Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
Notes to Teacher:
During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for correct, grammar, punctuation,
capitalization, spelling and sentence construction.
Students should be provided with many opportunities to edit and correct punctuation in their writing and
the writing of their classmates.
The Standards of Learning writing assessments will ask students to edit a given passage for
punctuation, correct case and number, verb tense, and comparative and superlative degrees. Students
will be expected to understand the use of conjunctions and transitional words.
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Read the next part of Camille’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(12)After the parade, we all head to the fair. (13)The first place me and my friends go is
the rock wall. (14)It is such a challenge, but we love it. (15)After the rock wall, we make
it over to the giant slide. (16)This inflated slide is two-stories tall and bounces you down
to the ground. (17) Whenever we’re hungry, we stop and get either a free snow cone, or
a free hotdog. (18)The fair is awesome.
7
In sentence 13, how is me and my
friends correctly written?
8
In sentence 17, how is either a free
snow cone, or a free hotdog best
written?
A my friends and I
F
either a free snow cone and a
free hotdog
G
either a free hotdog, or a free
snow cone
H
either a free snow cone or a
free hotdog
J
as it is
B my friends and me
C they and I
D as it is
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
7
A
8.8ce – Choose the correct case and number for
pronouns in prepositional phrases with compound objects.
8
H
8.8bj – Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence
structures to include conjunctions and transition words.
Notes to Teacher:
During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for correct grammar, punctuation,
capitalization, spelling and sentence construction.
Students should be provided with many opportunities to edit and correct punctuation in their writing and
the writing of their classmates.
The Standards of Learning writing assessments will ask students to edit a given passage for
punctuation, correct case and number, verb tense, and comparative and superlative degrees. Students
will be expected to understand the use of conjunctions and transitional words.
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Read the next part of Camille’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions
below.
(19)After a full day of fun activities, my friends and I meet our families for a picnic and
a free concert. (20)Everyone tosses a football or played Frisbee while beautiful music
is playing. (21)The most spectacular part of the Fourth of July Festival is the
impressive fireworks display. (22)People stare in amazement while watching a
rainbow of sparks fall from the sky.
9
In sentence 20, how is played best
written?
10 In sentence 21, how is
most spectacular, best written?
A
did play
F
B
plays
G even more spectacular
C
was playing
H spectacularest
D
as it is
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more spectacular
as it is
Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 7
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
9
B
8.8df – Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
10
J
8.8eg – Use comparative and superlative degrees in
adverbs and adjectives.
Notes to Teacher:
During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for use of language, capitalization,
punctuation and spelling. Students can earn 14 multiple choice points and 8 possible score from the
direct-writing component by accurately editing.
On the Grade 8 Standards of Learning writing assessments students will edit for the use of:
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
•subject-verb agreement with
intervening, phrases and clauses
•pronoun-antecedent agreement to
include indefinite pronouns
•maintain consistent tense inflections
across paragraphs
•choose adverbs to describe verbs,
adjectives, and other adverbs
•use correct spelling for frequently used
words
•choose pronouns to agree with
antecedents
•subject-verb agreement with
intervening phrases and clauses
•edit for verb tense consistency
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•use and punctuate correctly varied
sentence structures to include
conjunctions and transition words.
•choose the correct case and number
for pronouns in prepositional phrases
with compound objects.
•maintain consistent verb tense across
paragraphs
•use comparative and superlative
degrees in adverbs and adjectives