Transcript Daily SOL Writing Practice A Slumber Party

Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 8
A Slumber Party
Alicia’s teacher asks the class to describe how they would get ready for a slumber party
for seven people at their house. Alicia makes the following notes. Use the notes to
answer questions 1 and 2.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1
I would make to do lists.
I would write thank-you notes.
I would clean my house.
I would organize all of the games, food and music for the party.
I would ask my mom and best friend to help.
Which idea does not belong in
Alicia’s essay?
2
Based on these notes which of these
is the best title for Alicia’s essay?
A
idea 1
F
Slumber Party Dos and Don’ts
B
idea 2
G
Game Ideas For Your Slumber
Party
C
idea 3
H
Great Food For A Slumber
Party
J
Preparing For Your Slumber
Party
D
idea 4
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Daily SOL Writing Practice
Grade 8
Week 8
Answer – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
1
B
8.7ab – Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize
ideas.
2
J
8.7ac – Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize
ideas.
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. One 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. Questions with this part 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.
Another section of the rough draft will contain embedded errors in usage or mechanics. Items following this
section 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, there will be no error and the correct
answer will be "as it is."
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Grade 8
Week 8
Read the first part of Alicia’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(1)Whenever I decide to have a slumber party, I know I’ll have a lot of work do to. (2)Getting
ready for a slumber party is a lot of work. (3)My mom and my best friend, Olivia, always offer
to help. (4)I usually make a to-do list and a grocery list. (5)I divide the work between the three
of us. (6)Together, we get everything accomplished before the first guest arrives.
3
Which of these sentences repeats
information already in the
paragraph?
A
sentence 2
B
sentence 5
C
sentence 1
D
sentence 3
4
How are sentences 4 and 5 best
combined?
F
I usually make a to-do list and a
grocery list for us and divide the
work on the lists between the three
of us.
G
I usually make a to-do list and a
grocery list, and then I divide the
work between the three of us.
H
I usually make a to-do list, a grocery
list, and divide the work.
J
Among us, I divide the work and I
write a to-do list and a grocery list.
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Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
3
A
8.7dc – Revise writing for word choice, sentence variety,
and transitions among paragraphs.
4
G
8.7dd - Revise writing for word choice, sentence variety,
and transitions among paragraphs.
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. Vocabulary words that illustrate tone
will assist students in understanding the proper tone of a piece of writing.
The Standards of Learning writing assessment asks 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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Week 8
Read the second part of Alicia’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(7)After I ask my mom and Olivia to help me, I make two lists. (8)I make a to-do list and a
grocery list. (9)The To Do list includes chores like cleaning the house and organizing the
games, activities, and music we will use. (10)My grocery list always include frozen pizzas,
popcorn, M & M’s, and pancake mix. (11)My dad makes pancakes for my friends and me
whenever they stay over.
5
In sentence 9, how is games, activities,
and music best written?
6
In sentence 10, how is include best
written?
A
games, activities and music,
F
included
B
games, activities, and music,
G
includes
C
games activities, and music
H
do include
D
as it is
J
as it is
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Week 8
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
5
D
8.8aa – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including
sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence
formation and paragraph structure.
6
G
8.7ac – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including
sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence
formation and paragraph structure.
Notes to Teacher:
During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for correct grammar, punctuation and
sentence construction.
To assist students in developing these skills direct instruction must take place on including prepositions,
correct case and number, and comparative and superlative degrees in adverbs and adjectives.
The Standards of Learning writing assessment asks students to edit a given passage for grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
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Week 8
Read the third part of Alicia’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(12)Olivia loves organizing therefore I always have her organize my CDs and games.
(13)She also selects the best music for the party. (14)Usually, my mom will let us bake
cookies or brownies, so I like to get all of the ingredients together for that activity. (15)My
mom, Olivia, and I tackle the cleaning together. (16)We are the fastest cleaning crew in
town.
7 In sentence 12, how is therefore best
written?
8
In sentence 16, how is fastest best
written?
A ,therefore,
F
most fast
B :therefore,
G faster
C ;therefore,
H most fastest
D as it is
J
as it is
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Grade 8
Week 8
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
7
C
8.8bi – Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence
structures to include conjunctions and transition words.
8
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 correct grammar, punctuation and
sentence construction.
To assist students in developing these skills direct instruction must take place on including prepositions,
correct case and number, and comparative and superlative degrees in adverbs and adjectives.
The Standards of Learning writing assessment asks students to edit a given passage for grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
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Week 8
Read the fourth part of Alicia’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below.
(17)After we complete all of the chores at home, we go to the grocery store together.
(18)The three of us have so much fun choosing her favorite snacks. (19)When the
groceries have been put away, and the chores are complete. (20)We just sit back, relax,
and wait for the guests to arrive.
9
In sentence 18, how is her best
written?
10 Which is not a complete sentence?
F
sentence 17
G
sentence 18
H
sentence 19
J
sentence 20
A my
B their
C our
D as it is
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Grade 8
Week 8
Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use
Question
Correct Answer
VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation
9
C
8.8ad – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including
sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence
formation and paragraph structure.
10
H
8.8aa – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including
sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence
formation and paragraph structure.
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