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4th-5th Grade FSA Writing Review
4th-5th Grade FSA Writing Review
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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
1 to 2 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
3 - 4 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
controlling idea,Hook, evidence
Hook,controlling idea,2-3details to support controlling idea
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
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Elaboration is defined as
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Telling more about the cited evidence
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
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All essays for the FSA must be written in what style of writing?
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Casual: laid back and chill
Formal: Serious and objective
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
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Strong vs Weak: For instance if you're lost you can use the GPS to get directions to your home.
Weak elaboration
Strong Elaboration
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One way to cite evidence is
As stated in "How to Budget" the author states "....." .
Based on paragraph 4 it states....
According to the story
The text states that....
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Which is NOT a way to define controlling idea?
The focus of the essay
The topic and writing task of essay
main idea of entire essay
What you think about the topic
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Informative essays incorporate
Opinions
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
Explanations, definitions, and data
Beliefs and thoughts
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
The hook
the introduction
the evidence
topic and the controlling idea
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Relivent
evidence (Mark all that apply)
All of the above
Supports your opinion or controlling idea
supports your elaboration
Is related to your topic sentence
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True or False. You only have to cite evidence from 1 source.
Maybe
True
I Don't Know
False
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Strong vs Weak elaboration: My mom bought me a cell phone and I texted my friends.
Strong elaboration
Weak elaboration
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Match the correct elaboration to:
The text states that the caribou has two layers of fur .
Wearing multiple shirts in the cold is a similar concept.
Animal fur keeps you warm.
This is similar to how our thick winter coats keep us warm.
I have a fur coat that keeps me warm.
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Said, Walk
Good, bad, nice, things
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
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How do you unwrap the prompt?
Underline the entire prompt
Read the prompt
Identify the topic,genre,underline writing task
identify genre, start writing
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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Citation of evidence: According to...
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
Summary sentence: All in all,...
Transition, Topic sentence or detail
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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Decide which evidence most supports the writing task.
Organize ideas and evidence into a web graphic organizer.
Start writing essay
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The Olympics only encourages competition, not friendship.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Strong
Weak
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Cellphone uses include text messaging and video chat.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
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What is the first thing you should do when you get your writing test?
I don't know
Unwrap the prompt
Read the sources
Start planning
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Proof read, revise, and edit
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Organize, plan, read, revise
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Review, review, reread, revise, and edit.
Sleep
Submit
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition and thesis restatement.
Restate Introduction
Transition, restatement, and summary of evidence/ details
New evidence,elaboration
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Examples of transition words are...
All of the answers are correct
The text states that......,according to
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The next paragraph is about how young and old use technology.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
I, me, my, mine, personally
You, yours, you're
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
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Strong vs. weak topic sentence:
Next, I will tell you about smart phone games.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Argue or persuade
Justify or say why something is right
Explain or inform
Evaluate or give the value of
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Do you believe you can pass this test?
No
Maybe
Yes
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Lots of personal stories
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Examples and concrete details from experts
Opinions
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph? (2 right answers)
Topic sentence, Cite, elaborate, restate
summarize,cite,elaborate
Topic sentence,elaborate,cite,restate
cite, topic sentence,summarize
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?( mark all that apply)
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
Yes, It will make more sense.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
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Explain how invasive species have effected the environment. What kind of evidence do you need?
Details about their natural habitat.
Details about how they have effected our ecosystem.
Details about how the animals got here.
Details about where the animals are from.
