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Test Practice Workshop
Writing Skills
Expository Essay
Carefully read the following writing prompt . Before you begin writing , think carefully about what task the assignment is asking you to perform . Then create an outline to help guide your writing .
In “ Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima ,” Walter Dean Myers describes a young man ’ s journey into slavery . What caused the young son of an African tribal king to become a slave ? Why did he decide to return to his “ owner ” after his escape ? What events enabled him to return to Africa ?
Plan and write several paragraphs for an expository essay in which you state and support a thesis about events that shaped the life of Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima . Use cause-effect organization for your essay . Include evidence from the story , including direct quotations , to support your thesis . As you write , be sure to :
• Organize your essay in a logical and consistent way
• Include introductory and concluding paragraphs
• Introduce your position in the first paragraph
• Support your main idea in each body paragraph
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Revising and Editing Skills
In this excerpt from the first draft of a student ’ s paper , words and phrases are underlined and numbered . Alternatives to the underlined words and phrases appear in the right-hand column . Choose the one that best corrects any grammatical or style errors in the original . If you think that the original is error-free , choose “ NO CHANGE .”
Some questions might also be asked about a section of the passage or the entire passage . These do not refer to a specific underlined phrase or word and are identified by a number in a box . Record your answers on a separate sheet of paper .
Many people today worries more about their own 1 . A . NO CHANGE 1
B . worried more about their own future then future than about the future of the human race . C . worry more about their own future than
D . worries about their own future more then
Where are the explorers like Marco Polo , and 2
2 . A . NO CHANGE Lewis and Clark , who broadened our ideas about B . Marco Polo and Lewis and Clark
C . Marco Polo , Lewis , and Clark , our world and other cultures ? Where are the
D . Marco Polo , and Lewis and Clark
scientists like Galileo and Newton who changed 3 . A . NO CHANGE B . changed the way we think about ourself , the way we think about ourself and the universe ? C . changes the way we think about ourself 3
D . changed the way we think about ourselves
Whole new fields of technology were opened by 4
4 . A . NO CHANGE inventors such as the Wright Brothers and
B . The Wright Brothers and Thomas Edison opened whole new fields of technology ,
Thomas Edison , but where are their modern C . Whole new fields of technology were counterparts ? 5 opened by inventors , such as the Wright Brothers , and Thomas Edison ,
In childhood , children test the limits of their
D . The Wright Brothers and Thomas Edison , who opened whole new fields of technology , physical ability and the limits imposed on them
5 . The first sentence in this paragraph is :
by others . Without current examples of explorers A . a problem-solution statement . B . a cause-effect statement . and inventors to look up to , many childhood C . a thesis statement .
D . a persuasive statement . ambitions fade away . By the time they get old
6 . In this sentence , content is used as which part enough to work , many of these same people seem of speech ?
A . noun content to live inside a tiny world just so they B . adverb
6 C . verb can make a few bucks and “ secure their future .” D . adjective
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Assessment Guide and EXAMVIEW ® Assessment Suite |
The Mirrors & Windows program contains extensive opportunities and support materials to help prepare your students for taking standardized assessments .
• Each unit in the textbook offers a fully developed Test Practice Workshop correlated to the Common Core State Standards in reading , writing , and revising and editing . Writing practice includes argumentative , informative , narrative , and descriptive writing prompts .
• The Language Arts Handbook in the back of each textbook provides an in-depth section on Test- Taking Skills .
• Common Core Assessment Practice tests available online based on PARCC and Smarter Balanced formats .
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ASSESSMENT RESOURCES |
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• Selection Test questions in EXAMVIEW ® are correlated to the Common Core State Standards and labeled by level of difficulty as Easy , Medium , or Difficult .
• Assessment tools include lesson tests and unit exams , oral reading fluency tests , and formative reading surveys correlated to the Common Core State Standards and accompanied by rubrics that prescribe remediation activities provided in the program .
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Meeting the Standards
• Meeting the Standards unit resource books include a Unit Study Guide with a Practice Test for each unit correlated to the Common Core State Standards .
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