Test Prep
Persuasive/argumentative practice
Grade 8 Spring 2017 Released items |
Group essay writing
prompt
Your response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay in a Google Doc shared with me.
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Your response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay in a Google Doc shared with me.
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The grades on this essay will be as follows.
One grade for the overall essay.
Then choose one person to be graded in each of the following areas:
Content: Quality of information
Revision: Sentence structure and transitions.
Editing: Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, pronouns and antecedents.
You have just read an informational text on sharks. As you look at the article, divide into three major categories using the subheadings to guide you.
Then on your own paper, write a three-paragraph essay. Each paragraph must have a topic sentence and three supporting sentences. Use specific information (details, evidence, examples, quotes, statistics) from the text to support your three topics.
This is kind of like the essay we wrote for our Bud, not Buddy project, but you must work more quickly. Don't stress. Go right to the text, find three supports for each paragraph and write!
Then on your own paper, write a three-paragraph essay. Each paragraph must have a topic sentence and three supporting sentences. Use specific information (details, evidence, examples, quotes, statistics) from the text to support your three topics.
This is kind of like the essay we wrote for our Bud, not Buddy project, but you must work more quickly. Don't stress. Go right to the text, find three supports for each paragraph and write!