Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1
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Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Alaska Liz’s Geography teacher has asked the class to write about the place that they would most like to visit. Liz has decided to write about Alaska. Use the outline below to answer questions 1 and 2. A. Nature 1. Largest bald eagle population in the world 2. Untouched wilderness 3. Whale watching 4. Nice people B. Fishing 1. Incredible fishing opportunities 2. Salmon, halibut, and cod 3. A view of Alaska from the water 1 Which item needs to be removed from the outline? 2 What is the purpose of Liz’s outline? A A view of Alaska from the water F to decide what to write about B Whale watching C Nice people Gto write an outline instead of an essay D Untouched wilderness H to plan what she will include in her essay J to start her rough draft provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Question Correct Answer VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation 1 C 8. 7 ab – Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas. 2 H 8. 7 ab – Organize details to elaborate the central idea. 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 errors 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. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Read the first part of Liz’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (1)I know if I could travel anywhere in the world, I would want to go to Alaska. (2)My dad went to Alaska last year. (3)He brought back so many great pictures and told awesome stories about his fishing trips. (4)I can only imagine seeing bald eagles flying free and whales surfacing. (5)I would really love to fly in an airplane. 3 Which sentence does not belong in this part of Liz’s essay? A sentence 2 B sentence 3 C sentence 4 D sentence 5 4 Which sentence could best be added to this portion of the letter? F Traveling is a true passion of mine. G My dad loves to travel all over the world. H Alaska is the place to see nature at its best. J Sometimes I think I’d like to go to New York City. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Question Correct Answer VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation 3 D 8. 7 bc – Organize details to elaborate a central idea. 4 H 8. 7 dd – 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. 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. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Read the next part of Liz’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (6)The first reason I would love to travel to Alaska would be to experience nature at its purest. (7)By the inside passage in Alaska is a beautiful way to travel my dad says. (8)We would also visit the Denali National Park and Preserve. (9)It is located in the Alaska Range. (10)There we could fish and camp and wake up to a view of Muldrow Glacier and Mount Mc. Kinley. 5 How should sentence 7 best be written? A Alaska’s inside passage is a beautiful way to travel through, my dad says. B My dad says that the most beautiful way to travel through Alaska is by the Inside Passage. C My dad says that Alaska’s Inside Passage is the most beautiful way to travel through. D My dad says that traveling through the Inside Passage of Alaska is the most beautiful way. 6 How can Liz best combine sentences 8 and 9 without changing their meaning? F We would also visit the Denali National Park and Preserve located in the Alaska Range. G We would also visit the Alaska Range by going to the Denali National Park and Preserve. H We would visit the Denali National Park and Preserve and the Alaska Range also. J Also, we would visit the Denali National Park Preserve and the Alaska Range. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Question Correct Answer VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation 5 B 8. 7 dc – Revise writing for word choice, sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs. 6 F 8. 7 dd – 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. The Standards of Learning writing assessments 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. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Read the next part of Liz’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (11)When my dad was fishing in Alaska, each fisherman came home with their own catch. (12)I would love to have the chance to land a huge King Salmon or halibut, or even a codfish. (13)In fact, if I did catch the big one, I would have if mounted to display in my room. (14)Fishing is my passion. (15)My dad says there ain’t no better fishing than in Alaska. 7 In sentence 11, how is their best written? 8 In sentence 15, how is ain’t best written? A they’re F was B his G weren’t C one’s H is D as it is J as it is provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Question Correct Answer VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation 7 B 8. 8 ad – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure. 8 H 8. 8 aa – 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, 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. provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Read the next part of Liz’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (16)A trip to Alaska would be a dream vacation for me. (17)I would cherish every part of my Alaskan experience. (18)The bald eagles are so common there that it is seen as often as we see robins. (19)I would take a whale watching tour to view the awesome blue whales and killer whales. (20)I hope I can go there someday. (21)Maybe my mom will surprise my dad and I with a trip to Alaska for our next Christmas gift. 9 In sentence 18, how is it is correctly written? 10 In sentence 21, how is my dad and I correctly written? A it’s F me and my dad B they are G I and my dad C they were H my dad and me D as it is J as it is provided by Simply Achieve, Inc.
Daily SOL Writing Practice Grade 8 Week 1 Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Question Correct Answer VA SOL Essential Understanding Correlation 9 B 8. 8 ad – Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure. 10 H 8. 8 ce – Choose correct case and number for pronouns in prepositional phrases with compound objects. 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 Standards of Learning writing assessments students will edit for the use of: Grade 6 • 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 Grade 7 • Choose pronouns to agree with antecedents • Subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses • Edit for verb tense consistency provided by Simply Achieve, Inc. Grade 8 • 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
