London Elementary School (Week _9_)

Skill: Letters & Editing Skills

Writing Grade 5

This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.

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Partial passage from reading selection Mahalia Jackson

1.  Jennifer and Trey were visiting their grandparents.

2.  Their grandmother knitted during the afternoon while there grandfather did woodworking in his “shop” in the garage.

3.  When asked why she knitted, their grandmother smiled. “Knitting helps me think and relax. And I can make sweaters or blankets for you grandchildren. Want to try”?

4.  With his grandmother knitting slowly to show him how, trey tried.

5.  It was difficult and awkward.

6.  “In time, the motion will feel more natural,” she told him

7.  Trey was proud and surprised two see that the stitches make rows and that the rows added into what looked like the beginning of a scarf.

8.  Jennifer wandered out to watch their grandfather work on a bird house.

9.  When asked why he spent so much time woodworking, he said, “My shop is a peaceful place, far from the busy world. Want to try?”

10.  Jennifer’s grandfather put his hands over hers and showed her how to sand the rough surface.

11.  “Now, feel that. Doesn’t that feel good?”

12.  Jennifer smiled. “Feels like chocolate!”

13.  Although different, each of the childs had learned a very special lesson from their grandparents.

14.  Jennifer and Trey both learned they could make something special using their hands.

15.  Their grandparents was very proud of their grandchildren and their willingness to try something different.

1. / Which word should be used in sentence 2?
______grandmother knitted during the afternoon while _____ grandfather did woodworking in his “shop” in the garage.
O / A. / There ----- there
O / B. / Their ----- their
O / C. / Their ------they’re
O / D. / They’re --- their
2. / Which sentence show quotation marks being used correctly?
O / A. / When asked why she knitted, their grandmother smiled. “Knitting helps me think and relax. And I can make sweaters or blankets for you grandchildren. Want to try”?
O / B. / When asked why she knitted, their grandmother smiled. “knitting helps me think and relax. And I can make sweaters or blankets for you grandchildren. Want to try”?
O / C. / When asked why she knitted, their grandmother smiled. “Knitting helps me think and relax. And I can make sweaters or blankets for you grandchildren. Want to try?
O / D. / When asked why she knitted, their grandmother smiled. “Knitting helps me think and relax. And I can make sweaters or blankets for you grandchildren. Want to try?”
3. / The ______is used incorrectly in sentence #4.
O / A. / spelling
O / B. / punctuation
O / C. / proper noun
O / D. / common noun
4. / What is incorrect in sentence #6?
O / A. / comma
O / B. / quotation marks
O / C. / punctuation
O / D. / capital letters
5. / Complete the following sentence.
Trey was proud and surprised ___see that the stitches ____rows and that the rows added into what looked like the beginning of a scarf.
O / A. / two ---- made
O / B. / to ------made
O / C. / too ----- make
O / D. / to ------mades
6. / Which word in sentence #8 is misspelled?
O / A. / wandered
O / B. / out to
O / C. / their
O / D. / bird house
7. / All the words/parts of speech in sentence # 13 are correct except for which one?
O / A. / childs
O / B. / comma
O / C. / although
O / D. / verb
8. / Which part of speech is used incorrectly in sentence # 15?
O / A. / compound words
O / B. / proper nouns
O / C. / subject verb agreement
O / D. / troublesome word pairs (their, there, they’re


ON - DEMAND QUESTION

Read all parts of the open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response question in the space provided on your Student Response Booklet. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET.
Halloween Dance !
Situation: Everyone loves sock hops. Your school has not had a sock hop this year and all the students want one.
Writing Task: Write a letter to your principal. Explain to her all the benefits of having a sock hop at night.

OR

Halloween Sleepover !
Situation: A student in your class is having a Halloween sleepover. They will be taking all their classmates that get to spend the night to a Haunted House and then they will be going to a Halloween party. Your parents think found your invitation and said you can go.
Writing Task: You do not won’t to go to spend the night at your classmate’s home. Write a letter to your parents explaining why you think YOU should not go to the sleepover.
Do not write on this page. Please write your
answer to this open-response question in
the test answer booklet

STOP!

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Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ

Academic Expectation: 1.11

Core Content: WR-E-3.5.0 Writing: Students will exemplify effective language choices by

• Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience

Essential Vocabulary:

Effective language

Grammar & Usage

Verbs

Nouns

Concrete details

Sensory details

Content

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Grade 5 -- Writing
Question / First
A.E. / First CC / Sec-ond A.E. / Sec-ond CC / DOK
Level of MC Question / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / B / B. Their and there are the two words that correctly complete this sentence. There refers to a distance or a place. There is the contraction for the words they are.
2 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / D / The correct answer is D – “Knitting … want to try?” A. has the ? outside of the quotation marks. B. is missing a capital letter “Knitting…” C. does not have the ending quotation marks.
3 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / C / C – proper noun is correct for #3. There are no misspelled words, no misuse or absences of a punctuation mark, nor is there a problem with the common nouns.
4 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / C / #6 is missing the end punctuation mark. All of the other choices are used correctly.
5 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / B / The words to and made are the correct words to filling in for #5. The word too is used to means also. The word two shows a quantity. Mades is not a word.
6 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / D / D. Bird house is a compound word and should be written together. All of the other words are spelled or used correctly.
7 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / A / Childs, answer A., is correct. Children should have been used instead of childs. Childs is only used when showing the possessive form for child and it is spelled child’s.
8 / 1.11 / WR-E-3.5.0 Language: Students will exemplify effective language choices by - Applying correct grammar and usage ; Applying concise use of language; Incorporating strong verbs, precise nouns, concrete details, and sensory details; Applying language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / C / The verb does match the subject in #15. The verb should have been were instead of was. The use of commas, proper nouns, and troublesome verb pairs(their, there, they’re) was not evident.

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