Go My Access! Writing Post-Test
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7th Grade Prompt: Family and Friendship
Family and friendship are very important. We do many fun things with our friends and family. Think about one fun or exciting time you had with a very close friend or family member.
Write an essay in which you describe one thing you have done with your friend or family member and tell why it was fun.
Guidelines
As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:
1. Develop a multi-paragraph response that clearly communicates the purpose of your story to the audience. (Remember, a complete paragraph is five to seven, complete, correct, interesting sentences.)
2. Describe the characters, setting, and conflict using meaningful sensory descriptions and details that enable the reader to visualize the experience in your narrative.
3. Organize your story in a clear and logical manner, including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
4. Use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
5. Edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English.
Purpose of my essay: to describe one thing I have done with a friend or family member and tell why it was fun. I may use the same event I wrote about when I took the pretest in the fall, or I may use a different event. If the topic I used earlier in the week fits this prompt, I may choose to use it.
Audience for my essay: classmates and teachers and, of course, the MYAccess grading program.
Complete a Quick List on the back of this sheet,
and then log onto GoMYAccess to type your essay.
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If we can’t use GoMYAccess today, type your essay on Word, save it to your folder on the server, and we’ll cut and paste it later.
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1. Create a Quick List of the details you want to include in your essay.
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• From your Quick List, get rid of anything that doesn’t help
the purpose of your essay.
• Move things around if they’re not in the right order.
• Add important details that you forgot.
2. Once you have created a Quick List, get onto GoMYAccess.
3. From your list of assignments, select the prompt
“Family and Friends.”
4. Type and revise your essay.
You have a limited number of revisions. You may submit only
Do the best you can. This will become an important piece of information used to determine your writing strengths and your needs for the rest of this year and for the following years.
Yes, this will affect your grade for this term.
When you revise, check to make sure you
• Wrote about one event that took place in a fairly short period of time.
• Wrote five (or more) paragraphs, with an opening (lead) paragraph, three or more paragraphs that tell the story, and a concluding paragraph that makes clear the importance of your story. (Each time a new person speaks in a dialogue, begin a new paragraph.)
• Included enough details to help readers get a clear picture of the experience.
• Used specific and colorful words to bring the details to life.
• Wrote sentences that are complete and correct and easy to read, and that you used a variety of sentence beginnings.
• Edited for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
