1. North Carolina Writing Assessment Tenth GradePresentation by Nicole L. Winsley

2. What?We have to take a writing test?And it counts? 3. What is the NC Writing Test?The NC Writing Test is a writing examination you take during your 4th, 7th, and 10th Grade Year. Your 4th Grade year you write an original story.But......Your 10th Grade year you must write a persuasive 5-pargraph essay. 4. Where do I begin?First, lets look at the 2 types of writings promptsyou might see this March.First, lets look at the 2 types of writings promptsyou might see this March. 5. 10 Grade Writing Test Problem/Solution Definition Writing Cause/Effect Must giveList specific Must givedetailed causes or detailedDefine a setMust give detailed effectsexamples using examples usingList specific causes or examples usingterm, moralyour own life regarding ayour own life belief, oryour own lifeeffects regarding aspecific topicexperiencesspecific topicexperiences concept experiences 6. Now lets look at the features of narrative writing. 7. FocusAnswers the question: So What? Focus means setting the goal/purpose of your paper: BEFORE YOU EVEN START WRITING!Establish a SINGLE focus and SUSTAINS it throughout the ENTIRE paper.Focus is the ANGLE of your paper. 1. What is the most important piece inyour story?2. Are there any ideas or events in yourstory that are not important to the main event?3. What is your papers goal? 8. Organization The structural framework for your writing.The logical progression and completeness of ideas inyour writing.Two types:Text Structure: Beginning, Middle, End Cohesion elements: The Glue that holds it all together. 1. Does your writings have a clear beginning, middleand end? 2. Can your reader follow your story logically from beginning to end? 3. Does your story make sense and feel finished? 9. Specific details and Info you use to ESdevelop your topic.LU Must be SUFFICIENT & RELATED.Sufficiency: Amount of detail AP Relatedness: Quality of detailBP O1. Does all of the information support theROmain topic?AR 2. Do you have enough info to persuadeyour reader?TT I3. Are you writing at the readers level ofintelligence? ON 10. Style is the use of language that is appropriate tothe topic. Style is how you writeS3 Elements of Style:Word Choice TSentence Fluency Voice1. Does your story flow from start to finish?Y2. Are you using precise words, power verbs, concrete nouns, specificLadjectives, and appropriate prepositions?3. Can you writing be read aloud to anE audience? 11. CConventions using the correct sentenceO formation, usage, mechanics, andNspelling.VE1. Are your sentences complete?N2. Is there subject-verb agreement?T3. Is there consistency in verb tense?I 4. Have you punctuated correctly?5. Have you capitalized everything that you are supposeOto?N6. Have you checked your spelling?S 12. Now lets startingwriting theWRITE way! 13. Created by: Nicole L. WinsleyThomasville High School2009-2010Features and guiding questions based oninformation found at LearnNC. www.learnnc.org