What does it mean that a paper has a logical progression of ideas?
What is the ideas in the essay are in an organized order from the beginning to the end.
100
What is the highest amount of points you can receive on this portion of the rubric?
What is 4
100
What is the highest points you can receive for this portion of the rubric?
What is 2
100
FSA stands for?
What is Florida Standards Assessment
100
How much time are you allowed to complete the writing assessment?
What is 90 min.
200
What does it mean for the essay to be consistently focused?
What is the essay needs to be on topic and focused on the prompt. In an opinion paper the focus should be maintained through out.
200
What does it mean by "domain related vocabulary"?
What is domain related vocabulary is vocabulary that is specific to the topic or subject.
200
True or False
The conventions are not important in this assessment.
What is false
200
What is the highest score you can receive on the FSA writing?
What is 10
200
Which grade level will take the test on paper this year?
What is 8th only.
300
What is the most points you can earn on this portion of the rubric?
What is 4
300
Where should your evidence and elaboration come from?
What is text evidence, the articles, and/or the passage set.
300
In order to score 2 points you must demonstrate a _______________ command of basic conventions.
What is adequate
300
What are the 2 areas of writing that the prompt may ask you to write
What is Explanatory/ informational or Augmentative
300
What should you do at the beginning of your claim or thesis?
What is restate the prompt
400
Name 3 examples of transitional strategies for an opinion paper.
What is any combo of these: According to the text
According to the author
As stated in the article
Based on the text
Based on the source
In paragraph _____ it stated
According to paragraph ____
For example
For instance
400
In order to score a 4 in this area your essay needs to have ___________ sentence structure demonstrating language facility.
What is varied
400
True or False
In order to score 2 points on this section: You need minor errors in usage and no patterns in errors
What is true
400
When you begin the writing assessment, what should you do first?
What is Attack or read the prompt
400
If you have time to read, should you?
What is no, you need to revise and make sure you met the rubric.
500
What does it mean by a strongly maintained opinion with little or no loosely related materials?
What is state your opinion and support the opinion with text evidence that is directly related to the topic and opinion. Do not get off topic with closely related examples.
500
Name 3 ways that you can support your opinion.
What is use sources, facts and details
500
What does conventions refer to?
What is any combo of spelling, Sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization