Multiple Choice
All of these are capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
"I am going to tell you...,"
"The end..."
"I hope you liked my paper."
"Do you like ______?"
"And that's why..."
What are phrases I should NOT use in my paper?
Read the WRITE statement and circle or highlight it.
What is your first step when you begin your writing prompt page?
What are types of leads/hooks we have practiced? (There are others not listed that could also work well with your paper.)
What is a snapshot, action, mini-story, question (only if specifically related to your topic), dialogue, and list of sentence fragments?
You realize you really have NO CLUE what the prompt is talking about. You do this.
(Even if you do have a clue, it would still be helpful to do this to make it clear.)
What is ask your teacher to read the prompt to you?
You use this punctuation mark to show ownership or in a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
You should check your capitalization, sentence beginnings, and end punctuation by doing this.
What is use a green pencil to circle the first word of each sentence and a red pencil to circle ending punctuation?
This helps you ORGANIZE and plan your composition completely. It gives you a STRUCTURE for your paper. It is very important to use this!!
What is complete your Boxes and Bullets?
You use these to help you move from one thought to another, from one sentence to another, from one paragraph to another.
What are strong transitions?
You realize you need more space to brainstorm, plan, or write your rough draft. This is what you do.
What is ask your teacher for plain or lined (whichever you need) paper or index cards?
You have to have BOTH of these to combine two COMPLETE sentences.
What is a comma and a FANBOYS word?
You do this to be sure you haven't left out any words or punctuation.
What is use your finger to touch each word and whisper read your paper?
These supplies will be on the table for you to pick up when you arrive. If you forget to pick them up or need materials during testing, you will ask for them when you need them!
What is lined paper, blank paper, highlighters, sticky notes, index cards, colored pencils, etc.?
When you read through your rough draft and before you start your final copy, you should look to make sure you included these things.
What are reasons/examples/experiences, specific details/prove-its, strong lead, memorable ending (possibly a life lesson or a reflection), complete sentences with correct capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs?
You can't remember steps for writing your paper. This is what you should do.
What is stop, take a deep breath, and don't panic? Close your eyes and picture charts on the wall and steps you have taken for all your papers recently.
You use these to show that someone is speaking. They always come in PAIRS.
What are quotation marks?
This is what I am going to do BEFORE I ever start my final copy.
What is reread the WRITE statement to be sure you are writing to or have answered the prompt?
Also, what is read over my rough draft and revise sentences to make my writing better and eliminate repetition?
On the multiple choice, there might be answer choices that ask you about verb tense (ex: change see to saw). This is what you do to check this answer choice out!
What is reread sentences before and after carefully?
This part of your composition should tie back to the central idea statement.
What is your closing/ending/conclusion?
I read the prompt and have already written an AWESOME paper on this same topic this year. This is what you should do.
What is write it again and make it better?!
A complete sentence MUST have these two parts.
What is "who or what" the sentence is about (subject) and a verb (did or is)?
These are some revision strategies to complete after writing your rough draft.
What is check your draft for creative word choice (use a thesaurus, if needed)? Be sure you know what the new word means and that it fits!
What is check each reason paragraph to be sure you have proven/supported your reason fully?
What is underline sentences in alternating colors to check sentence variety and fix run-on sentences?
These are the steps I will follow when I get to my writing prompt page.
What is...Read the WRITE statement.
Read the READ statement.
Read the THINK and brainstorm ideas.
Choose the best idea to write about.
Brainstorm reasons and pick the 2 you can support the most.
Complete Boxes and Bullets.
Write your draft.
Revise for strong lead, conclusion, support, word choice, and sentences.
Edit for CUPS.
Write final copy in your best handwriting.
These are the basic parts of an expository/opinion paper.
What is an introduction, reason paragraphs explaining why, and a conclusion?
You finished your revision and editing part, but you haven't started your composition. You have
1-1 & 1/2 hours left. What do you do?
What is don't panic?!! You still have time! Be sure you have completed the revision and editing portion and bubbled all those answers. Then get started on your composition. :)
If you started your composition first, that is great, too! Just pay attention to your timing. 1-2 hours should be spent on revision and editing, and 2-3 hours on brainstorming, planning, drafting, revising, editing, and writing your composition.