Gym Helper

1. Gym Helper Tyler would like to be a gym helper next year in the 6th grade. He decides to write a letter to Coach Grey to tell the coach he is interested. • Which of these methods would be the most helpful to Tyler before he begins to write? • A practicing basketball shots in the gym • B looking up words in the dictionary that he wants to use in his letter • C deciding how many pages his letter will be • D listing the things he wants to include in his letter 2 Who is Tyler’s audience for this letter? F the school principal G his parents H Coach Grey J his homeroom teacher provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

2. Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Notes to Teacher: The writing subtest of the Grade 5 English test will have a series of brief scenarios, each of which defines a writing task for a specified audience. Items following the statement of the writing task will address planning or prewriting activities relevant to the specified task and will be coded to the Planning, Composing, and Revising reporting category. A rough draft of a response to the specified writing task will follow the planning/prewriting test items. The rough draft will be divided into sections. The first section will have errors which require revision such as the inclusion of a sentence that does not belong or two sentences that need to be combined. Items following the first section of the rough draft will require the student to correct these errors by choosing the correct revision from the answer choices provided. These items will also be coded to the Planning, Composing, and Revising reporting category. The second section of the rough draft will contain embedded errors in usage or mechanics. Items following this section will refer to underlined words or groups of words in the second section of the rough draft and will require students to choose the answer which represents correct usage or mechanics. These items will be coded to the Editing reporting category. In some cases the underlined words will contain no error and the correct answer will be "as it is." Following the expanded blueprint is a list of usage and mechanics skills which are addressed in the Editing reporting category. provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

3. Read the first part of Tyler’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (1)Dear Coach Grey, (2)I have always wanted to be a gym helper. (3)I know that I could be responsible enough to handle that job. (4)My sister, Shelley, was your gym helper four years ago. (5)She has told me all about it. (6)I would really love to be a gym helper. (7)Would you please consider giving me the job next school year? • Which of these sentences should be removed because it repeats information already provided? • F sentence 2 • G sentence 3 • H sentence 6 • J sentence 7 • How are sentences 4 and 5 best combined? • A My sister, Shelley, was your gym helper four years ago, and she has told me all about it. • B My sister, Shelley, was your gym helper four years ago, but she has told me all about it. • C My sister, Shelley, was your gym helper four years ago because she told me all about it. • D My sister, Shelley, was your gym helper four years ago since she told me all about it. provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

4. Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Notes to Teacher: During the revising stage of the writing process students will revise for focus, organization, and elaboration. To assist students in developing these skills direct instruction must take place on including important details, deleting unnecessary information and varying sentences. The Standards of Learning Assessments will ask students to use their revising skills to identify ways to improve a passage that is provided. To be successful on this section of the test students must be able to suggest the best way to combine provided sentences, choose a more descriptive way to write provided sentences and locate unneeded information. provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

5. Read the second part of Tyler's rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (8)My sister has told me brief about all of the responsibilities a gym helper has. (9)I know I would need to sweep the basketball court everyday before school. (10)She also said that I would need to check and make sure the equipment was in good condition. (11)I know I am responsible enough to do these things. (12)Already, I help my dad keep our garage clean, and I’m very careful with all of our sports equipment at home. 5 In sentence 8, how is briefbest written? A briefer B briefing C briefly D as it is 6 In sentence 12, how is Already,best written? F Already; G Already. H Already J as it is provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

6. Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Notes to Teacher: During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for use of language, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Students can earn 14 multiple choice points and 8 possible score from the direct-writing component by accurately editing. On Standards of Learning Assessments writing assessments students will edit for the use of: provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

7. Read the third part of Tyler’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (13)My other teachers will gladly share my grades with you. (14)I know you insist that your gym helper maintain only A’s and B’s. (15)You do not have to worry about my dedication to my schoolwork. (16)I’ve made the Principals’ list for the last three years. 7 In sentence 13, how is gladlybest written? A glad B gladerly C gladlier D as it is 8 In sentence 15, how is Principals’ correctly written? F Principals G Principals’s H Principal’s J as it is provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

8. Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Notes to Teacher: During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for use of language, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Students can earn 14 multiple choice points and 8 possible score from the direct-writing component by accurately editing. On Standards of Learning Assessments writing assessments students will edit for the use of: provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

9. Read the fourth part of Tyler’s rough draft. Use it to answer the questions below. (17)I would be so grateful if you would assign me as gym helper for next year. (18) Please think about my request and call my parents at 555-8888 if you would like to dis- cuss it with them. (19)They are very supportive of my wishes. (20) I look forward to hearing from you soon. (21) Sincerely (22) Tyler Bono 10 In sentence 21, how is Sincerely correctly written? F Sincerely. G Sincerely, H Sincerely: J as it is 9 In sentence 18, how is discussbest divided at the end of the line? A disc-uss B di-scuss C discu-ss D as it is provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.

10. Answer Sheet – For Teacher Use Notes to Teacher: During the editing stage of the writing process students will edit for use of language, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Students can earn 14 multiple choice points and 8 possible score from the direct-writing component by accurately editing. On Standards of Learning Assessments writing assessments students will edit for the use of: provided bySimply Achieve, Inc.