Develop Writing Through Planning and Revising Practice Test

Read the scenario about the writing process. Students write stories in writing workshop. Carlos plans with a story map, writes a draft, and then meets with a peer for feedback. His peer suggests he add a problem earlier, so Carlos revises by moving one event and adding a sentence to explain the problem. Keisha says she is done after her first draft and will not revise. What should Keisha do to strengthen writing during revising?

Read the scenario about the writing process. Mr. Rivera gives students an editing checklist for conventions. Yuki and Marcus read Marcus’s draft out loud and find missing commas, a lowercase name, and two spelling mistakes. Marcus fixes these errors after revising his ideas earlier. Sofia does not use the checklist and turns in her draft with many punctuation problems. Which action is an example of editing conventions to improve a draft?