Produce Writing Appropriate to Task Practice Test

Read the scenario about the writing assignment. In writing workshop, students create opinion essays about whether homework helps learning, and the purpose is to convince readers using reasons. The teacher gives a checklist: introduction with opinion, reasons in order with transitions, and conclusion, and she asks, “What reasons support your opinion?” Amir writes strong reasons and examples, but he puts them in random order and forgets an introduction and conclusion. Maya writes an introduction with her opinion, gives reasons using “First,” “Also,” and “Finally,” and ends with a conclusion. Diego writes a narrative about doing homework last night. Which student shows organization appropriate to the opinion task?

Read the scenario about the writing assignment. In reading group, students write a response to literature about a class story, and the purpose is to share what the text is about and support ideas with details. The teacher gives sentence starters: “The story is about…,” “I think…,” and “One detail is…,” and she meets with students to revise. Lily writes what the story is mostly about, explains her opinion of the main character, and uses two details from the text, then adds a closing sentence. Hassan writes a new narrative ending to the story without explaining the original text. Sofia writes, “It was good,” with no details from the story. Which student shows development appropriate to the task and purpose?