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TCAP Writing Assessment testing date: February 2009
Students are required to write a rough draft essay in response to an assigned prompt (topic) within 35 minutes. Fifth grade students are asked to write a narrative essay (a story).
Narrative - tells a story, entertains, sequences events, contains dialogue, has a conflict present, and contains elements of fiction.
When writing your personal narrative papers, be sure to consider the following:
Make sure that your paper is well-organized. Give it a beginning, middle, & end.
Present a problem & a solution.
Beginning your paper with a question will grab the readers interest.
Use time sequences to make sure that the essay is in a logical order.
Use clear ideas to explain or illustrate the events and details.
Use 3 events or steps with 2-3 details for each event or step.
Make each point and its details into a seperate paragraph.
Use a variety of sentence types-simple, compound, & complex sentences, questions, and exclamations.
Use similes.
Use sound words and words that appeal to the senses.
Begin some sentences with prepostional & verbal phrases.
Begin a couple of sentences with question words, but don't ask a question.
Don't use more than 2 or 3 questions.
Persuasive Paragraph- gives the writer's opinion and reasons to support the opinion.
Use an outline to organize your information into main ideas and supporting details.