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End of Grade 7 Sample NECAP Writing Items

Passage-Related Writing Items for Literary Text: "Remember, Remember," Item: 3

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Read this passage about how people remember. Then answer the prompt that follows.

 

 

 

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W-7-2 and W-7-3: Response to Informational Text - "Remember, Remember" excerpt from The Big Book of the Brain

3. Write a paragraph that explains how the author captures the reader's interest in the first paragraph or introduction. Use details from the introduction to support your response.

 

Item Type: CR - Response to Informational Text: "Remember, Remember"

Grade Level: End of 7

Alignment to GLEs

W-7-2.1: In response to informational text, students show understanding of ideas/concepts by… Selecting and summarizing key ideas to set context

W-7-2.3: In response to informational text, students show understanding of ideas/concepts by… Connecting what has been read (ideas/concepts) to prior knowledge, or the broader world of ideas, by referring to and explaining relevant ideas

W-7-3.1 In response to informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by…Stating and maintaining a focus (purpose), a firm judgment, or point of view when responding to a given question

W-7-3.2 In response to informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by…Making inferences about the relationship between content and author's craft

W-7-3.3: In response to informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by…Using specific details and references to text or relevant citations to support focus or judgment

W-7-3.4 In response to informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by…Organizing ideas, using transition words/phrases

Depth of Knowledge: Level 2 - Developing text which may be limited to one paragraph; Using simple organizational strategies to structure written work (e.g., basic paragraph form: indenting, main idea, supporting details; simple transitions)

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