Passage-Related Writing Items for Literary Text: "Siesta Fiesta," Item: 4

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End of Grade 7 Sample NECAP Writing Items

Passage-Related Writing Items for Literary Text: "Siesta Fiesta," Item: 4

Do you get tired and less efficient later in the day? Read the passage to find out one solution and then answer the question that follow.

W-7-2 and W-7-3: Response to Informational Text - "Siesta Fiesta!"

4. Follow along as the article is read to you. Then read the prompt in the box and follow the directions below.

How can the information in this article help you to be more effective in your life? Write a response using information from this article and what you know. Use details from the article in your response.

Use the box below to organize your writing. You may fill it in before you write to plan your response, or you may fill it in after you write to check your response. What you write in this box will be included as part of your score.

1. What is your focus/controlling idea?

2. What are the supporting details/references to text in your response?

3. What is the conclusion to your response?

Item Type: ER - Response to Informational Text: "Siesta Fiesta!"

Grade Level: End of Grade 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, other texts, 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 content

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 and writing a conclusion that provides closure

Depth of Knowledge: Level 3 - Developing compositions that include multiple paragraphs; Using appropriate organizational text structures (e.g., description; proposition/support; compare/contrast; cause/effect); Supporting ideas with details, examples, text references, citations

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