Practise test english 8 ppsx

Answer Key

Section 1: Essay

Use the following rubric to evaluate your writing. This

practice essay is included so you can work on time man￾agement and the specific essay-writing strategies you

learned in Chapter 3. It’s also here for you to compare

your finished product with the rubric. The more you

practice and perform these evaluations, the better you’ll

understand exactly what your scorers are looking for.

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■ Demonstrates outstanding writing skills

■ Includes a clear and insightful point of view on the question and reflects excellent critical think￾ing, using strong examples and other evidence to support this point of view

■ Contains a strong organization and focus, a clear sense of unity, and a skillful flow of ideas

■ Demonstrates a strong command of language, with varied and appropriate word choice, and

meaningful variation in sentence structure

■ Contains few, if any, errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

■ Demonstrates effective writing skills

■ Includes a clear point of view on the question and reflects strong critical thinking, using good

examples and other evidence to support this point of view

■ Contains strong organization and focus, a sense of unity, and a flow of ideas

■ Demonstrates a good command of language, with appropriate word choices and variation in

sentence structure

■ Contains few errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

■ Demonstrates competent writing skills, but the quality of the writing may be inconsistent

■ Includes a point of view on the question and reflects competent critical thinking, using sufficient

examples to support this point of view

■ Contains a general organizational plan and focus, with some unity and flow of ideas

■ Demonstrates a sufficient but inconsistent command of language, with mostly appropriate word

choice and some variation in sentence structure

■ Contains some errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

■ Demonstrates inadequate, but not incompetent, writing skills

■ Includes a point of view on the question, reflecting some critical thinking, but this point of view

may be inconsistent or incomplete, and support may be lacking

■ Contains a limited organizational strategy and focus, with a weak or inconsistent sense of unity

and flow of ideas

■ Demonstrates a developing but weak command of language, with weak or inappropriate vocabu￾lary, little or no variation in sentence structure, and may contain errors in sentence construction

■ Contains many errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics