6th Grade AASA Writing Review

If you are asked to create an argumentative writing, you are trying to

• inform your reader on a topic

• convince your reader of your beliefs

• to persuade the reader to think like you do

• to explain your answer or opinion

If you are asked to create a persuasive writing, you are trying to

• inform your reader on a topic

• convince your reader of your beliefs

• to persuade the reader to think like you do

• to explain your answer or opinion

If you are asked to create an informative writing, you are trying to

• inform your reader on a topic

• convince your reader of your beliefs

• to persuade the reader to think like you do

• to explain your answer or opinion

If you are asked to create an explanatory writing, you are trying to

• inform your reader on a topic

• convince your reader of your beliefs

• to persuade the reader to think like you do

• to explain your answer or opinion

What hook strategies can be used in 6th Grade? Check all that apply.

• Question

• definition of a related word or topic

• quote a respected source

• startling statement or fact

What hook strategy is demonstrated in the following sentence? According to the video, "The yearly floods of the Nile River brought life giving water and silt to the people of Egypt" (The Gift of the Nile).

• Quote a Respected Source

• Startling Statement or Fact

• Definition

What hook strategy is demonstrated in the following sentence? Civilization - the advanced society, culture, and way of life in a particular area or time period

• Quote a Respected Source

• Startling Statement or Fact

• Definition

What hook strategy is demonstrated in the following sentence? Roman roads were built of several layers, and allowed the Roman army to move quickly from place to place.

• Quote a Respected Source

• Startling Statement or Fact

• Definition

Choose all that apply. Background information that introduces the topic should include all the following except...

• who

• when

• where

• how

• what

An introduction paragraph should have the following elements in the correct order.

• claim, hook, background information on topic, thesis

• thesis, hook, background information on the topic

• background information, claim, hook

• hook, background information on the topic, thesis or claim

• hook, thesis, background information on the topic, claim