FSA Writing

When is the FSA Writing test?

• April 7

• April 8

• April 11

• April 12

What kind of writing will I need to do?

• poetry

• informational

• narrative

• opinion

Read the prompt.

Your teacher has asked you to write a paper about being healthy. Write an explanatory essay about being healthy. Your essay must be based on the information from the passages.

What type of essay will you write?

• opinion

• informational

Read the prompt. You have read several sources about recess in schools. Write an opinion essay about whether or not schools should be required to provide students with recess time. Use information from the texts in your essay.

What kind of essay will you write?

• information

• opinion

What should I do to the title of a passage?

• ignore it

• underline it

• put quotes around it

• make it bold

Sentences start with _______________________.

• capital letters

• punctuation

• quotation marks

• commas

According to the passage, is an example of what?

• paraphrasing

• evidence based terminology EBT

• transition words

• elaboration

Based on what I learned, is an example of what?

• elaboration

• paraphrasing

• evidence

• evidence based terminology/EBT

Which transition word would not be found in a conclusion?

• First of all,

• In conclusion,

• To wrap it up,

• To sum it up,

When planning for an opinion essay, what would you use?

• reasons

• topics

• transitions

• quotations