2009 8th Grade Writing SOL - John's Letter & Wanda's Draft

John’s English teacher asks the class to write a humorous story. He decides to write about a funny experience he had while cooking. John realizes that his topic is too general. Which of these will best help him choose a more specific topic?

• Reading humorous stories by famous authors

• Choosing one amusing incident to describe

• Asking friends to tell him their funniest jokes

• Thinking about a comical story that he enjoyed

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Which of these will best help John organize events in his story?

• Writing his story from the first-person point of view

• Thinking of a good title for his story

• Writing an interesting first sentence

• Making a story map of key events and details

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John decides to add an additional detail after sentence 3. Which of these

sentences would be best?

• I wondered if she would make an extra batch for the family.

• I don’t know how she keeps from losing something important.

• I really love the brownies my mom makes.

• I realized right then that I should have said something earlier.

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Which of these is the best way to combine sentences 12 and 13?

• I started to point out that, technically, I had not waited until the last minute then

  I reconsidered.

• I started to point out that, technically, I had not waited until the last minute

  because then I reconsidered.

• I started to point out that, technically, I had not waited until the last minute, but

  then I reconsidered.

• I started to point out that, technically, I had not waited until the last minute since

  then I reconsidered.

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Which sentence should John delete because it does not belong?

• 17

• 18

• 20

• 23

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In sentence 28, how is large bowl a measuring cup, and some measuring

spoons correctly written?

• large bowl, a measuring cup, and, some measuring spoons

• large bowl, a measuring cup, and some, measuring spoons

• large bowl, a measuring cup, and some measuring spoons

• As it is

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In sentence 31, how is most smallest correctly written?

• smallest

• most small

• more smallest

• as it is

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Read sentence 34 from John’s rough draft.

“Close enough”, I whispered to myself, determined not to ask for help again.

How is the underlined part of this sentence correctly written?

• “Close enough” I whispered

• “Close enough, I whispered”

• “Close enough,” I whispered

• As it is

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In sentence 35, how is The recipe stated that I correctly written?

• The recipe stated that, I

• The recipe stated, that I

• The recipe stated, that, I

• As it is

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In sentence 37, how is tempreture correctly written?

• temprature

• temperature

• tempereture

• As it is

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