NJSLA Writing Review

Write an original story about what happens when Sally arrives at Aunt Sarah’s house. In your story, be sure to use what you have learned about the setting and the characters as you tell what happens next.

• LITERARY ANALYSIS

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

• NARRATIVE TASK

Write an essay that explains how Old Mother West Wind’s and the Sandwitch’s words and actions are important to the plots of the stories. Use what you learned about the characters to support your essay

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS

• NARRATIVE TASK

Identify a theme in “Just Like Home” and a theme in “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.” Write an essay that explains how the theme of the story is shown through the characters and how the theme of the poem is shown through the speaker. Include specific details from the story and the poem to support your essay.

• NARRATIVE TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

You have read the passage from Boy’s Life and “Emancipation: A Life Fable.” Write an essay that identifies a similar theme in each text and compares and contrasts the approaches each text uses to develop this theme. Be sure to support your response with evidence from both texts.

• NARRATIVE TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

You read the articles “A Howling Success” and “The Missing Lynx.” Think about the key details in each article that show how people can help animals.

• NARRATIVE TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the key details presented in the two articles about how endangered animals can be helped. Use specific details and examples from both articles to support your ideas.

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• NARRATIVE TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

Imagine that you, like the girl in the story, find a pair of wacky shoes that won't come off. Write a story about how you find the pair of wacky shoes and what happens to you when you are wearing them. Use what you have learned about the wacky shoes when writing your story.

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• NARRATIVE TASK

Your class has been studying the survival of the ponies on Assateague Island. Using information from the article, and the video, write a report describing the role that both the horses and humans play in the horses’ survival. Be sure to include evidence from the article, and the video to support your answer.

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• NARRATIVE TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

You have read two texts and viewed one video that claims that the role of zoos is to protect animals. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each source uses to support this claim. Be sure to use evidence from all three sources to support your response.

• NARRATIVE TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK

Old Mother West Wind and the Sandwitch both try to teach important lessons to characters in the stories.

Write an essay that explains how Old Mother West Wind’s and the Sandwitch’s words and actions are important to the plots of the stories. Use what you learned about the characters to support your essay

• NARRATIVE TASK

• LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK

• RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK