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The NC Writing Test
How is making brownies like learning how to write?

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The NC Writing Test
Brownie Recipe ¾ cup flour ¼ tsp. salt 1 cup
sugar ¼ cup cocoa ½ cup butter 2 eggs 1 tsp.
vanilla Sift flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa. Add
butter, eggs, and vanilla. Preheat oven to 350
degrees and cook for thirty minutes until a
toothpick comes out clean.

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The NC Writing Test

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Basic Information

• The Writing Test will take place on March 8,
  2011.
• The Writing Test preparation counts as 25 of
  1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters, and the test is 25
  of your final exam grade.
• It is graded on levels of 0 to 4, with 4 being
  the highest level.
• You can get up to 20 points total. The range of
  points are as follows
• -Level I 0-7
• -Level II 8-11
• -Level III 12-16
• -Level IV 17-20

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Basic Information

• It is a timed test, with only 100 minutes being
  given to plan and write your essay.
• You cannot write over two pages for your essay.
• According to the state, a passing score on the
  Writing Test is a level 3 or above. A level 3 is
  a 12 on the scale.
• The Writing Test is read by two scorers.
• The formula for figuring your Writing Test score
  is as follows
• (Total Content Score X4) (Total Conventions
  ScoreX 2)Total Score

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Basic Information

• Writing a non-scorable will make you fail the
  Writing Test, because a non-scorable is one of
  three things
• 1. blank
• 2. in another language
• 3. only the prompt copied on the paper
• The prompt for the Writing Test will be an
  informational prompt, which means that you could
  be asked to do one of two types of writing
• 1. definition
• 2. cause and effect

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Basic Information

• The five main criteria the scorers are looking
  for are
• 1. Main Idea
• 2. Support
• 3. Elaboration
• 4. Organization
• 5. Conventions
• Grammar does count in your Writing Test score.
• These are the main grammar conventions that you
  need to master
• 1. fragments
• 2. run-ons
• 3. word choice error
• 4. pronoun misuse
• 5. spelling
• 6. punctuation
• 7. capitalization
• 8. subject-verb
• 9. verb tense

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The Basics of Writing
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The Beginning

• Hookopening sentence that catches the readers
  attention
• (quote, question, story, description, startling
  statement)
• 2.Link-bridge between hook thesis statement
• 3. Thesis Statementpurpose of paper and preview
  of points

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The Middle

• 1.Topic Sentenceclearly identifies main point
• 2.Examples/factsintroduction of evidence
• 3.Analysis/Interpretation of evidence/examples
• 4.Transition sentence to next point (reviews
  current point and previews relationship with next
  point)

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The End

• Restate Thesis or main ideas
• NEVER BEGIN WITH IN CONCLUSION
• 2.Intensified Insight Additional thoughts
• 3.Dynamic sentence to end (perhaps use a quote or
  some similar method as hook to tie paper
  together)