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Writing Prompt II: Personal Narrative Reporting Category: 1 Standards: 7.14B; 7.14C; 7.14D; 7.16A Standard Type: Readiness Complexity: High Evaluation of Personal Narrative: A rubric for scoring personal narratives is located on the TEA Web site— www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/. W

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Writing, Grade 7—Form A, Day 1

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Aaron read about how animals use camouflage. He wrote this paper to share what he learned. Proofread Aaron’s paper and look for any mistakes he has made. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

Hiding in Plain Sight In the wild, animals face many kinds of threats. run and hide, though.

Indeed, many animals have special colors and patterns that help

them blend with their surroundings.

This is called camouflage.

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Blending is the most basic kind of camouflage. everywhere in the animal world. animal lives.

They don’t always have time to

This kind of camouflage exists

In blending, the color of the animal matches where the

For example, polar bears live where there is a lot of snow and ice.

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1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3? A B C D

Change Indeed to Instead Change have to has Insert a comma after colors Make no change

2. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16? A B C D

Change can to could Change instant to instantly Change their to there Make no change ©

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Writing, Grade 7—Form A, Day 1

Writing Prompt I READ the information in the box below.

A common phrase is, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

THINK about what someone’s appearance tells you.

WRITE an essay explaining whether or not you can accurately judge a person by his or her appearance. This page may not be reproduced.

Be sure to— • clearly state your controlling idea • organize and develop your explanation effectively • choose your words carefully • use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences

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Writing, Grade 7—Form A, Day 2

Writing Prompt II Look at the picture below.

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Walking a tightrope requires patience. Write a personal narrative about a time when you needed patience. Be sure to write in detail about the situation and describe what happened as a result of your patience.

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