Open Up - Grade 4 - ELA - Module 2 - Mid Unit 3 Assessment
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Directions: A student is writing a narrative for her class about a pufferfish’s encounter with a predator. The student wants to revise the story to include a better opening. Read the draft from her story and complete the questions that follow.
Perry the pufferfish swished slowly through the seaweed, looking for a tasty clam to eat. The warm ocean water flowed around him. A sea anemone swam by, quickly looking at Perry’s bright spines. Looking toward the ocean floor, Perry spotted something. Was it a mussel hiding in its shell? He swam down to take a closer look.
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Choose the best beginning sentences to introduce the story. Explain why. (W.4.3a)
W.4.3.a
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The writer wants to replace the underlined words to make her meaning clearer.
Which would be a better choice for the first word she has underlined? Explain why. (W.4.3d, L.4.3a, L.4.6)
W.4.3.d
RL.4.6
L.4.3.a
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Which would be a better choice for the second word she has underlined? Explain why. (W.4.3d, L.4.3a, L.4.6)
W.4.3.d
RL.4.6
L.4.3.a
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Directions: You have been gathering research about your expert group animal and its defense mechanisms in order to write a choose-your-own adventure narrative to inform and entertain your classmates, parents, and teachers. Develop an introduction for your narrative that introduces the main character to the reader, establishes a setting, and describes the encounter between your animal and a predator. Choose the most important information from your sources to include in your introduction. Then write an introduction that is at least two paragraphs long. Be sure to establish the situation clearly and use sensory details to describe the experiences and events precisely.
REMEMBER: A well-written informational piece:
• Establishes a situation
• Clearly introduces the narrator and setting
• Organizes events in an order that makes sense
• Uses sensory details to describe experiences and events precisely
• Uses a narrative voice and engages the reader
• Follows rules of writing (spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar)
• Incorporates research from at least two sources
Now, begin work on the introduction to your narrative. Manage your time carefully so that you can:
1. Review the Unit 1 and 2 texts used in your research and your research notes to plan and draft your writing.
2. Plan the introduction to your narrative using the Introduction Expansion graphic organizer.
3. Write the introduction to your narrative. Be sure to introduce the main character of your adventure and describe the encounter between your animal and a predator.
4. Use the What Makes a Good Narrative? checklist to revise and edit your introduction to be sure it meets all the criteria.
W.4.9.b
W.4.4
W.4.3.b
L.4.3.a
W.4.3.a
RI.4.9
L.4.6
W.4.10
Source: Open Up Resouces (Download for free at openupresources.org.)
