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//*Welcome to Mrs. Slade's WritingInProgress!*//
The North Carolina Sophomore Writing Assessment looms ahead like a dreaded doctor's appointment...this is my way of preparing you all for the doctor's "physical", better known as the Writing Assessment, in March. Feel free to express your general feelings, but make sure work is your first priority. Completion of each lesson follow-up is mandatory and your finished products will be printed out and available in your Working Portfolios.

Mrs. Slade =**Basic Facts about the General Writing Assessment at Grade 10**= • Students at grade 10 take a writing assessment in March. • Students write an extended informational response (definition or cause/effect). • Scoring of the assessment is comprised of a content component and a conventions component. • The North Carolina General Writing Assessment measures the following in content: focus, organization, support and elaboration, and style. • The North Carolina General Writing Assessment measures the following in conventions: sentence formation, usage, and mechanics, which includes spelling. • Algebra I and the combination of English I and the grade 10 writing assessment are used for meeting the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) high school testing requirements. • Approximately two hours is allotted for this test. This includes time for test administration duties and, where appropriate, scheduled breaks. August 2009--from []

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