Description

Make teaching and practicing test prep easy and no-fuss with this expository and persuasive writing test prep resource! This resource was designed to prepare your students for their State Testing in Writing. This resource addresses 4th Grade Opinion Writing and 4th Grade Informational Writing. This resource has clear student directions, is written as they would see a state test be written, and comes with templates and digital access!

This packet includes paired passages and writing prompts about:

• the helpful and harmful factors of self-driving cars (opinion prompt).
• how hurricanes form and how the Arctic can impact them (informative prompt).

For each topic, students read two nonfiction passages and then respond to a prompt by writing a multi-paragraph essay. The passages were written at a mid-4th grade reading level to mimic passages they will see on a test.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• ✍️ Writing Checklist: Students can check their work against a checklist that contains the basic tenets of writing and mirrors a rubric. Many, if not all, of these skills will be assessed on your state’s writing assessment. I have provided a student self-assessment and a teacher rating column.
• ✍️ Passages & Prompt: This product was designed so that students would have to use two different sources to answer questions. In the United States, this is common practice during state testing. The prompts are set up to look similar to state testing formats.
• ✍️ Writing Templates: For many students who struggle with writing, practicing a framework for writing is often helpful for them in achieving proficiency on a state assessment. I have developed templates that allow you, the teacher, to scaffold instruction for your learners. This template guides students to write using a formulaic response that will help boost their scores on state assessments! I pull one of the paragraphs away each day until students have the overall design and sentence starters memorized.
• ✍️ Writing Paper: I have included lined paper for you to use with your students if you take a paper version of the state test.
• ✍️ Rubric: In addition to the checklists, I have included a teacher rubric for you to use as you score the practice assessments.

• DIGITAL ACCESS: The entire product comes in a Google Slides version as well if you use an online testing system. Students can practice typing their responses. You can easily plug these passages into LMS systems like Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.

Your students will feel accomplished and ready after using this resource, as it allows them to practice what this part of the test will be like come test day!

It’s so easy for you as well- just print or digitally assign the passages and prompt, and you’re done!

GLOWING REVIEWS FROM TEACHERS JUST LIKE YOU

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caitlin H. says, “After downloading and loving the informational essay practice, I HAD to buy a copy of this! If you create more of these I will purchase them as well!! Love them!! Especially the self/teacher checklists.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Karen C. says, “My heart leapt with I saw this resource. I was looking for a quality assessment for my kids and this fits the bill completely. It is all inclusive. Thanks.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tara L. says, “This was a great resource to have students practice and be confident in their writing abilities before state testing.”

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