Writing an Academic Paragraph

Writing an Academic Paragraph

5th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Writing an Academic Paragraph

Writing an Academic Paragraph

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.1, RI.8.2, RL.6.1

+21

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lora Scudlo

Used 128+ times

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the 1st task you should complete when planning to write an academic paragraph?

Create a topic sentence

Unpack the prompt

Write the academic paragraph

Establish the purpose

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After unpacking the prompt, what is the 2nd task you should complete when planning to write an academic paragraph?

Create a topic sentence

Unpack the prompt

Establish the purpose

Write the academic paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: After understanding why you are writing, you can now find your evidence.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The topic sentence is the 1st sentence of an academic paragraph.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the formula for creating a topic sentence for an academic paragraph?

title + author + verb + central idea

title + author + theme

title + author + noun phrase

title + author + prompt

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: you should have at least 2 pieces of evidence for an academic paragraph.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should always come before evidence or elaboration?

punctuation

sentence stem

verb

noun phrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

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